Ph.D. Korte, Satu-Maarit is a University Lecturer (100%) of Media Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, Finland and an Associate Professor (20%) of Education in Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway. Her research interests are primarily technology-mediated learning, technology in indigenous and multicultural pedagogies, embodied cognition and life stance education. She is involved in primary school teacher education and several research and development projects globally and nationally. More information on projects and research: https://satumaaritkorte.webnode.fi/ Address: Finland
This article presents the findings of an international comparative multiple-case study that exami... more This article presents the findings of an international comparative multiple-case study that examined the sudden change from classroom to remote online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study specifically explored the experiences of teachers in Northern Finland, England, and Norway to provide new information about the education situation and to guide the description of the areas that should guide the education of future teachers. The data were collected in three different ways in three different contexts: via an online survey of in-service teachers in Lapland, Finland (N = 164), and through different semi-structured interviews with teachers in England (N = 20) and Northern Norway (N = 30). The data analysis was conducted in two phases. The first phase focused on teachers’ experiences in teaching and learning and the second phase on teachers’ challenges. The results voice the teachers’ desire for more education on online pedagogy and practicals, the pedagogical use of technol...
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
This article presents the findings of a survey (N = 35) conducted among teachers working above th... more This article presents the findings of a survey (N = 35) conducted among teachers working above the Arctic Circle in Northern Finland, specifically in the Sámi Domicile Area educational institutions (the Utsjoki, Enontekiö, Inari, and Sodankylä municipalities). The survey's goal was to determine what types of premises instructors worked in when working in online environments, as well as what types of developmental needs they indicated. The survey was designed around a technology integration framework that focuses on and combines technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge, and technological-pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by Mishra and Koehler for the effective and meaningful integration of technology in teaching and learning activities. The findings suggest that digital education is still being implemented at a variety of levels in Northern schools and that greater efforts should be made to ensure that appropriate techniques and equal learning opportunities are avail...
Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, millaisista tekijöistä opiskelijoiden kokemukset etäopiskelust... more Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, millaisista tekijöistä opiskelijoiden kokemukset etäopiskelusta koostuvat. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin Covid-19-pandemian aikana vuonna 2021 toisen asteen opiskelijoilta sekä perusopetuksen 9.-luokan oppilailta (N=189). Lisäksi toisen asteen opiskelijoiden (N=45) kanssa toteutettiin työpajoja, joissa etäopetuksen hyviä käytänteitä ja ongelmakohtia käsiteltiin. Laadullinen aineisto on analysoitu aineistolähtöisesti. Opiskelijat ilmaisevat toimivan etäopiskeluympäristön tukevan sosiaalista, psyykkistä ja fyysistä hyvinvointia.Tutkimus tuo esille opiskelijoiden vaihtelevat tuen tarpeet sekä moniulotteisen sosiaalisen vuorovaikutuksen merkityksen etäopetuksessa. Lisäksi opiskelijoiden itseohjautuvuuden kokemukset linkittyvät minäpystyvyyden kokemukseen. Tulokset ovat hyödynnettävissä kehitettäessä etäohjauskäytäntöjä, jotka huomioivat aineelliset ja kokemukselliset etäopiskeluympäristöt.
This study contributes a unique standpoint with its comparative case analysis concerning educator... more This study contributes a unique standpoint with its comparative case analysis concerning educators' soft skills. The topic is compared among three countries: Brazil, Finland and Vietnam, representing three continents with different social, economic and cultural aspects. This comparative quantitative case study aimed to examine the different attitudes and soft skills of adult educators (n = 355) through an online survey in Brazil, Finland and Vietnam. The focus was on identifying the most important soft skills from the adult educators’ points of view and the differences concerning those skills among the three countries. The study offers practical recommendations for teachers and teacher education development by which to further develop educators’ skills, in response to skill preparation for students in the fast-changing study and working environment demands. This study concluded that Brazil, Finland and Vietnam differ considerably in their views on soft skills as based on the pre...
