FiDPEL Newsletter 2013/11&12
This is the FiDPEL Newsletter. Monthly newsletters are sent to all subscribers of the FiDPEL mailing list and published on the FiDPEL website.
The name of FiDPEL changes
The name of FiDPEL has been ”Kasvatuksen, koulutuksen ja oppimisen valtakunnallinen tohtoriohjelma KASVA / The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Education and Learning FiDPEL”. Now that that FiDPEL no longer is a doctoral programme, the board decided to change its name. From now on, the name of FiDPEL will be ”Kasvatustieteiden valtakunnallinen tohtorikoulutusverkosto KASVA / The Finnish doctoral training network on educational sciences KASVA”. The name will be updated to logo of KASVA as well.
Annual seminar in May
The next year’s annual seminar will be held in May 2014. The specific date will be confirmed soon, but the venue shall be the same as it was last spring, Kulttuurikeskus Sofia in Helsinki. The subprogramme DWRAE will be in charge of the scientific programme and the theme shall be ”Teoria ja käytäntö kasvatustieteellisessä tutkimuksessa – Theory and Practice in Educational Research”. For example following kinds of questions shall be handled:
- How theory affects the educational practices and what theories get from the practices?
- What kinds of research methodologies can combine theory and practice more productively?
- Are we witnessing a re-discovering of practice or a “practice turn” as it is in many other social sciences?
- What kinds of options do we have to discuss the relationship between theory and practice in a thesis?
More specific information concerning the seminar shall be distributed after the holiday season.
Searching for the new forms of activity
During the winter 2014 KASVA will organize a network meeting to gather together different actors of KASVA. Representatives from the universities and doctoral programmes are invited to take part in this meeting to discuss the activities of KASVA. The aim of the meeting is to concretize the activity forms of the new KASVA and also to search for new models for cooperation. If you have ideas or aspirations concerning KASVA, don’t hesitate to contact the coordinator and share your thoughts.
Coordinator will return from her study leave
Sanna Niukko has been on study leave during this year and will return to her job at the turn of the year. Nina Haltia who has been substituting Sanna as a coordinator thanks for the past year and cooperation!
Merry Christmas and A Successful New Year for everyone!
The next FiDPEL Newsletter will be published on January. If you have something that you wish to be communicated to the FiDPEL members, please notify the coordinator.