Marjaana
Puurtinen
Academy Research Fellow, Department of Teacher Education (Turku)
PhD, Adj. Prof.
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Areas of expertise
Conceptual change
Expertise in music
Expertise in history
Eye-tracking
Music reading
Text and graphics comprehension
Biography
Formerly Penttinen.
Education and degrees
- 2019: Adjunct Professor (title of docent), Faculty of Education, University of Oulu
- 2016: Master of Arts (European and World History), University of Turku
- 2013: PhD (Education), University of Turku
- 2006: Master of Arts (Education), University of Turku
Academic positions
- 2021-2026: Academy Research Fellow, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku
- 2019- (on leave 2021-2026) University Lecturer, Dept. of Teacher Education. Including research duties at the Functional Foods Forum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku
- 2017-2018: Senior Researcher, Dept. of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku (part-time)
- 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2015-2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku.
- 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation.
- 2013-2014: University Lecturer, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2012-2013: Coordinator, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2011-2012: Researcher, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku.
- 2007-2011: Doctoral Student, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku.
Selected administrative duties
- Coordinator, Turku Eye-Tracking Laboratories, University of Turku
- Board member, Executive Board of Research development, Faculty of Education
Teaching
- 1st supervisor for one completed PhD thesis; 1st supervisor for two and 2nd supervisor for one PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, Univ. of Turku; 1st supervisor for 29 finalized MA theses and 35 finalized BA theses at the Dept. of Teacher Education, Univ. of Turku
- Extensive experience in, e.g., teaching research methods and reporting in educational sciences
Research
- PI/Academy Research Fellow, "Eye on history: How experts and novices deal with visual representations of the past". Academy of Finland, 2021-2026.
- Researcher at the Functional Foods Forum, "Senses and Food" team. Academy of Finland (funding for research profiling at Finnish universities), 2019-2021.
- Consortium coordinator and post-doctoral researcher, "Reading music: Eye movements and the development of expertise". Prof. Erkki Huovinen (PI), University of Jyväskylä and Royal College of Music in Stockholm & Prof. Hans Gruber (PI), University of Regensburg and University of Turku. Academy of Finland, 2014-2018.
- PI/Post-doctoral Researcher, "Looking at music: Eye movements and the development of music-reading skill". Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015-2017.
- Co-applicant and post-doctoral researcher, "Visual literacy as part of expertise in history". Prof. Arja Virta (PI), Marjaana Puurtinen and Markus Nivala. Finnish Cultural Foundation, announced in 2013.
- PhD candidate, The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Education and Learning (funding for 4,5 years), announced in 2006.
Publications
Cognitive Mechanisms in Temporally Controlled Rhythm Reading: Evidence From Eye Movements (2023)
Music Perception
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Historians’ criteria for appraising historiography: An interview study (2022)
International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Proceedings : International Conference of the Learning Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Aims in the practice of historiography: An interview study with Finnish historians (2022)
Historical Encounters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Investigating visual attention toward foods in a salad buffet with mobile eye tracking (2021)
Food Quality and Preference
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Soi torpat ja salongit - Spel i stuga och salong (2021)
(Julkaistu itsenäinen taiteellinen teos (F1))Food Consumption and Emotions at a Salad Lunch Buffet in a Multisensory Environment (2020)
Foods
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
When you ignore what you see: How to study proof-readers’ error in pseudocode reading (2020)
ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Preface-7th international workshop on Eye Movements in Programming (EMIP) (2020)
ETRA
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Handling of incongruences in music notation during singing or playing (2020)
International Journal of Music Education
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Successful approaches to mental practice: A case study of four pianists (2019)
Music Performance Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))