Sirkka-Liisa Marjatta Uusimäki
Universitetslektor
Institutionen för pedagogik ochOm Sirkka-Liisa Marjatta Uusimäki
Liisa Uusimäki - Universitetslektor och Docent i Pedagogik.
Based on her interest and expertise in the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education she received in 2018 an Excellent Teacher award from the Faculty of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Liisa has extensive research, learning and teaching experience in Teacher Education from Australian Universities (Queensland and New South Wales)
Education
Högskola pedagogisk program (Swedish University teaching qualification) (University of Gothenburg)
Supervision in Higher Education (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia)
PhD (Queensland University of Technology, (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Foundation in University Learning and Teaching (Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia)
Master of Education (Research), (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland)
Bachelor of Education (Secondary), (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
Bachelor of Arts (Humanities), (Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia
Research areas
Internationalization, inclusion, cross-cultural studies, mentoring/supervision, academic staff professional development and wellbeing, educational / pedagogical leadership and educational psychology.
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Swedish Final Year Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Attitudes, Concerns and Intentions towards
Inclusion
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis, Umesh Sharma
International Journal of Special Needs Education - 2020-01-01 -
Reflections of Learning Experiences of International Students in
Sweden
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
The Journal of International Students (JIS) - 2020-01-01 -
The Vulnerability of Pregnancy and the Motherhood
Myth
Liisa Uusimäki, Karmen Terlevic Johansson
(Re)birthing the Feminine in Academe. Creating Spaces of Motherhood in Patriarchal Contexts. Linda Henderson, Alison L. Black, Susanne Garvis (red.) - 2020-01-01 -
Initiating Internalization through
Collaboration
Aimee Haley, Sintayehu Kassaye Alemu, Zenawi Zerihun Woldeyohannes, Liisa Uusimäki
Praxis Symposium III – Academic professional and student responsibility for a world worth living in, 5-6 October, University of Borås - 2020-01-01 -
Beating Stress, the Swedish Way—Time for a
‘fika’.
Liisa Uusimäki
Arts-based research, resilience and wellbeing across the lifespan. L. McCaine., G. Barton., Sappa, V., & S. Garvis (red.) - 2020-01-01 -
Chapter 6:
Leadership
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Teaching Primary Years. Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main (red.) - 2019-01-01 -
Challenges and opportunities - Internationalization, Globalisation and Digitalisation in Higher Education
Ethiopia,
Liisa Uusimäki
Invited lecture/talk Mekelle University Ethiopia - 2019-01-01 -
Internationalisation and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Sweden
Liisa Uusimäki
Open-UNI digital presentation - 2019-01-01 -
Understanding ethics of
care
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Compassion and Empathy in Education Contexts. Barton G., Garvis S. (red.) - 2019-01-01 -
Parental Involvement in ECEC in Finland and in
Sweden.
Liisa Uusimäki, Tina Yngvesson, Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen
Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education. Garvis S., Harju-Luukkainen H., Sheridan S., Williams P. (eds) - 2019-01-01 -
Teacher Agency: Relational Cultural
Theory.
Liisa Uusimäki
Lo sviluppo professionale dei docenti Ragionare di gentività per una scuola inclusivaa cura di M. Sibilio, P. Aiello ( "Professional development of teachers. Reflections on agency for an inclusive school") - 2018-01-01 -
Leadership in Primary School
Settings
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Teaching Primary Years : Rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Edited by Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main) - 2018-01-01 -
A necessary paradigm shift in inclusive teaching and
Learning
Liisa Uusimäki
- 2018-01-01 -
Inclusion
Liisa Uusimäki
- 2018-01-01 -
Internationalization of Higher Education in
Sweden
Liisa Uusimäki
Invited Talk presented at Moscow State University 24 April 2018 and at Moscow City University 25 April 2018, Moscow, Russia - 2018-01-01 -
Inclusion and Swedish Final Year Early Childhood Preservice
Teachers
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis, Umesh Sharma
Invited speech at Moscow State University 25 April 2018, and Moscow City University 26 April, 2018, Moscow, Russia - 2018-01-01 -
RCT and Teacher
Agency
Liisa Uusimäki
Key note, Salerno University, Italy, 5 July 2017 - 2017-01-01 -
Travelling academics: the lived experience of academics moving across
countries
Liisa Uusimäki, Susanne Garvis
Higher Education Research and Development - 2017-01-01 -
Cross-cultural ‘distance’, ‘friction’ and ‘flow’: exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers on international
practicum
Liisa Uusimäki, Teresa Swirski
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, - 2016-01-01 -
Cultural change and International student mobility: A Swedish
experience
Liisa Uusimäki
Cultures and Beliefs Conference, Romania - 2016-01-01 -
Rethinking teacher
education
Liisa Uusimäki
Bringing Teacher Education Forward: National and International Perspectives. - 2016-01-01 -
Handledningens
faser.
