Curriculum Vitae
Present Position: Professor Emeritus of Education, Department of Teacher Education. University of Helsinki.
Education: PhD in Education, University of Helsinki, 1973
Languages: Finnish, English, German, Swedish
Current Research Interests and Projects:
- research on teaching and teacher education
- ethics of education
- teacher's pedagogical thinking
- die Deutsche Didaktik and the American research on teaching
Professional Records:
- 2001 PhD honoris causa, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1999 PhD honoris causa, Åbo Akademi University, Vasa
- 1998 Visiting Professor, University of Göttingen, Germany, (one month)
- 1995 Visiting Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden(5 months)
- 1993 Visiting Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2 months)
- 1992 PhD honoris causa, Tallinn Pedagogigal University, Estonia
- 1988-90 Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki
- 1987-88 Visiting Professor, University of Siegen, FRG (6 months)
- 1983-87 Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki
- 1982-2003 Professor of Education, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki
- 1978-82 Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki
- 1977-78 Lecturer in Didactics, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki
- 1966-77 Assistant, Department of Education, University of Helsinki
- 1962-68 Elementary school teacher
International Activities:
Membership in Scientific Associations
- Finnish Society of Educational Research
- Finnish Society of Psychological Research
- Nordic Society of Educational Research
- Deutsche Gesellschaft füür Erziehungswissenschaft
- European Educational Research Association
- American Educational Research Association