10.1.2016RiittaJyrhämä’sCurriculumVitae

(Shortpublicversion)RiittaJyrhämä,Ph.D.,Adj.Prof.,UniversityLecturerViceHeadoftheDepartmentofTeacherEducationPrincipalInvestigator,FellowofTeachers’AcademyP.O.Box9(Siltavuorenpenger5A)FIN–00014UniversityofHelsinki,FinlandEmail:riitta.jyrhama@helsinki.fiTel:0919129560,0504156711Educationanddegreesawarded

• 2004Titleofdocent:ScienceofEducation,UniversityofHelsinki(Adj.Prof.)• 2002Ph.D.,ScienceofEducation,UniversityofHelsinki• 2001LicentiateinEducation,UniversityofHelsinki• 1980MA(MasterofArts),Education,UniversityofHelsinki• 1976Elementary School Teacher (Class Teacher), University of Helsinki (Pedagogical

competence)• 1976BA(BarchelorofArts),Education,UniversityofHelsinki• 1973Matriculationexamination

Othereducationandtraining,qualificationsandskills• Specialeducation30ECTS,12.3.1977• Mediaeducation(ICTinateacher´swork),30ECTS,10.11.1997• Teachingand learning invirtualuniversity,OPE.FI II -education,10ECTS,UniversityofHel-

sinki,27.9.2000–9.2.2001.• The challengesof thesis supervision, 5 ECTS, 2008, FacultyofBehavioural Sciences (nowa-

daysasatrainer)• Courses, e.g. Supervising teaching practice, further education for teacher educators,

Computerskillsetc.Linguisticskills

• Mothertongue:Finnish• OtherlanguagesEnglish,Swedish,German

(Matriculationexaminationgradesandotherexams:English l,proexcercitio29.4.1974–Swedishm,Ability touseSwedishwelloralandwritten [Ruotsinkielenhyväsuullinen jakirjallinen taito, Statens språkexamensnämd] 17.10.1980, Ability to understand Swedishfluently [Ruotsinkielenerinomainenymmärtämisentaito,Helsinginyliopistonkonsistorin6.10.1937 vahvistaman ohjesäännön 8 §:n mukainen koe] (Lars Huldén) 18.3.1981 –Germanl,proexcercitio31.5.1973

Currentpositions• 2012–ViceHeadoftheDepartmentofTeacherEducation(DirectorofAcademicAffairs)• 2001–Universitylecturer,Dep.ofTeacherEducation

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• 2012–ResponsibleofthescienceofeducationintheDep.ofTE• 2004–Titleofdocent(Adj.Professor)(Education)• 2009–PrincipalInvestigator• 2013– Fellow of Teachers’ Academy (The founding member; The University of Helsinki

Teachers’Academyisanetworkofdistinguisheduniversityteachers)• 2007–Directorof Interplay–ConnectingAcademicTeacherEducationandWork-research

projectPreviousworkexperience• 1994–2001 ResearchAssistant,Dep.ofTeacherEducation,UniversityofHelsinki• 1983–1993 Senior Lecturer in Educational Theory (Didactics), Dep. of Teacher Education,

UniversityofHelsinki• 1983 Senior Lecturer in subject didactics, Dep.Of Teacher Education,University of

Helsinki• 1980–1983 LecturerintheUniversityTeacherTrainingSchool,TheSecondTeacherTraining

School,UniversityofHelsinki• 1976–1980 ElementarySchoolTeacher,CityofHelsinki• Onmaternityleave1986–87,1988–89,1994–95

Researchfundingaswellasleadershipandsupervision

• ResearchfundingfortheInterplay-project,totally3.500€(Fac.ofEducation)• Teachers’Academyfunding20.000€(personal)and30.000€(forthedepartment),Univ.of

Helsinki• DirectorofInterplay–ConnectingAcademicTeacherEducationandWork-researchprojectSuperviseddoctoraldissertations• Lic.Ed.SeijaBlomberg, ’Noviisiopettajanaperuskoulussa’ [ANovice teacher inComprehen-

siveSchool.Beginningteachers´authenticexperiencesofthefirstyearatschool],disserta-tion22.8.2008(mainsupervisor)

• MA Katriina Maaranen, ’Widening Perspectives of Teacher Education. Studies on theory-practicerelationship,reflection,researchandprofessionaldevelopment’(secondarysuper-visor),8.9.2009

• MA Mari Helin ‘Opettajien ammatillisen kehittymisen jatkumo – yliopiston ja koulujenkumppanuus’ [Teachers’ Professional Development as a Continuum – EducationalParnershipBetweentheUniversityandSchools],9.5.2014(mainsupervisor)

• Doctoralstudents:AnneKoskeno,SannaVahtivuori,OutiHakola• Otherexperienceasofficiallyappointedsupervisorseebelow!

Meritsinteachingandpedagogicalcompetence

• Pedagogical competence (Elementary School Teacher 1976 degree includes pedagogicalstudies60ECTSwhichgivequalificationforactingasateacherinalllevelsfrompre-schooltouniversity)

• Asavicehead(academicaffairs)andachairofDepartmentofTEteachingcommitteeIamresponsibleofcurriculumplanningandit’simplementationinourdepartmentandalsointhe faculty (as a member of Faculty’s teaching committee). Continuing development ofownteachingtoo.

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• Supervisionoftheses:Mainsupervisorof62Master’sthesissince2004(co-supervisorabout90thesis)

• Besidessupervisingandco-supervisingthe62+90thesesmentionedaboveIhavebeenaco-examinerofseveraldozensoftheses.Ihaveevaluatedover380pro-seminarpapersandBarchelor’stheses,severalhundredsofdifferentseminarpapersandmorethanathou-sandessays.

• Iamanactiveeducatorandexpertlecturerinmyfieldbothwithinuniversityfacultiesandindifferenteducationalunits.AsthedeveloperofteachingpracticeIamconsiderablyexperi-enced,andthelatestalternativeoftheresearchprograminthisarea,istheresearchpracticum.Itcombinesthemaster´spracticumofclassteachereducationandworkforprograduthesis.Ihaveactedasthechairofthecommitteeofteachingpracticedevelopmentseveraltimesduringtheyearsaswellasamemberoftheteachingplancommittee.AstheviceheadofthedepartmentofteachereducationIhavebeenresponsibleforthedevel-opmentofacademicaffairs.

Awards,prizesandhonours

• FellowoftheTeachers’Academy,2013–(Afoundingmember)• Certificateofhonour,FinnishParents’League2.9.2011• EinoKailaTeachingAward,25.3.2011• GoldenMedal of the Federation of Finnish Learned Society and FinnishUniversitiesUNIFI,

UniversityofHelsinki,2013• KnightoftheOrderoftheWhiteRoseofFinlandbythePresidentoftheRepublicofFinland,

6.12.2009OtheracademicmeritsOpponentofdissertation(3)

• KM Sirpa Perunka, “Tässä on hyvä syy ammatillisesti keskustella”. Ohjaavien opettajienkäsityksiä opetusharjoittelun ohjauksesta ammatillisessa opettajankoulutuksessa, 2015UniversityofLapland.

• MA IsmoAho, ”Mikä tekee opettajasta selviytyjän?” [Whatmakes a teacher a survivor?],2011,UniversityofTampere

• TtL Liisa Suhonen, ’Ammattikorkeakoulun lehtoreiden käsityksiä tutkivasta ja kehittävästätyöotteesta’ [Professional teachers’ conceptions about ”research and developmental-minded”approachtoworking],2008,UniversityofJoensuu.

Pre-examinerofadoctoraldissertation(7)• MAAnssi-Pekka Udd, [The constructivist orientation of pedagogy as experienced by stu-

dentsofteachereducation],2010• MAIsmoAho,[Whatmakesateacherasurvivor?],2010,UniversityofTampere;LiTL• KMSannaPalomäki,[Theprofessionaldevelopmentofpre-serviceteachersinFinnishphysi-

caleducationteachereducation],2009,UniversityofJyväskylä• MAIsmoAho,[Whatmakesateacherasurvivor?],2009,UniversityofTampere.

