SATU TUOMAINEN
University Lecturer
Senior Lecturer of academic and field-specific English at the Language Centre, Kuopio campus
Research on higher education teaching and learning topics
Teacher of the Year, Kuopio campus 2016
Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2017
Honourary mention for equality and equal opportunities in teaching 2020
Language Centre English team leader 2021-
Contact info
Organization
Service Centres, Language Centre
satu.tuomainen@uef.fi
Phone
+358 40 355 2872
Keywords
Teaching Activities
Academic and field-specific English courses for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels, also staff training and university pedagogy
Teacher of the Year, Kuopio campus 2016
Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2017
Societal Activities
Member of the university evaluation group for teaching and research
Member of the Language Centre steering group, English team leader
Research groups and research projects
UEF: Digitalisation of English exemption examinations 2019
Links
Publications
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Tuomainen, Satu. 2021. Academic English Reading Skills to Support Finnish Nursing Science Students Nursing Education, Research & Practice 11 2: 32-37. 2021
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Heinonen, Annemari; Tuomainen, Satu. 2020. Enhancing recognition of prior learning with digitalisation Language learning in higher education 10 2: 403-420. 2020
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Tuomainen, Satu. 2019. Pedagogy or Personal Qualities? University Students' Perceptions of Teaching Quality American Journal of Education and Learning 4 1: 117-134. 2019
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Tuomainen, Satu. 2019. Persoona vai pedagogiikka? Mikä ohjaa nykyään käsityksiä yliopisto-opetuksen laadusta? Kasvatus 50 3: 245-248. 2019
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Tuomainen, Satu. 2018. Examination as the method in the recognition of prior language learning International journal of lifelong education 37 6: 676-688. 2018
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Tuomainen, Satu. 2018. Supporting non-native university lecturers with English-medium instruction Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 10 3: 230-242. 2018
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Tuomainen Satu. 2017. Student Anxiety and Learning Difficulties in Academic English Courses. In: - (ed.) , Educating for Change: The European Conference on Language Learning, June 30 - Sunday, July 2, 2017, The Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront, Brighton, UK. International Academic Forum IAFOR. The European Conference on Language Learning 2017: Official Conference Proceedings 2017. s. 13-23. 2017
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Tuomainen Satu. 2017. Role of Reflection in Blended Learning Language Courses in Higher Education. In: Mesquita Anabela, Peres Paula (ed.) , Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL 2017), ISCAP, Porto, Portugal, 26-27 October 2017. Academic conferences international. s. 520-536. 2017
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Tuomainen Satu. 2017. Recognition of prior learning and blended learning as methods of motivating university students of Natural Sciences. In: Pixel (ed.) , Conference Proceedings: New Perspectives in Science Education. New perspectives in science education : Conference proceedings 2017. s. 221-224. 2017
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Tuomainen Satu. 2016. A blended learning approach to academic writing and presentation skills. International Journal on Language, Literature and Culture in Education 3 2: 33-55. 2016