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Erkko Sointu

Erkko Sointu

Professor

Special education, Development of Teaching Methods and Support for Learning

School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Philosophical Faculty

[email protected] | +358 50 560 4461

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Dr. Erkko Sointu (PhD, special education) works as a professor in the special education scientific discipline at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). His research interests encompass the development of teaching methods and support for learning across various educational levels, including higher education. He also focuses on behavioral and emotional functioning, emphasizing strengths, as well as learning analytics and dispositional learning analytics in both teaching and research. Additionally, he explores the integration of technology in education. Erkko’s responsibilities include research, teaching, supervising, and facilitating research initiatives. He is an active researcher and advisory board member of the UEF Learning, Everyday Life, and Work in a Digitalized Society (DIGS) research community. Erkko participates in extensive national and international research networks and organizations, such as EDUsummIT. He is also a trained teacher with experience of both comprehensive and higher education. Erkko holds title of docent of quantitative research methods in educational sciences to University of Lapland, Finland

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behavioral and emotional strengths emotional and behavioral challenges emotional and behavioral disorders emotional and behavioral problems emotional disorders flipped classroom flipped learning ICT infomation and communication tehcnology (ICT) learning analytics special education strength strength-based approaches TPACK

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