The research project of a consortium formed by three universities (Tampere, Jyväskylä, Helsinki) developed upper secondary school students' knowledge work practices and pedagogical practices that promote their learning.
In the project, upper secondary school students' online reading skills, experiences of learning knowledge work practices, and pedagogical practices used in upper secondary education were evaluated. In addition, the project collected information on background factors related to uppers secondary school students' online reading and learning knowledge work practices, such knowledge concepts of and self-efficacy.
Based on the research work, a model for teaching academic knowledge work practices was developed, which was tested in the intervention implemented in the research project. The study added basic research information about online reading and created more effective practices for teaching online reading in upper secondary education. Participating in the project offered upper secondary schools the opportunity to be involved in developing the teaching of academic information work skills in collaboration with researchers.
Researchers from the Department of Behavioral Sciences of the University of Helsinki, the Information Sciences Unit of the University of Tampere and the Department of Education of the University of Jyväskylä participated in the research project.
The analysis of the data collected in the project and the publication of the research results continue.
