GROWING MIND

The youth are our most important resource for future sustainable development. The Growing Mind -project aims at producing means for the renewal and development of schools, teachers and students on the personal, social, and institutional level. The project aims for societal impact and brings to the forefront the challenges arising from digitalization on the social, personal and institutional level. The project activities are done in cooperation between school practitioners and academic research. The activities support the aims of the new core curriculum, students’ 21st century skills and teachers’ professional development.

The multidisciplinary Growing Mind -project research is carried out in cooperation with the City of Helsinki and schools. The research-based models will be disseminated throughout the country through the national Innokas Network.

Inquiries about the project?

Contact: laura.salo@helsinki.fi in Coordination, kai.hakkarainen@helsinki.fi or tiina.korhonen@helsinki.fi in Project Management.

Information for participating schools and students: https://growingmind.fi/kouluille

Growing Mind is funded by The Strategic Research Council (SRC) and is part of the Keys to Sustainable Growth (GROWTH) programme.

We collect longitudinal data on adolescents’ learning and development; These target learning, motivation & engagement, digital partnership and wellbeing and the effect of digitalization on adolescents’ brain functioning. Our aim is to identify students at risk and produce means to prevent the risk of exclusion.

LONGITUDINAL DATA

We implement interventions for empowering the learning, persistence and development of adolescents at transition points.

INTERVENTIONS

We create new pedagogic innovations that will utilize data collected in the project. The purpose is to include in teaching complex open-ended problems to be solved in cooperation and that will inspire creativity and innovativeness.

PEDAGOGIC INNOVATIONS

We utilize learning analytics for tracing personal and social digital learning processes.

LEARNING ANALYTICS

We accelerate professional development by creating research-practice partnership.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kai Hakkarainen

Professor, Growing Mind Project Leader and Principal Investigator

Kai Hakkarainen

Professor, Growing Mind Project Leader and Principal Investigator

Tiina Korhonen

Growing Mind Project Manager, Head of Innokas Network

Tiina Korhonen

Growing Mind Project Manager, Head of Innokas Network

Laura Salo

Growing Mind Coordinator & Innokas Network Project Specialist

Laura Salo

Growing Mind Coordinator & Innokas Network Project Specialist

Kimmo Alho

Professor of Psychology, Head of Neuroscience

Kimmo Alho

Professor of Psychology, Head of Neuroscience

Jenni Laurell

PhD Student, Intervention Research

Jenni Laurell

PhD Student, Intervention Research

Erno Lehtinen

Professor of Education, Pedagogical Innovations, Vice Leader of Project

Erno Lehtinen

Professor of Education, Pedagogical Innovations, Vice Leader of Project

Minna Hannula-Sormunen

Professor of education, mathematics learning

Minna Hannula-Sormunen

Professor of education, mathematics learning

Frans Mäyrä

Professor, Head of UTA Game Research Lab & Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

Frans Mäyrä

Professor, Head of UTA Game Research Lab & Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

Jaakko Stenros

Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Tampere Game Research Lab, Edu Game Jams

Jaakko Stenros

Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Tampere Game Research Lab, Edu Game Jams

Tapio Salakoski

Professor, