Katri Laukkanen
Biography
I work as a doctoral researcher in education at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. I have over 20 years of experience in teaching and education in both the municipal and corporate sectors. My research interests include teachership, teacher competence, and educational policy speeches, which I examine in my doctoral dissertation.
Research interests
My dissertation examines how teachership, the expectations placed on teachers, and professional expertise are constructed and given meaning in Finnish parliamentary Question Time speeches from 2000 to 2023 as part of broader sociocultural expectations. Positioned at the intersection of research on teachership and education policy, the study adopts a sociocultural framework and positions parliamentary Question Time speeches as a site of the deliberative democratic process. I explore how sociocultural expectations shape the way teachership is discussed and given meaning, how social problems influence the expectations placed on teachers, and what kinds of professional roles are framed for teachers in parliamentary Question Time speeches.
