JYU.Edu - Home of Teacher Education Research and Development
Teacher Education for the Future
Comprehensive teacher education and its related research are a long-standing and nationally recognized strength of the University of Jyväskylä. Our university originated from Finland’s first teacher training seminar, founded in 1863 by Uno Cygnaeus in Jyväskylä.
Today, the university hosts an internationally unique multidisciplinary research hub focusing on learning, teaching, and interaction—one of our strategic research areas. The University of Jyväskylä has ranked among the world’s leading universities in the field of education for several years. We lead the EDUCA – Education for the Future Flagship funded by the Academy of Finland, the first high-level research competence cluster dedicated to education and learning.
Teacher education is offered across five faculties. The sixth faculty, the School of Business and Economics, collaborates with the Finnish Institute for Educational Research to carry out a national mission in the economics of education. Established in 2020, JYU.Edu promotes research-based renewal of teacher education to meet future needs in teacher competence, education, and the development of working life.
In the everyday life of JYU, we want to inspire and support teacher education development and research, and create space for discussion and interaction across faculty, departmental and disciplinary boundaries.
JYU´s rich and varied educational offer provides a strong foundation for teacher education. The University of Jyväskylä offers degree programmes and continuing education in teacher education and guidance, from early childhood education and primary school teachers to special education teachers, subject teachers, university teachers and adult educators. We also educate experts in guidance and educational management. JYU offers degrees that provide multidisciplinary skills and qualifications to work as both a classroom teacher and a subject teacher.
University of Jyväskylä has an active subject teaching development group, which brings together teacher educators from different faculties to co-develop and strengthen research. Education of subject teachers is carried out in five faculties: the Faculty of Education and Psychology (KPTK), the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HYTK), the Faculty of Information Technology (ITK), the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences (LTK) and the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences (MATLU).
University of Jyväskylä aims to strengthen our leading position as a teacher educator and to be a national pioneer in research-based teacher education reform.
Under the leadership of JYU.Edu, the National Cooperation Network for Teacher Education and Research KOPTUKE has been established to develop teacher education and research through cooperation between universities and universities of applied sciences. KOPTUKE supports research cooperation in the field of education and strengthens the conditions for high-quality research. JYU.Edu/KOPTUKE has funded nine studies related to teacher education between 2021 and 2023.
The KOPTUKE network works in close cooperation with other key actors involved in teacher education and teacher work, such as the national Teacher Education Forum and the OAJ (Teachers' Trade Union).
JYU.Edu research focuses on teaching, learning, different learning pathways and education. Discover our multidisciplinary and high quality research!
The University of Jyväskylä is a strong national player in teacher education research, with high-quality, multidisciplinary and innovative research. The research includes cross-disciplinary approaches and provides a strong basis for teacher education.
JYU is home to InterLearn, a research unit of excellence in learning dynamics and intervention research. We also conduct socially impactful research on schools' ability to cope with crises and conduct cutting-edge research on the early developmental pathways of mathematical skills, motivation and emotions from birth to school age. JYU also hosts several high-level research groups funded by Research Council of Finland and the European Commission.
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