Curriculum vitae

Title of Docent

Senior university lecturer in Arts Education and Aesthetic Subjects

Curriculum vitae

Title of Docent

PhD (Arts Education)

Master of Arts

Drama Education Subject Teacher

Supervisor Competence

Curriculum vitae

Supervisor in postgraduate studies (doctoral dissertations) in Education and Arts Education

Supervisor in master's theses in Education and Arts Education

Supervisor in bachelor's theses in Education and Arts Education

Description of research and teaching

Docent  Hannah Kaihovirta is a Senior Lecturer in art education and the didactics of aesthetic subjects at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at University of Helsinki. Her research design is art-informed and focuses on arts education and inquiry into practice and policy in education and innovative networking through arts & education. Diversity, multilingualism, and social justice as educational values and teacher education are research topics in her affiliation with DIMISO research group at the faculty.

She is a research leader for 1) VISLU Research, 2) Art Intervention in Primary School and Class Teacher School interventions (AP Mångsam), and 3) SKAPA, a research-based and strategic project for translanguaging in visual arts education in teacher education. She develops teaching strategies for art subjects in digital, distance and hybrid learning environments. She conducts arts and aestetics in teacher education courses on inclusion and special needs education. Her theoretical approach lies in non-linear and the rhizomatic aspects of learning. She is informed by ARTography (Artist, Researcher, Teacher) as a research method. She is a supervisor for master-and doctoral thesis. Her research is represented in publications, lectures, exhibitions, international research and education networks. She holds several positions of trust within the university, education, arts, and culture.

Hannah Kaihovirta has extensive experience in art-informed learning environments as a visual artist, educator, researcher, project manager, and curator for art exhibitions and art pedagogical events.