This chapter discusses pre-service teachers' views about the United Nations (UN) Convention o... more This chapter discusses pre-service teachers' views about the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child and how teachers perceive their connection to the educational context and their work. The authors argue that pre-service teachers' perceptions determine how successfully human rights education is implemented in practice. The data were collected from workshops and focus group discussions conducted with 82 primary school pre-service teachers in Northern Finland. The participants noted that children's rights are important and deeply connected to their work. However, they were insufficiently familiar with HRE concepts, and they were uncertain about whether it was acceptable to physically restrain children to protect them or others, as this could undermine a child's rights. To adhere to the principles in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the topic must be included in the pre-service study syllabus, more clearly added to the curriculum, and imp...
This article aims to develop and update a reindeer herding study programme in a vocational school... more This article aims to develop and update a reindeer herding study programme in a vocational school in Lapland, Finland in cooperation with the teachers and students. The possibilities for developing motivating learning environments are investigated in the context of reindeer herding, with the ultimate objective being to enhance student interest in their studies and working life through the use of digital technologies. Educational design research is optimal because it is founded upon the needs and challenges of education providers, and solutions can be developed through cyclical processes involving reindeer herding study programme students. Data were collected through focus group interviews. During the development process, particular attention was given to indigenous Sámi pedagogy to consider the students’ sociocultural backgrounds and the ecocultural learning environment. The Triple E framework (Kolb, 2017) is applied to analyse the results in terms of how technology (a) motivates st...
This article presents the findings of an international comparative multiple-case study that exami... more This article presents the findings of an international comparative multiple-case study that examined the sudden change from classroom to remote online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study specifically explored the experiences of teachers in Northern Finland, England, and Norway to provide new information about the education situation and to guide the description of the areas that should guide the education of future teachers. The data were collected in three different ways in three different contexts: via an online survey of in-service teachers in Lapland, Finland (N = 164), and through different semi-structured interviews with teachers in England (N = 20) and Northern Norway (N = 30). The data analysis was conducted in two phases. The first phase focused on teachers’ experiences in teaching and learning and the second phase on teachers’ challenges. The results voice the teachers’ desire for more education on online pedagogy and practicals, the pedagogical use of technol...
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design
This article presents the findings of a survey (N = 35) conducted among teachers working above th... more This article presents the findings of a survey (N = 35) conducted among teachers working above the Arctic Circle in Northern Finland, specifically in the Sámi Domicile Area educational institutions (the Utsjoki, Enontekiö, Inari, and Sodankylä municipalities). The survey's goal was to determine what types of premises instructors worked in when working in online environments, as well as what types of developmental needs they indicated. The survey was designed around a technology integration framework that focuses on and combines technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge, and technological-pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by Mishra and Koehler for the effective and meaningful integration of technology in teaching and learning activities. The findings suggest that digital education is still being implemented at a variety of levels in Northern schools and that greater efforts should be made to ensure that appropriate techniques and equal learning opportunities are avail...
Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, millaisista tekijöistä opiskelijoiden kokemukset etäopiskelust... more Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, millaisista tekijöistä opiskelijoiden kokemukset etäopiskelusta koostuvat. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin Covid-19-pandemian aikana vuonna 2021 toisen asteen opiskelijoilta sekä perusopetuksen 9.-luokan oppilailta (N=189). Lisäksi toisen asteen opiskelijoiden (N=45) kanssa toteutettiin työpajoja, joissa etäopetuksen hyviä käytänteitä ja ongelmakohtia käsiteltiin. Laadullinen aineisto on analysoitu aineistolähtöisesti. Opiskelijat ilmaisevat toimivan etäopiskeluympäristön tukevan sosiaalista, psyykkistä ja fyysistä hyvinvointia.Tutkimus tuo esille opiskelijoiden vaihtelevat tuen tarpeet sekä moniulotteisen sosiaalisen vuorovaikutuksen merkityksen etäopetuksessa. Lisäksi opiskelijoiden itseohjautuvuuden kokemukset linkittyvät minäpystyvyyden kokemukseen. Tulokset ovat hyödynnettävissä kehitettäessä etäohjauskäytäntöjä, jotka huomioivat aineelliset ja kokemukselliset etäopiskeluympäristöt.
