Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Dr. Elina Kuusisto holds a Title of Docent at the University of Helsinki. She works as a University Lecturer in the domain of diversity and inclusive education at the Tampere University. Her research interests include teacher ethics and school pedagogy. More particularly, through her studies she aims to enhance 1) civic purpose and purposeful teaching among students and teachers; 2) ethical sensitivity and moral education in schools; 3) talent development and growth mindset pedagogy to increase meaningful learning experiences of every student.
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- School pedagogy
- Moral education
- Purpose in life
- Teacher education
- Talent development
- Cross-cultural studies
- 614 Theology
- Religious education
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Changes in physiological arousal during an arithmetic task: profiles of elementary school students and their associations with mindset, task performance and math grade
Puusepp, I., Tammi, T., Linnavalli, T., Huotilainen, M., Laine, S., Kuusisto, E. & Tirri, K., 18 Jan 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 12 p., 1606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Finnish students’ conceptions of giftedness and intelligence in basic education
Laine, S., Kuusisto, E. & Tirri, K., 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 68, 2, p. 141–159 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Civic purpose among higher education students: A study of four Dutch and Finnish institutions
Kuusisto, E., de Groot, I., Schutte, I. & Rissanen, I., 27 Jul 2023, In: JET. Journal of Empirical Theology. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Development of Associations between Elementary School Students’ Mindsets and Attentional Neural Processing of Feedback in an Arithmetic Task
Puusepp, I., Linnavalli, T., Tammi, T., Huotilainen, M., Kujala, T., Laine, S., Kuusisto, E. & Tirri, K., 14 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Diversity beliefs are associated with orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice: A study among German and Finnish student teachers
Rissanen, I., Kuusisto, E., Timm, S. & Kaukko, M., Mar 2023, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 123, 13 p., 103996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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MoCo: Teachers' Moral Competence in Pedagogical Encounters (MoCo)
Tirri, K. (Project manager), Hanhimäki, E. (Participant), Kuusisto, E. (Participant), Gholami, K. (Participant), Rissanen, I. (Participant), Nokelainen, P. (Participant) & Hedayati, N. (Participant)
01/09/2011 → …
Project: Research project
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CoPErNicus: Changing Mindsets about Learning: Connecting Psychological, Educational, and Neuroscientific Evidence (CoPErNicus)
Tirri, K. (Project manager), Kuusisto, E. (Participant), Laine, S. (Participant), Rissanen, I. (Participant), Zhang, J. (Participant), Niikko, M. (Participant), Ronkainen, R. (Participant), Seitamaa, A. (Participant), Puusepp, I. (Participant), Huotilainen, M. (Participant), Kujala, T. (Participant), Linnavalli, T. (Participant) & Levinthal de Oliveira Lim, C. (Participant)
01/09/2010 → …
Project: Research project
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TCV: Teaching Common Values in Europe
Tirri, K. (Principal Investigator), Kuusisto, E. (Participant) & Hedayati, N. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 28/02/2017
Project: Research project
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EDIC+: Education for Democratic Intercultural Citizenship+
Tirri, K. (Principal Investigator), Kuusisto, E. (Participant) & Hedayati, N. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2019
Project: Other project
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BEACON: TEACHING as a PURPOSE
Kuusisto, E. (Other) & Tirri, K. (Other)
28/08/2016 → 31/12/2019
Project: Other project
Activities
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Inclusive education from the perspective of teachers’ professional ethics – the case of Finnish teachers
Tirri, K. (Speaker) & Kuusisto, E. (Speaker)
15 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Mindsets and Math Task Difficulty Preference Among Finnish Elementary School Students
Puusepp, I. (Speaker), Linnavalli, T. (Speaker), Kuusisto, E. (Speaker), Laine, S. (Speaker) & Tirri, K. (Speaker)
26 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Elementary school students’ mindsets, effort beliefs and math task difficulty preference
Puusepp, I. (Speaker), Linnavalli, T. (Speaker), Kuusisto, E. (Speaker), Laine, S. (Speaker) & Tirri, K. (Speaker)
25 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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F1000Research (Journal)
Kuusisto, E. (Reviewer)
16 Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Journal for the Education of the Gifted (Journal)
Kuusisto, E. (Reviewer)
19 May 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts