Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Anna Uitto is the professor in biology education and the director of the research group focusing on biology education and the education for sustainable development (ESD). Her current research interests are inquiry-based learning (IBL), conceptual learning, gene education and socio-scientific issues in biology education, out-of-school learning environments and the use of mobile gaze tracking in studying learnign in nature environments, as well as sustainability education especially the role of school culture in ESD. Currently she has research and development projects in the secondary school on digital gaming and inquiry approach in outdoor education. Besides research, she has published learning material for teacher education and science education for schools.
Education/Academic qualification
Title pf Docent
Award Date: 15 May 2000
Filosofian tohtori
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- Biology education
- Science education
- Sustainability education
- Biodiversity education
- 118 Biological sciences
- Ecology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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From pre- and in-service teachers’ asymmetric backgrounds to equal co-teaching: Investigation of a professional learning model
Kervinen, A., Portaankorva-Koivisto, P., Kesler, M., Kaasinen, A., Juuti, K. & Uitto, A., 26 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in education. 7, 13 p., 919332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment
EuroScitizen, Kuschmierz, P., Aivelo, T. & Uitto, A. E., Dec 2021, In: Evolution: Education and Outreach. 14, 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Teachers’ choice of content and consideration of controversial and sensitive issues in teaching of secondary school genetics
Aivelo, T. & Uitto, A., 2019, In: International Journal of Science Education. 41, 18, p. 2716-2735 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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How fieldwork-oriented biology teachers establish formal outdoor education practices
Kervinen, A., Uitto, A. & Juuti, K., 2020, In: Journal of Biological Education. 54, 2, p. 115-128 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Participatory school experiences as facilitators for adolescents' ecological behavior
Uitto, A., Boeve-de Pauw, J. & Saloranta, S., Sep 2015, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 43, p. 55–65 11 p., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.05.007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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BSSE: Biodiversity for science and sustainability education
Uitto, A., Kervinen, A., Kaasinen, A., Wolff, L., Skarstein, T., Aivelo, T., Södervik, I. & Paananen, M. M.
01/01/2017 → …
Project: Research project
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Teaching, learning and understanding genetics in Finnish upper secondary school
01/08/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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143/587/2016 Ihan pihalla! - oppilaat ympäristön tutkijoina. Hankkeen arviointi (Teachers’ and students’ experiences on game-based learning and outdoor education. Assessment of the Far out! -project 2016-2018).
Uitto, A. & Lukkarinen, I.
22/02/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
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LumaLähetit: eheyttävän ympäristöopin didaktiikan tutkimus- ja kehittämishanke (LumaMessengers - Research and Development project for integrative science education)
Uitto, A., Kesler, M., Kervinen, A., Kaasinen, A., Juuti, K., Portaankorva-Koivisto, P., Wolff, L. & Laherto, A.
01/03/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Sustainable Food Education for Self-Efficacy Development How to encourage future citizens to act for a sustainable society. Subproject 2: Factors behind teachers' and students' sustainability actions.
Uitto, A., Saloranta, S. & Salo, K.
01/01/2009 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research project
Activities
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The 2019 ESERA conference in Bologna, Italy, August 26-30, 2019.
Anna Uitto (Speaker: Presenter)
26 Aug 2019 → 31 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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2018 Conference of Earli SIG 1
Anna Uitto (Speaker: Presenter)
29 Aug 2018 → 31 Aug 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Researchers in Didactics of Biology ERIDOB 2018: XII Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology Zaragoza, Spain.
Anna Uitto (Speaker: Presenter)
2 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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NARST, 2017 Annual International Conference. Invited symposium
Anna Uitto (Invited speaker)
22 Apr 2017 → 25 Apr 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education (Journal)
Anna Uitto (Reviewer)
Jan 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Kaupalliset geenitestit lupaavat paljon – pitäisikö uskoa?
Anna Uitto & Tuomas Juho Eero Aivelo
01/06/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Kestävän kehityksen pedagogiikka - teoriaa ja käytäntöjä
Anna Uitto, Lili-Ann Wolff, Seppo Saloranta & Anna Lehtonen
31/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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