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
Finland on the operating table: Dissecting the Finnish educational system from a Namibian viewpoint (2018)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))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))
Turvallisuuden edistäminen oppimisympäristöissä (2018)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Green Cross: Collecting Injury Data at Schools (2017)
GamiFIN2017 GamiFIN Conference, CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Green Cross: Application for analyzing School injuries (2017)
Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Perusopetuksen oppilaiden turvallisuusosaamisesta (2017)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Omatoimisen varautumisen auditointi oppilaitoksen turvallisuuskulttuurin kehittäjänä (2017)
Palotutkimuksen päivät, Pelastustieto
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Quality Assurance in Safety - Working with Non-Events (2016)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Safety at School Context: Making Injuries and Non-events Visible with a Digital Application (2016)
Well-being in the Information Society
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))