Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My current research focuses on the internationalisation of teacher education, North-South mobility and innovative approaches to education for diversities and interculturality in teacher education.
Education information
PhD. (Education), University of Helsinki, Faculty of Education 2014
External positions
Senior researcher, University of Jyväskylä
1 Aug 2017 → …Assistant Professor, Eritrea Institute of Technology
1 Sep 2015 → 30 Dec 2016Education Specialist, Finn Church Aid
14 Aug 2015 → 30 Dec 2016Keywords
- 516 Educational sciences
- sociology of education
- 520 Other social sciences
- development research
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2009 2018
GET OUT! Developing Pedagogical Practice for Extended Learning Spaces in Intercultural Education
Posti-Ahokas, H., Janhonen-Abruquah, H. & Johnson Longfor, R., 2017, Silent Partners in Multicultural Education. Itkonen, T. & Dervin, F. (eds.). Charlotte, NC: INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING, INC, p. 147-172 26 p. (Research in multicultural education and international perspectives ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Towards Contextual Understanding of Gender: Student teachers’ views on home economics education and gender in Ghana and Finland
Janhonen-Abruquah, H., Posti-Ahokas, H., Edjah, H. B. & Amu, M. E. K., Apr 2017, Culturally Responsive Education: Reflections from the Global South and North. Lehtomäki, E., Janhonen-Abruquah, H. & Kahangwa, G. L. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 143-162 20 p. (Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Global connectedness in higher education: student voices on the value of cross-cultural learning dialogue
Lehtomaki, E., Moate, J. & Posti-Ahokas, H., Nov 2016, In : Studies in Higher Education. 41, 11, p. 2011-2027 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Enabling and constraining family: Young women building their educational paths in Tanzania
Posti-Ahokas, H. & Okkolin, M-A., 2016, In : Community, work & family. 19, 3, p. 322-339 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Urban spaces for intercultural encounters: teacher students’ reflections on the cultural plunge
Posti-Ahokas, H., Janhonen-Abruquah, H. & Johnson Longfor, R., 2015, In : World Studies in Education. 16, 2, p. 45-55 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Projects 2007 2020
HEED: Home Economics Education for Diversities
Janhonen-Abruquah, H., Posti-Ahokas, H. & Venäläinen, S.
01/04/2016 → 31/03/2020
Project: Research project
Creating conditions for global connectedness through international exchange: University students’ experiences of North – South mobility
01/01/2013 → …
Project: Research project
Culturally responsive home economics education – challenges and possibilities
Palojoki, P., Janhonen-Abruquah, H. & Posti-Ahokas, H.
01/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Tutkimusryhmä: Food, culture and learning
Palojoki, P., Janhonen-Abruquah, H., Janhonen, K., Mäkelä, J., Lehtomäki, E., Taar, J., Tuomi-Gröhn, T., Samppala, M., Posti-Ahokas, H., Malin, A., Soljanto, H., Åbacka, G., Vanhanen, J., Paas, K. & Rautavirta, K.
01/01/2010 → …
Project: Research project
NSS/CIMO: Culturally responsive teacher education
Janhonen-Abruquah, H., Posti-Ahokas, H. & Lehtomäki, E.
01/06/2012 → 31/07/2014
Project: Research project
Activities 2010 2018
Criticality in Education (Research)
Hille Janhonen-Abruquah (Speaker: Presenter), Hanna Maria Posti-Ahokas (Speaker: Presenter), Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter)31 Aug 2017 → 1 Sep 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Ghana Home Economics Association (GHEA)
Hille Janhonen-Abruquah (Speaker: Presenter), Hanna Maria Posti-Ahokas (Speaker: Presenter), Jenni Topp (Speaker: Presenter)27 Jul 2017 → 28 Jul 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Univ Cape Coast, University of Cape Coast
Hille Janhonen-Abruquah (Visiting researcher), Hanna Maria Posti-Ahokas (Visiting researcher)22 Jul 2017 → 30 Jul 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
ICED 2016
Hanna Posti-Ahokas (Speaker: Presenter), Anna-Leena Riitaoja (Speaker: Presenter), Hille Eeva Maria Janhonen-Abruquah (Speaker: Presenter)23 Nov 2016 → 25 Nov 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Education Africa? Prospects and Challenges of the New Generation
Hanna Posti-Ahokas (Attendee)19 Oct 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars