Helena Myllymäki Jonsson

PhD student

I study human interactions. My research focuses on naturally occurring social interactions in peer groups in school-age educare centres.

I have a special interest in strategies to get access to play and coordinated/uncoordinated actions.

Teaching

I am a teacher in the Primary School Teacher Program with a specialization in Extended School Teaching and the Pre-school Teacher Program. Primarily I am teaching the course UK 6, special education.

CV

2022-
Ph.D. student in Pedagogic Practices

2021
Degree of Master of Arts with a major in Pedagogic Practices

2009
Master of Social Science with a major in Pedagogic practices

1998
Degree of Bachelor of Education (Bed) in Child and Youth Education

Research

An Investment in Research with a Focus on School-Age Educare

Utgångspunkt för vår forskning är barn och elevers erfarenheter av olika former av utbildningsinstitutioner. Vi studerar yngre barns villkor för till exempel lärande och meningsfull fritid i barns institutionaliserade vardagsliv.

Social Interaction as Educational Practice

The research in this knowledge field analyzes interplay between actors (children, pedagogues, physical artefacts) with different special and social contexts (classroom, sandbox) in different communicative activities (free play, driving lessons).

Section for Pedagogic Practises

The section for Pedagogic Practices is a research environment that deals in research in association with Linköping University’s teacher training, especially the training held in Norrköping.

Organisation

Division of Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science (LEN)

LEN is a division at IBL engaged in education and research within the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Linköping University.

Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.