
Marjaana
Puurtinen
Academy Research Fellow, Department of Teacher Education (Turku)
PhD, Adj. Prof.
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 or 3rd supervisor for two PhD candidates at the Faculty of Education, Univ. of Turku.
- Supervisor for over 70 MA or 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
The effects of melodic grouping and meter on eye movements during simple sight-reading tasks (2009)
The 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Yhteyttäminen ja käsitteellinen muutos - interventio luokanopettajaopiskelijoilla (2009)
Kasvatus-lehti - Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))