Early childhood education and care teacher's gaze in pedagogical interaction with toddlers
Doctoral dissertation research project related to early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers gaze in pedagogical interaction with children under three years old (toddlers). Gaze has a significant role on performing and sustaining interaction and gaze is used to observe, predict, and to make decisions in pedagogical activities. In this project ECEC teachers' gaze is studied with eye-tracking technology and research articles composed in this project are part of Susanna Isotalo's doctoral dissertation.
Eye-tracking laboratory
Table of contents
Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
Interactive and technologically enhanced learning environments
Learning at work and well-being
Department
Department of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Project description
Susanna Isotalo's dissertation aims to investigate teachers’ visual gaze behavior in pedagogical activities to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which teachers use their gaze to facilitate interactions and pedagogy with young children. To accomplish this, understanding is deepened trough concepts of pedagogical episodes in activities and teachers professional vision.
Project members
External members
Susanna Isotalo
Doctoral student
Department of Education, Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥
Tuulikki Ukkonen-Mikkola
University lecturer
Department of Education, University of Helsinki
Joni Lämsä
Postdoctoral researcher
Learning and Educational Technology (LET) Research Lab, University of Oulu
