Trepo - Selaus tekijän mukaan "Kuusisto, Elina"
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How Finnish and Portuguese parents' implicit beliefs about learning actualize at home
Levinthal, Cristiana; Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi (2021)
articleThe purpose of this qualitative study was to explore parental engagement in the home-learning environment, and parents’ implicit beliefs about learning underlying such engagement. Nineteen parents of elementary school ... -
Identifying core beliefs of an intercultural educator: How polyculturalism and group malleability beliefs shape teachers’ pedagogical thinking and practice
Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina; McMullen, Jake (28.04.2023)
articleManifestations of educational inequity in diversifying societies have led to a wide acknowledgement of the need to develop all teachers’ competencies to work in the context of diversity. The domain of beliefs and attitudes ... -
Implementing and evaluating growth mindset pedagogy - A study of Finnish elementary school teachers
Rissanen, Inkeri; Laine, Sonja; Puusepp, Ita; Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi (29.09.2021)
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In search of a growth mindset pedagogy : A case study of one teacher's classroom practices in a Finnish elementary school
Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina; Tuominen, Moona; Tirri, Kirsi (2019)
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Kohti päämäärätietoista yhteiskunnallista opettajuutta? Opettajaopiskelijoiden tulevalle työlleen asettamat päämäärät
Kuusisto, Elina; Rissanen, Inkeri (20.10.2023)
articleThis study builds on the notion of a purposeful teacher as an aim of teacher education. A purposeful teacher experiences teaching as personally meaningful and has a long-term commitment to contributing to ... -
Kulttuuria koskevat arkiteoriat osana opettajien kulttuurienvälisiä valmiuksia
Jaatinen, Riikka; Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina (20.12.2023)
articleKulttuureja koskevat asenteet ja uskomukset ovat kulttuurienvälisien valmiuksien keskeinen osa-alue. Artikkelissa peruskoulun opettajien (N = 273) kulttuurienvälisiä valmiuksia lähestytään sosiaalipsykologian kentällä ... -
Kulttuurienvälisten valmiuksien perustaa tutkimassa: opettajien arkiteoriat ja orientaatiot
Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina (2022)
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Life purposes of Finnish adolescents
Viljanen, Merja; Kuusisto, Elina (30.08.2024)
articleThis mixed methods study examines life purposes of Finnish adolescents (N = 843) at the end of their basic education. Purpose is understood as a long-term intention to accomplish something of meaning to the self, which ... -
Life purposes: Comparing higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands and Finland
Kuusisto, Elina; de Groot, Isolde; de Ruyter, Doret; Schutte, Ingrid; Rissanen, Inkeri; Suransky, Carolina (26.01.2023)
articleUniversities worldwide are beginning to counter the prevailing neo-liberal ideology by paying renewed attention to the moral development of students and fostering their life purposes. This mixed methods study investigates ... -
Manifestations of purpose in life among Finnish student teachers
Moberg, Joona; Kuusisto, Elina (07.03.2024)
articleThis study investigates how purpose manifests itself among purposeful Finnish student teachers (N = 12) using Schwartz’s framework of personal values and Westheimer and Kahne’s model of citizenship to further the understanding ... -
Mindsets and neural mechanisms of automatic reactions to negative feedback in mathematics in elementary school students
Puusepp, Ita; Linnavalli, Tanja; Huuskonen, Milla; Kukkonen, Karoliina; Huotilainen, Minna; Kujala, Teija; Laine, Sonja; Kuusisto, Elina; Tirri, Kirsi (2021)
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A mixed-methods study on the effects of a growth mindset program in Finnish elementary schools
Laine, Sonja; Puusepp, Ita; Kuusisto, Elina; Rissanen, Inkeri; Tirri, Kirsi (20.04.2025)
articleThe aim of the present study was to explore the effects of a growth mindset intervention program called I can learn among Finnish elementary school students. Altogether, 116 third-grade students participated in this study, ... -
Moral Education in Finland: Past, Present and Future Perspectives
Kuusisto, Elina
Moral Development and Citizenship Education (2025)
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”Mä tiedän millainen vastuu mulla on Suomen yhteiskunnassa, tämän yhteiskunnan kehittämisessä”: Oman äidinkielen opettajien yhteiskunnalliset tavoitteet ja yhteiskunnallinen toiminta
Yli-Jokipii, Maija; Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina (2024)
articleTässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan monikielisen oppilaan oman äidinkielen (OÄK) opettajien yhteiskunnallista päämäärätietoisuutta yhteiskunnallisten tavoitteiden ja yhteiskunnallisen toiminnan näkökulmista. Tutkimus perustuu ... -
Oman äidinkielen opettaja osana kouluyhteisöä
Yli-Jokipii, Maija; Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina (25.10.2022)
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Parental engagement in children’s learning: A holistic approach to teacher-parents’ partnerships
Levinthal, Cristiana; Kuusisto, Elina (2020)
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Peer feedback reflects the mindset and academic motivation of learners
Zhang, Junfeng; Kuusisto, Elina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi (2020)
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Purpose development among Finnish adolescents
Viljanen, Merja; Kuusisto, Elina (19.09.2024)
articleThis study investigates the development of Finnish adolescents’ perceptions of their life purposes and is based on a concept where purpose is understood as a long-term intention to accomplish something significant to the ... -
Purposeful teachers and teaching in Finland and Estonia
Ronkainen, Rina; Kuusisto, Elina; Eisenschmidt, Eve; Tirri, Kirsi (25.11.2023)
articleThe purpose of this study was to investigate how Finnish and Estonian teachers perceive their purpose in life (nFIN=238, nEST=376) and purposeful teaching (nFIN=11, nEST=8). A mixed-method convergent design and sequential ... -
Response on a review of "Teachers' Professional Ethics: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research from Finland"
Tirri, Kirsi; Kuusisto, Elina (2025)
commentIn our book Teachers’ Professional Ethics: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research from Finland, we present the national ethical code for Finnish teachers and the values that guide their work in Finland. Finnish ...




