Pre-service Teachers Navigate Teachers’ Changing Work and Its Relationality (NAVI)

The research project focuses on this exploration by obtaining various narrative sources of data from pre- service primary school and subject teachers. The project takes place at the University of Oulu (2022–2025). The knowledge gained by this project will be utilised to support pre- and in-service teachers’ continuous professional development.

Project information

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Project funder

Eudaimonia Institute

Project coordinator

University of Oulu

Unit and faculty

Teachers, Teaching and Educational Communities
Faculty of Education and Psychology

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Project description

Teachers’ work has recently been marked by a multitude of changes, including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes have also greatly affected relationships in educational contexts. During teacher education, pre-service teachers form their understandings of the teaching profession. The changes to teachers’ work, therefore, demand exploration of how pre-service teachers make sense of the changes and the relationality within. The research project ‘Pre-service Teachers Navigate Teachers’ Changing Work and Its Relationality’ (NAVI) will focus on this exploration by obtaining various narrative sources of data from pre- service primary school and subject teachers. The project will occur at the University of Oulu (2022–2025). The profound theoretical understanding of relationality in teachers’ work gained by this project will be utilised to support pre- and in-service teachers’ continuous professional development. NAVI-project is executed in close collaboration with the research project ‘Unpacking and Redefining Changing Relationships in Teachers’ Work’ (RELA) funded by the Research Council of Finland.

Project results

Conference presentations

Kettunen (née Holappa), A., Uitto, M. & Lutovac, S. (2023, June). Employing visual narratives in pre-service teachers’ peer group to gain deeper insight into emotions. Paper presented at the Narrative Matters conference, Tampere.

Körkkö, M. & Lutovac, S. (2023, August). Unpacking the diversity in teachers' work: pre- and in-service teachers' conceptions, Paper presented at European Conference of Educational Research, Glasgow.

Kettunen (née Holappa), A. (2021, November). Kerrotut valokuvat ikkunana opettajaksi opiskelevien identiteetteihin ja niihin kietoutuviin tunteisiin. Paper presented at the FERA conference on education, Jyväskylä.

Holappa, A. (2021, September). Storied photographs as a window into student teacher identity construction and emotions involved. Paper presented at the The Annual Conference of Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE), Warsaw.

Holappa, A. (2021, February). Valokuvin kerrotut tunteet osana opettajaksi opiskelevien identiteettejä. Paper presented at the Teaching, Teachers and Educational Communities (TTEC) Symposium on Teacher Education, Oulu.

Holappa, A. (2020, December). Valokuvin kerrotut tunteet osana opettajaksi opiskelevien identiteettejä. The Finnish Educational Research Association Conference (FERA), Helsinki.