Visiting scholars

Jean-Louis Magakian
Assistant professor, ESC Saint-Etienne
November 9 – December, 2009.
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Teollisuuskatu 23, room D324, tel. +358 9 191 44207

Charalambos (Haris) Shekeris
PhD student, University of Bristol Department of Philosophy
November 16 – December 21, 2009.

Teollisuuskatu 23, room D327

Short-term visiting scholars

Dr. Klaus-Peter Schulz from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, gave a talk at CRADLE on May 26 on "The development of shared understandings and innovation through metaphrorical methods such as LEGO Serious Play."  

 

Senior lecturer, Dr Kathrin Otrel-Cass (University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand) visited the CRADLE on the 20th of May and gave an interesting talk on "Boundary objects that support teacher researcher partnerships".

During her visit in Finland Dr Kathrin Otrel-Cass also met some researchers from the Learning Bridges research network, the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, and the Centre for Educational Assessment.

Further information and publications of Dr Kathrin Otrel-Cass.

Dr Kathrin Otrel-Cass. Photo: Varpu Tissari.

Professor Jean-Louis Magakian ( Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Saint-Etienne, France) visited the CRADLE on the 12th and 13th of May to discuss research collaboration and to give comments in our doctoral seminar.

In the photo, Jean-Louis (on the right), Hannele Kerosuo (in the middle) and Juhana Kokkonen (on the left).

Professor Steven Thorne (Portland State University and University of Groningen) visited CRADLE on May 4 to 5 and gave a highly interesting talk on “Ancestral language revitalization: Hope for a contested object."

‘In the photo, Steven (in the middle) is engaged in a discussion with Jaakko Virkkunen (left) and Reijo Miettinen (right). 

Four prominent Russian academics and educational policy analysts visited CRADLE on April 19, 2011 to discuss research collaboration. In the photo, from the left: Professor Vitaly Rubtsov, Rector of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), Professor Arkady Margolis, Vice-Rector of MSUPE, Alla Antonova, Rector of the Institute of Educational Policy 'Eurica', Alexander Adamsky, President of the Institute of Educational Policy 'Eurica', Yrjö Engeström, and Annalisa Sannino. MSUPE is a central context in which the Russian cultural-historical and activity-theoretical legacy is continued and further developed. See: http://www.mgppu.ru/english/