This study contributes a unique standpoint with its comparative case analysis concerning educator... more This study contributes a unique standpoint with its comparative case analysis concerning educators' soft skills. The topic is compared among three countries: Brazil, Finland and Vietnam, representing three continents with different social, economic and cultural aspects. This comparative quantitative case study aimed to examine the different attitudes and soft skills of adult educators (n = 355) through an online survey in Brazil, Finland and Vietnam. The focus was on identifying the most important soft skills from the adult educators’ points of view and the differences concerning those skills among the three countries. The study offers practical recommendations for teachers and teacher education development by which to further develop educators’ skills, in response to skill preparation for students in the fast-changing study and working environment demands. This study concluded that Brazil, Finland and Vietnam differ considerably in their views on soft skills as based on the pre...
This chapter discusses pre-service teachers' views about the United Nations (UN) Convention o... more This chapter discusses pre-service teachers' views about the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child and how teachers perceive their connection to the educational context and their work. The authors argue that pre-service teachers' perceptions determine how successfully human rights education is implemented in practice. The data were collected from workshops and focus group discussions conducted with 82 primary school pre-service teachers in Northern Finland. The participants noted that children's rights are important and deeply connected to their work. However, they were insufficiently familiar with HRE concepts, and they were uncertain about whether it was acceptable to physically restrain children to protect them or others, as this could undermine a child's rights. To adhere to the principles in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the topic must be included in the pre-service study syllabus, more clearly added to the curriculum, and imp...
This article aims to develop and update a reindeer herding study programme in a vocational school... more This article aims to develop and update a reindeer herding study programme in a vocational school in Lapland, Finland in cooperation with the teachers and students. The possibilities for developing motivating learning environments are investigated in the context of reindeer herding, with the ultimate objective being to enhance student interest in their studies and working life through the use of digital technologies. Educational design research is optimal because it is founded upon the needs and challenges of education providers, and solutions can be developed through cyclical processes involving reindeer herding study programme students. Data were collected through focus group interviews. During the development process, particular attention was given to indigenous Sámi pedagogy to consider the students’ sociocultural backgrounds and the ecocultural learning environment. The Triple E framework (Kolb, 2017) is applied to analyse the results in terms of how technology (a) motivates st...
Information and communications technologies have generated a multilevel metamorphose not only of ... more Information and communications technologies have generated a multilevel metamorphose not only of the educational field, but also of the usage of hands. The shift from handwriting to typing is bringing about a change in the ways people learn to recognize and recollect letters and words, read and write.
This study investigates how different writing methods affect memory retrieval. The aim is to understand how the memory performances compare after handwriting and typing tasks, and how the factor of time or age affects recollection. The Wechsler Memory Scale Revised Edition (WMS-R) was used with experimental within-subjects research design to measure memory functions of 31 University of Lapland students in 2016. Participants wrote down a dictated story with a pencil, computer keyboard, and a touch screen keyboard. Consequently, the degree of recollection of each writing task was measured and analysed with repeated measures analysis of variance.
Additionally, this thesis deliberates the embodied cognition theory, as learning and memorizing are not simply information processing in nothingness. Experiences, actions and senses all play part in learning, as well as in writing process with the harmonious co-operation of brain, mind and body.
The results of this study indicate that writing modalities have statistically significant effect on recollection, handwriting receiving the highest scores. These results are of interest due to the constant increase of digitization of learning environments. Moreover, these results can be reflected upon when evaluating the impending changes in the Finnish curriculum, from which cursive handwriting is removed in autumn 2016.
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This study investigates how different writing methods affect memory retrieval. The aim is to understand how the memory performances compare after handwriting and typing tasks, and how the factor of time or age affects recollection. The Wechsler Memory Scale Revised Edition (WMS-R) was used with experimental within-subjects research design to measure memory functions of 31 University of Lapland students in 2016. Participants wrote down a dictated story with a pencil, computer keyboard, and a touch screen keyboard. Consequently, the degree of recollection of each writing task was measured and analysed with repeated measures analysis of variance.
Additionally, this thesis deliberates the embodied cognition theory, as learning and memorizing are not simply information processing in nothingness. Experiences, actions and senses all play part in learning, as well as in writing process with the harmonious co-operation of brain, mind and body.
The results of this study indicate that writing modalities have statistically significant effect on recollection, handwriting receiving the highest scores. These results are of interest due to the constant increase of digitization of learning environments. Moreover, these results can be reflected upon when evaluating the impending changes in the Finnish curriculum, from which cursive handwriting is removed in autumn 2016.