Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto
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Active JYU affiliations
- Department of Teacher Education, Senior Researcher
Previous, inactive or other affiliations
- Faculty of Education and Psychology (University of Jyväskylä), Project Manager, Ended
Research interests
My research is related to phenomena in teaching and learning. In my work, I have examined teacher competences and their development as a continuum from the student selection phase through teacher education to the working life. Additionally, I am interested in the developmental trajectories of learning and motivation, especially in children and adolescents with behavioral difficulties. In my study, I aim to examine developmental processes, i.e., change and growth over the long term, using longitudinal data.
Fields of science
Projects as Principal investigator
- FinTED-hanke: Opettajankoulutuksen tietovarannon (FinTED) rakentaminen
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Student selection and competence development in the continuum of preservice and inservice teacher education
- Research Council of Finland
- Student selections in teacher education – proactive work for the
future (OVET)- Ministry of Education and Culture