Liisa Uusimäki
Konferans Forskning pågår 28 Oktober 2015 - 2015-01-01 -
Teacher readiness: the case of Swedish Secondary
Teachers
Liisa Uusimäki, Friedrich Heger
WACE Conference, June 2-4 2014 University West, Trollhättan, Sweden - 2014-01-01 -
Teacher Education: Keeping up with the
Finns?
Liisa Uusimäki
International Higher Education and Learning Review - 2013-01-01 -
Empowering pre-service teacher supervisors’ perspectives: A relational-cultural approach towards
mentoring
Liisa Uusimäki
Australian Journal of Teacher Education - 2013-01-01 -
AUSTRALIAN PRESERVICE TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT international professional experience
placements
Liisa Uusimäki, Heather Campbell
ICERI 2013 PROCEEDINGS, Sevilla, 18 november 2013 - 2013-01-01 -
MENTOR WORKSHOP: BUILDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND Universities: An Australian
example
Liisa Uusimäki
ICERI 2013 Proceedings. Sevilla, 18 november 2013. - 2013-01-01 -
How to engage the disengaged learner - and simultaneously improve
practice
Liisa Uusimäki
Higher Education in the Digital Age: Building Connections to Enhance Learning and Teaching. CSU Conference, 1-6 November. Wagga Wagga NSW. - 2012-01-01 -
In favour of mature-aged graduates (MAGs) - tapping the potential for real educational
change
Liisa Uusimäki
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education - 2011-01-01 -
Pre-service teacher education and the development of middle school teacher identity : an exploratory
study
Liisa Uusimäki
- 2009-01-01 -
The shaping of Middle School teacher identity in the mature-age graduate
learner
Liisa Uusimäki
ATEA Conference 2009. Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) - 2009-01-01 -
International Professional Experience Placements: Challenges, Opportunities and Outcomes for Inland Australian Pre-Service
Teachers
Liisa Uusimäki, H. Campbell
Charles Sturt University Education Conference: Educational Interactions and Curricula. 18-20 November 2008. Wagga Wagga, NSW - 2008-01-01 -
Supportive pedagogy for excessively anxious pre-service education
students
Liisa Uusimäki, Marilyn Campbell
3rd International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning: Meanings Emerging in Practice. 27-28 September 2007. USQ, Springfield, USA - 2007-01-01 -
Teaching with confidence: A pilot study of an intervention challenging pre-service education students’ field experience
anxieties
Marilyn A. Campbell, Liisa Uusimäki
International Journal of Practical Experiences in Professional Education - 2006-01-01 -
A pilot study in challenging pre-service education students’ anxieties about their practical experiences in professional
education
Marilyn A. Campbell, Liisa Uusimäki
Practical Experiences in Professional Education Conference. 1-3 February, Auckland, New Zealand. Haigh, Mavis, Beddoe, Elizabeth, & Rose, Dennis (Eds.) - 2006-01-01 -
The Nature of the Good and Effective Mathematics
Teacher
Liisa Uusimäki
Women in Research Conference: a national conference about “Women Doing Research”, Gladstone CQU Campus, 24-25 November, 2005 - 2005-01-01 -
The origins of pre-service primary education students' anxieties and negative feelings about
mathematics
Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
Performing Educational Research: Theories, Methods and Practices. Erica McWilliam, Susan Danby, John Knight (Eds.) - 2004-01-01 -
Causes underlying preservice teachers negative beliefs and anxieties about
mathematics
Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Bergen, Norway 14–18 July 2004 - 2004-01-01 -
Challenging maths-anxiety: An intervention
model
Liisa Uusimäki
The 10th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-10), 4-11 July 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2004-01-01 -
Developing maths-confidence in sixteen maths-anxious preservice student
teachers
Liisa Uusimäki, Rod Nason
AARE Conference Proceedings. Australian Association for Research in Education. - 2004-01-01