With sensitive eyes

Gaze is an essential part of interaction in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and we are studying it with eye-tracking technology. In this project we concentrate on ECEC teachers’ visual gaze during teacher–child interactions in groups of children under three years old in Finland.

Overview

Core fields of research

Learning, teaching and interaction

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Department

Department of Education

Research group description

In this project we concentrate on ECEC teachers’ visual gaze during teacher–child interactions in groups of children under three years old in Finland. Research group members are interested in ECEC and are at different stages of research careers. In this project all participants bring their specific expertise to the work of the group. With sensitive eyes -project requires competence in the contents of ECEC, the content of ECEC teachers work and also technical knowledge.

Publications

Isotalo, S., Ukkonen-Mikkola, T., Lämsä, J. & Rutanen, N. (2024). Early Childhood Education and Care Teachers’ Gaze Behavior Across Pedagogical Episodes in Toddler Groups in Finland.

Ukkonen-Mikkola, T. & Isotalo, S. (2024). Kehollisuus ja katse vuorovaikutuksen rakentajana kasvattajan ja alle 3-vuotiaiden lasten leikissä. In Kyrönlampi, T. & Koivula, M. (Eds.) Leikin lumoa -Käsikirja varhaiskasvatukseen ja esiopetukseen.

Ukkonen-Mikkola, T., Isotalo, S., Chaudhuri, S., Salminen, J., Merjovaara, O., Lindén, C., & Rutanen, N. (2024). With sensitive eyes: ECEC teachers’ visual gaze and related reflections on pedagogical actions in toddler groups using eye-tracking glasses.

Master students doing their master's thesis on project

Carita Lindén, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä
Suvi Kukkonen, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä
Tiia Salo, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä
Tiina Riihinen, Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä

Published Masters thesis's

Lindén, C. (2024). Opettajan katseen käyttäytyminen leikkitoiminnan aikana alle kolmevuotiaiden lasten päiväkotiryhmässä

Riihinen, T. (2024). Näkymätön lapsi – Varhaiskasvatuksen opettajan katseen kohdistaminen alle 3-vuotiaiden lapsiryhmässä

Kukkonen, S. & Salo, T. (2024). Osallisuuden mahdollistaminen alle 3-vuotiaiden lasten ryhmässä

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