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• TtL Liisa Suhonen, ’Ammattikorkeakoulun lehtoreiden käsityksiä tutkivasta ja kehittävästätyöotteesta’ [Professional teachers’ conceptions about ”research and developmental-minded”approachtoworking,2008,UniversityofJoensuu.

• Lic. Ed. Säde-Pirkko Nissilä, ’Dynamic Dialogue. Towards Transformation in VocationalTeacherEducation’,2006,UniversityofTampere.

• KM Sirpa Perunka. ‘Ohjaavien opettajien käsitykset opetusharjoittelun ohjauksesta: Tutki-musOulunammatillisessaopettajakorkeakoulussa’,2015,UniversityofLapland.

Licentiatedissertationevaluation(2)• MASaimaPalviainen,[Appearanceofchangesinlifeandcrisesinlearningandbehaviouras

wellasstrategiestocopeinthelifeoffourthgraders],2006,UniversityofJoensuu.• MAMarjaanaLeivo,[Viewofthehorizonwidens.Significantlearningexperiencesofprimary

schoolteacherstudentsinspecialeducationpracticum],2006,UniversityofJyväskylä.

Evaluationofacademic/scientificorartisticcompetence(e.g.titleofdocent)• KTPasiSahlberg,2002;KTTapioKosunen,2003,FTPilleValg,2004.

Asamemberofdoctoraldissertationevaluationboard

• KMHeli Sahlstedt 2015”Pedagogisesti yhtenäinenperuskoulu–Tapaustutkimusopetta-jien,oppilaidenjahuoltajiennäkemyksistä”*KMKaisuToivonen2014.Persoonaneet-tinenkasvujakasvatusjälkimodernissaajassasuomalaisenkasvatusjärjestelmänkauttatulkittuna. *MAErjaVitikka [Structuringof theCurriculumDesign:ContentandPeda-gogyConstructing theWhole], 2009., *MAEilaKunnari [Towards theouterborder.Adescriptionofhighschoolworkingpracticesfromthepointofviewofguidanceandlead-ership],2008,*MAMarjaSpoof[Deeperthanthesurface:ethicalconsiderationasare-sourcefortheclassteacherandthespecialteacher],2007.

Membershipsandpositionsoftrustinscientificandscholarlysocieties

• MemberofAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation(AERA)• MemberofFinnishSocietyofEducationalResearch(FERA)

Membership innationalor international expertgroups, evaluationor steering committees, aswellasotherexpertduties

• Member of scientific committee and organizing committee of the FERA Conference inHelsinki(2012)

• Member of the Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee of the ISATT 2009Conference (International Study Association for Teachers and Teaching) Navigating inEducationalContexts:IdentitiesandCulturesinDialogue2007–2009

• Member of VOKKE-project work group (The national development program for teachereducation)

• MemberoftheScientificCommitteeoftheIASK(InternationalAssociationfortheScientificKnowledge)ConferenceTeachingandLearning2008,AchievingExcellenceandQuality inEducation2007–2008

Expertevaluatorpositions

• Evaluation of teaching practice models submitted to Eduko Archimedes, Estonia, Edukocompetition:"Innovativeteachingpracticemodelsininitialteachertraining",4.–13.8.2013

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• MemberofseveralgroupsinrecruitingprocessesRefereeforscientificandscholarlyjournals

• MemberofthreeScientificCommitteesofinternationalConferences.• Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research * Traditions and Innovations in Education

(PeterLang)*Navigating inEducationalContexts (Sense)*Kasvatus*Liikunta jatiede*Tutkimus-,kokeilu-jakehittämistoimintaharjoittelukouluissa.(Suomenharjoittelukoulujenjulkaisu2014)andmanyotherbooks.

• CongresspapersIASK,ISATTetc.

