Team
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Heidi Layne
Heidi Layne is a senior lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Education and Psychology.
Heidi Layne has gained her PhD in the Philosophy of Education from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her background is in global and sustainable education, specifically cultural and social sustainability, welfare of children and families, critical intercultural and multilingual education, racism and antiracism in education, inquiry and developing participatory qualitative research methods. She has experience in leading a mixed method study on Understanding the Effects of Child Support Model: Experiences of Children and Families from Low Income Background in Singapore. Besides, she is leading a research on everyday multiculturalism and racism in Finnish early childhood education and was a co-principal investigator in a similar study on secondary education level in Singapore. In addition, she is currently involved in other research initiatives, both in Singapore and in Finland on education transitions (for marginalized groups). As a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Global Education in the University of Jyväskylä, she supervises masters level studies on global and sustainable education, and co-leads Research group on critical approaches to sustainability, global education, and development.
email: heidi.j.layne(at)jyu.fi
Mikko Hiljanen
Mikko Hiljanen is a university teacher at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of Teacher Education
email: mikko.m.t.hiljanen(at)jyu.fi
Kara Ronai
Kara Ronai is a University Teacher in Sustainability and Global Education at the Faculty of Education and Psychology.
Her background is situated in applied linguistics, English language education and international education, which have led her to a growing interest in global education. Her current tasks include the coordination of GloseNet, along with teaching and coordination in the faculty’s Master of Educational Sciences (EDUMA) programme. She is also a doctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä’s Centre for Applied Language Studies, and her research focuses on cultural stereotyping in relation to plagiarism perceptions, policies and pedagogy in higher education.
email: kara.l.ronai(at)jyu.fi
Abitha Chakrapani
Abitha Chakrapani is currently pursuing her Master's in Education at the University of Jyvaskyla as part of the EDUMA program. She is interested in curriculum development and exploring language education. Prior to studying for the master's program, she has experience teaching English to middle school children, whose first language is not English and who don’t have any exposure to English at home. She is interested to understand the “How” and “What” of teaching the English language in a classroom in a country as diverse and multilingual as India.
She is currently working with Heidi Layne and Mikko Hiljanen on this project named, Education for Emergencies funded by Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL).
email: abchakra(at)jyu.fi