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Brita
Somerkoski
Senior Researcher, Department of Teacher Education (Rauma)
Adjunct Professor, phD (Education)
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Areas of expertise
school safety
gender equality
well-being
injury prevention
safety promotion
safe communities
digital applications
curriculum research
multi-culturality
Biography
I started my professional career in elementary school as a class teacher. My PhD (Education) was about youth acting against norms and especially juvenile firesetting. After my PhD I have been working at the Injury Prevention Unit in the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Rescue College of Finland, and in the University of Tampere. Currently I work as adjunct professor in the Department of Teacher Education.
At the moment I am involved with the KIDISAFE program at the Department of Teacher Education Rauma. This program aims at developing a safety and security culture for early childhood education in Pikkunorssi kindergarten.
Publications
Virtual reality as a communication tool for fire safety – Experiences from the VirPa project (2019)
GamiFIN Conference, CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Onnettomuuksien ehkäisyn laatutekijät Suomen pelastuslaitoksilla (2019)
Palotutkimuksen päivät, Palontorjuntatekniikka
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Learning Outcomes: Safety Education for Comprehensive School Pupils (2019)
European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Koulun ulkopuoliset turvallisuusasiantuntijat opetustyön tukena (2019)
Ainedidaktiikan symposium
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))
Rakennusten paloturvallisuus (2019)
(Toimitustyö ammatilliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (D6))Developing an Evaluation Model to Assess Prevention Measures (Project EVAPREM Final report) (2018)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Chasing Professional Phronesis in Safety and Well-being: Teacher Education Curriculum as a Case (2018)
International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, Communications in Computer and Information Science
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Kouluturvallisuus – se hieman matalampi näkökulma (2018)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))