Administrative responsibilities at higher education institutions or at research organisations,responsibilitiesinthehighereducationcommunity

• ViceHeadofDep.ofTE,UniversityofHelsinki(2012–)• HeadofClassteacherprogram(2010–2011)• Project leaderofOsaavaVermepeergroupmentoringeducation inUniversityofHelsinki,

2011–• DeputyHeadofClassTeacherProgram(2008–10,2004–06,1990–92,1.8.2013–31.12.2013)• Vicememberofthedepartmentalsteeringgroup(2007)• MemberoftheboardofAdjunctProfessors’Association(2006–2010)• MemberoftheTeachingCommitteeintheFaculty(2004–06,2010)• ChairoftheTeachingPracticeDevelopmentCommittee(2004–06,1993)• Memberofadvisoryboardforteachereducation(1993-95)• Secretaryofadvisoryboardofteachereducation(1984–93)• ChairoftheCurriculumDevelopmentCommittee(1992–93)• FacultyMemberofFacultyCouncil(198586)•

Invitedkeynotelecturesabroad• UniversityofTwente,EdithStein,Saxion(TSE),26.-28.1.2011,keynote• WestfälischeWilhelms-UniversitätMünster,GermanyinMay7–11,2007,guestlecturer,key

note.Scientificandsocietalimpactofresearch

• Totally 132 publications incl. abstracts (55). (see TUHAT database). Main research areas:teachereducation,teachingpracticesupervision,teachers’pedagogicalthinking

• InstitutionalApproaches toTeacherEducation [withinhighereducation] in theEuropeRe-gion:CurrentModelsandNewDevelopments.PlanningMeetingforNationalCaseStudies,Vienna,1-4March2001.UNESCO,Cepes. Issues: thepolitical resolutions ineducation indifferentcountriesforcarryingoutteachereducationandtraining.

• UniversityofLjubljana,FacultyofEducation,Slovenia,TeacherExchange,13.–18.2007• During the last 20 years many conference presentations, symposia in educational

conferencesAERA,ECER,ISATT,FERAetc.• ManyofpublicationsareintheCurriculumofDep.ofTE• Many invited lectures inother FinnishUniversities, inBusinessWorld and in theBoardof

Educationandinschools,alsointerviewsinMedia

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Positionsoftrustinsocietyandothersocietalmerits

• AchairofnationalsteeringgroupofVAKAVA(anationalselectioncooperationnetwork inthefieldofeducation)2012–

• MemberoftheBoardandExecutiveofHelsinginSuomalainenYhteiskoulu2011–2014• MemberoftheBoardofAdjunctProfessorsAssociation intheUniversityofHelsinki,2006–

2010• Memberof theBoardof Parents’AssociationofHelsingin SuomalainenYhteiskoulu 2002–

2007,deputychairman2003–2007,auditor2007–• Trustee,HelsinkiUniversityResearchWorkers,registeredassociation,AKAVA-JS,1998–2003• MemberoftheSchoolCouncilofViikkiteachertrainingschoolofHelsinkiUniversity2001–

2004• DeputymemberofIINormalschoolofHelsinkiUniversity1997–2001• Helsinki City Board of Education, Chairman of School Council of Konala comprehensive

school1997–2000Othermerits

• LecturerinOpenUniversity2007–• Regional defense course by County Administrative Board (Regional State Administrative

Agencies),13.–17.10.2008andfurtherinternalsecuritycoursesduringyears• LecturerofdidacticsandgroupleaderinHelsinkiOpenUniversity,2007–• Seminarteacher inspecializedstudiesofelementaryteaching, inHelsinkiOpenUniversity,

1997–1998,total80h• Part-timeteacherofdidacticsintheSummerUniversityofHelsinkiRegion,andtheSeminar

ofspecializedstudiesofelementaryteaching,1992–1996,total284h• Supervisorofseveralhundredsofseminarpapersofelementaryteaching,specializedstud-

ies,1992–1998(TheSummerUniversityofHelsinkiRegionandHelsinkiOpenUniversity).• UniversityofLjubljana,FacultyofEducation,Slovenia,TeacherExchangeMay13–18,2007.• Studytripstomanycountriesduringyears.