(8.9.2016)
FULL NAME
Pikkarainen, Esa Eetu Tapio
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
13.11.1958 Oulu
CITIZENSHIP
Finnish
ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, FAX
P.O. Box 2000, 90014 University of Oulu (Home: Kahvelitie 8 as 31, 90510 Oulu), Tel: +358 40 5585312, eetu.pikkarainen@oulu.fi, Fax: +358 8 553 3744
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PhD Education 2004, University of Oulu
LicEd 1996, University of Oulu
MEd 1989, University of Oulu
Teacher's pedagogical qualification, 2015, Oulu University of Applied Sciences
PRESENT POSITION
University Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Semiotics of Education; Philosophy of Education, especially values and ontology; Basic concepts and structures of educational interaction and learning; possibilities to study them empirically; Uses of educational technology
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Planning Officer, Senior Assistant and Research Assistant, Haave project, University of Oulu, 1990-1994
Senior Assistant, Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Oulu, 1995-1996
Assistant, Oulu Department of Teacher Education (Subject Teacher Education), University of Oulu, 1996-2000
Senior Assistant, Department of Education and Teacher Education (Open University Education, KAJO project), University of Oulu, 2000-2010
University Lecturer, Department of Education and Teacher Education (KAJO project Open University Education), University of Oulu, 2010-
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Finnish Education research Association 1992-
Philosophical Society of Finland 1991-
Semiotic Society of Finland 1995-
International Association of Semiotic Studies 2014-
Network of Semiotics and Education 2008-
OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MERITS AND ACTIVITIES
Planning the project plan and taking part to the qualification education experiment of classroom teachers, Haave project in 1990-1994. (Project got about 200 000€ funding.)
Planning 1996 the reform of the subject teacher education curriculum of pedagogical studies in the University of Oulu and taking part to its implementation. (Modularized curriculum.)
Member in Advisory Board of Subject Teacher Education 1996-1999; Secretary (2004-2007) and member (2008-2016) of the Management Group of the Teacher Education of the University of Oulu
Working as a Project Manager in KAJO Blended Learning Development project of Open University teaching of science of education in 2007-2010, and then as a coordinator of the continued development and practice in 2010- (https://wiki.oulu.fi/display/kajo/)
Acting as a network coordinator in the International Semiosis and Education Network in 2008- (https://wwwedu.oulu.fi/semed/)
Taking part to the planning and as a research fellow to the Finnish Academy financed project 'Educational Theory and Traditions' lead by Professor Pauli Siljander in 2011-2013
Taking part to the planning and applying funds to the project 'Supervision as a pedagogical process', led by Professor Raimo Kaasila, which got high scores for Finnish Academy.
UNPUBLISHED PRESENTATIONS
Oulun yliopiston Tieteen päivät 28.-31.8.1992, posteri: Haave-projekti: uudenlaista opettajankoulutusta. (Esko Kalaojan kanssa)
The 12th International Human Science Research Conference at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, August 10-14 1993, Paper: Education and Power.
Kasvatustieteen päivät 24.-26.11.1994 Rovaniemellä, esitelmä: Empiirisen pedagogisen tutkimuksen mahdollisuudesta ja luonteesta.
Kasvatustieteen päivät Jyväskylässä 23-25.11.1995, esitelmät: Alasdair MacIntyre ja tradition käsite; ja Mitä erityistä koulutusteknologiassa on?
Ethik und Pädagogik seminar in Joensuu by Prof. J Oelkers 6-7.10.1995, paper: Some Bildungs-theoretical reflections on Mary Shelley's novel 'FRANKENSTEIN, or, the Modern Prometheus'.
Suomen Semiotiikan Seuran 16. symposium Imatran Valtionhotellissa 6.-8.6.1997, esitelmä: Semioottisesta kasvatustutkimuksesta
International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies conference in Imatra 1998, paper in workshop: Greimassian Heritage: On a Semiotical Theory of Action and Semiotics of Educational Action
Kasvatustieteen päivät Kajaanissa 1998, esitelmä: Sivistysteorian paikasta ja tehtävästä pedagogisessa teoriassa
International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies conference 1999, paper: On "Human Consciousness" as Pedagogically Produced Cultural Self-Reflection - and its Relation to such Concepts as Meaning and Information
Suomen Semiotiikan Seuran symposiumi 2000, esitelmä: Semiotiikka verkossa
Kasvatustieteen päivät Turussa 2000 esitelmät: Semioottisesta toiminnan teoriasta ja sen pedagogisista implikaatioista; ja Dialoguerizer - koulutus- ja sivistysteknologiahankkeen lähtökohdista
International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies conference 2001, workshop: Social Semiotics, paper: Non-verbal Semiotics in Teaching Interaction
Kasvatustieteen päivät Oulussa 2006, kasvatussemiotiikan työryhmän puheenjohtajuus ja esitelmä: Kasvatussemiotiikka ja merkityksen ongelma kasvatuksessa - johdatusta aiheeseen
World Conference of Semiotics in Helsinki, 2007, Paper: Meaning in and of Education.
International invitation seminar "Semiosis as a Foundational Concept for Education" held in the University of Ghent, 2008: Being, Action, Meaning: Semiosis and Education (foundation of the International Network of Semiotics and Education).
KAJO - Kasvatustieteen joustava monimuoto-opetus: Yhteistyöllä laatua. Esitelmä Virtuaalikorkeakoulu-päivillä Helsingissä 19.11.2009.
Nature vs. Culture – The Problem of the Goal of Human Growth. Paper in ECER -conference in Helsinki 2010
KAJO – Flexible Blended Learning Model: 'Bildung' Theoretical Development Project on University Didactics. Poster Tutkimusperustainen opettajankoulutus -tapahtumassa Oulun yliopistossa syksyllä 2010
International invitation seminar "Semiosis and Education" held in the University of Cergy-Pontoise in Paris 2011. Paper: Education, Values and Authority: a Semiotic View.
International invitation seminars on "Semiotics as Philosophy for Education" held in the University of Bath 1012. Paper: Semiotic Theory of Education and Semiotic Research of Teaching.
I organized an international workshop: "Significance of Semiotics for Education and the Theory of Education" in FERA conference in Helsinki 2012. Paper: From Dispositions to Competences: Ontology, Interaction and Semiotics.
In cooperation with Prof. A Stables I organized an international workshop: "Semiotics for education: transforming theories and practices" as part of the 28th International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies in Imatra, 2013. Papers: Discontinuity and Semiosis – A Semiotic Approach to Existential Pedagogy (with Jani Kukkola) and Towards Empirical Research of Teaching.
12th World Congress of Semiotics Sofia 2014, in New Bulgarian University. Paper: Sign (function) for Semiotics of Education.
Oulu, 8 September 2016, Eetu Pikkarainen