Piia Nuora


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ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-1201


General description

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Education. I received MA (Educ.) in the year 2014 in Faculty of Education and my PhD in the year 2016 in Chemistry Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. My main expertise is educational leadership. 


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Research interests

My current research focuses on educational leadership, early childhood education and care (ECEC), tutoring, mentoring and coaching in higher education. I am also doing research in the field of chemistry education in higher education. 

I am currently working on two projects related to the early childhood education leadership: 1) VakaTuki - Support structures and administration processes for early childhood education service providers and 2) The municipal rule books of the voucher for ECE from the perspective of equality.


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Educational leadership; tutoring, mentoring; coaching; higher education; early childhood education and care (ECEC); chemistry education


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