Merja Paksuniemi Special researcher (remote) Contact  e-mail: merja.paksuniemi(at)rovaniemi.fi        (at) > @ GSM: 040 590 7290

 
Research

• The War time Children in Northern Finland

The War time Children in Northern FinlandThe purpose of this research is to describe the life from a children's point of view in the Northern Finland during the war time 1939-1945. The main research questions are: How did the lives of children change during the war time? Are there any similarities to be found? The corpus is comprised of interviews, archive sources and other studies. The research is qualitative and it combines educational, historical and social perspective.

Education

PhD of Education 2009, University of Lapland
Licentiate of Education 2005, University of Lapland
Subject studies in Theology, University of Joensuu 2005
Subject studies in History, University of Oulu 2003
Master of Education/ Class Teacher Education 1997, University of Lapland

Publications

Paksuniemi, Merja. & Määttä, Kaarina. 2011a. At the Roots of Pedagogy of Finnish Teacher Training -Practicum as a Core of Teacher Training in Teacher College of Tornio in The 1920s. International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies.

Paksuniemi, Merja. & Määttä, Kaarina. 2011b. The Most Decent Girls Make the Best Responsible Teacher - Teacher Selection for Teacher Education in Northern Finland in 1921-1945. Prime Research on Education, 1 (1), 10-17.

Paksuniemi, Merja. & Määttä, Kaarina. 2011c. How Were the Students Turned into Decent Teachers by Free-Time Activities at the Teacher Training College of Tornio in 1921-1945. Elixir Psychology, 39, 4782-4786.

Paksuniemi, Merja, 2009. Tornion alakansakoulunopettajaseminaarin opettajakuva lukuvuosina 1921-1945 rajautuen oppilasvalintoihin, oppikirjoihin ja oheistoimintaan. Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 161. [Teacher image in the lower primary school teachers' college of Tornio in 1921-1945 in the light of selection of students, textbooks, and activities of leisure time].

Paksuniemi, Merja, 2005. "Opiskelu Tornion seminaarissa". Opiskelijoiden muisteluja. Lapin yliopiston kasvatustieteellisiä julkaisuja 10. ["Studying at the teachers' college of Tornio". Students´ memories.]