Hannele Pitkänen

Hannele Pitkänen

Postdoctoral Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Department / Division
Department of Teacher Education
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Biography

I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ģֱ. My current work contributes to two interrelated research projects. First, I’m conducting an ethnographic research project on the evaluative and reflexive practices in guidance counselling. The project studies the role of student assessment in guidance counselling, especially when students are considering their educational and occupational choices. Secondly, I’m working on the EDUCA Flagship project in the research team, "the overarching theme of multi-level and multi-sited educational policy making". My research focuses especially on evaluation and assessment within educational policies. I’m also supervising master's and doctoral theses and teaching courses on qualitative research methodologies.

Research interests

My research interests encompass sociology and politics of education, history of education, and curriculum studies. I am particularly focused on evaluation and assessment in education and educational policy as societal phenomena and practices. Recently, I have investigated the role of evaluation and assessment within the realm of guidance and counseling, with a keen interest in how policies and practices in this area shape student subjectivities.

Publications

Publication
2025

Mitattu lapsuus. Gaudeamus.
Siippainen, Anna
Paananen, Maiju
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Raportteja ja työpapereita / Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. Jyväskylän yliopisto.
Kalalahti, Mira
Minkkinen, Laura
Saarinen, Taina
Tyni, Kiia
Vaara, Elina
Ala-Vähälä, Timo
Häkkinen, Päivi
Jänkälä, Jukka-Pekka
Pitkänen, Hannele
Pöysä-Tarhonen, Johanna
Tarnanen, Mirja
Publication
2025

Mitattu lapsuus. Gaudeamus.
Siippainen, Anna
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Journal of Education Policy.
Pitkänen, Hannele
Rontu, Eeva
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Education Policy.
Siippainen, Anna
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Academic Ethics.
Löfström, E.
Pitkänen, H.
Čekanauskaitė, A.
Lukaševičienė, V.
Kyllönen, S.
Gefenas, E.
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Finland’s Famous Education System. Springer.
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Quality in Teaching and Teacher Education. Brill.
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Kasvatus ja aika.
Pitkänen, Hannele
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Kasvatustieteen päivät.
Pitkänen, Hannele
Rontu, Eeva