Heli Muhonen

In my postdoc research, I investigate dialogic classroom interactions, their quality, effects, and different teacher- and student-related factors linked with the interactions. In addition, I have investigated teachers’ professional vision utilising eye-tracking methodology and teachers’ gaze-cued retrospective think-aloud interviews. My postdoc research is based on the mixed-method data of the Teacher and Student Stress and Interaction in Classroom -study (TESSI). In recent years, my research has been funded by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

I am also involved in the Assessment Study of the Two-Year Pre-Primary Education Trial (ESKO), and the Right to Belong -study (R-to-B) that seeks research-based solutions to decrease children’s and youth’s loneliness and ostracism.