Research

Stepping Up Finland’s Global Role in Education

Dr. Ritva Reinikka, Prof. Hannele Niemi and Mr. Jukka Tulivuori

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Publications from Professor Niemi

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Educational ecosystems for equity and quality in education

(10 selected publications)

Niemi, H., 2021. Education reforms for equity and quality: An analysis from an educational ecosystem perspective with reference to Finnish educational transformations. CEPS Journal. 11 (2) 13-35. doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1100

Niemi, H., 2021. Equity and Quality as Aims of Education: Teachers’ Role in Educational Ecosystems. In Education. Kuusisto, E., Ubani, M., Nokelainen, P. & Toom, A. (Eds.), Good Teachers for Tomorrow’s Schools : Purpose, Values, and Talents, (pp.19-36). Leiden: Brill. doi.org/10.1163/9789004465008_002

Niemi, H., 2021, Teacher education in at the crossroads - Educational ecosystems for equity and quality of learning. In Zhu, X. & Song, H. (Eds., Envisioning the teaching and learning of teachers for excellence and equity in education. (pp.3-21). Singapore: Springer Singapore, (Series: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education). doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2802-3_1

Pešikan, A., Niemi, H. & Devetak, I., 2021. Education in the Covid-19 Era - “We will find a way or we will make it” : Facing the Challenges of the Pandemic in Education CEPS Journal 11 (Sp Issue), 7-15. doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1306

Niemi, H. & Lavonen, J., 2020. Teacher Education in Finland: Persistent Efforts for High-Quality Teachers. In Lefty, L. & Fraser, J. W. (Eds.) Teaching the World's Teachers. (pp. 153-178). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Harju, V. & Niemi, H. 2018. Teachers’ changing work and support needs from the perspectives of school leaders and newly qualified teachers in the Finnish context. European Journal of Teacher Education. 41, 5, 670-687. doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2018.1529754

Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. & Lavonen, J., 2018. The Teaching Profession amid Changes in the Educational Ecosystems. In H. Niemi, A. Toom, A. Kallioniemi, & Lavonen, J. (Eds.) The Teacher's Role in the Changing Globalizing World: Resources and Challenges Related to the Professional Work of Teaching. (pp. 141-149). Leiden: Brill Sense.

Reinikka, R., Niemi, H. & Tulivuori, J., 2018. Stepping Up Finland’s Global Role in Education. Helsinki: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 78.

Niemi, H. & Kallioniemi, A., & Toom, A. (Eds.) 2016. The Miracle of Education: The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools. 2nd Revised edition. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Niemi, H. (Editor) (2016). Partnerships in an Educational Ecosystem. C.E.P.S Journal, 6, (3), 5-15. doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.62

Technology for equity, quality, and learners’ empowerment

(10 selected publications)

Niemi, H. 2021. AI in learning: Preparing grounds for future learning. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. 15. doi.org/10.1177/18344909211038105

Niemi, H. & Niu, S. J. , 2021 Digital Storytelling Enhancing Chinese Primary School Students’ Self-Efficacy in Mathematics Learning. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. 15. doi.org/10.1177/1834490921991432

Niemi, H. 2020. Artificial intelligence for the common good. In Humanist Futures: Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks on the futures of education. (pp. 148-152). Humanistic futures of learning: Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks. Les futurs humanistes de l’apprentissage: Perspectives des chaires UNESCO et des réseaux UNITWIN. Paris: Ediciones UNESCO.

Yu, S., Niemi, H. & Mason, J. M. (Eds.), 2019, Shaping Future Schools with Digital Technology: An International Handbook. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 239 p. (Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education). doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9439-3

Niu, S. J. & Niemi, H., (2019) Teachers’ Pedagogical Role as Mediators in Leading and Guiding Students’ Learning in Digital Storytelling (DST). Seminar.net. 15, 1. doi.org/10.7577/seminar.2908

Niemi, H., Niu, S., Vivitsou, M. & Li, B., 2018. Digital Storytelling for Twenty-First-Century Competencies with Math Literacy and Student Engagement in China and Finland. Contemporary Educational Technology. 9 (4), 331-353. doi.org/10.30935/cet.470999

Koivisto, J-M., Niemi, H., Multisilta, J. & Eriksson, E. 2017. Nursing students’ experiential learning processes using an online 3D simulation game. Education and Information Technologies. 22 (1), 383-398. doi.org/10.1007/s10639-015-9453-x

Koivisto, J-M., Multisilta, J., Niemi, H., Katajisto, J. & Eriksson, E. 2016. Learning by playing: A cross-sectional descriptive study of nursing students' experiences of learning clinical reasoning. Nurse Education Today. 45, 22-28. doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.06.009

Vivitsou, M, Kallunki V., Niemi, H. Penttilä, J. & Harju, V (2016). Student-driven knowledge creation through digital storytelling. In Hannele Niemi & Jia, Jiyou (Eds.) New Ways to Teach and Learn in China and Finland. Crossing Boundaries with Technology, (pp. 35 -53). Peter Lang.

Jia, J. & Niemi, H. 2016. In Search of the future of Educational Challenges in the Chinese and Finnish Context. In Hannele Niemi & Jia, Jiyou (Eds.) New Ways to Teach and Learn in China and Finland. Crossing Boundaries with Technology, (pp. 311-320). Peter Lang.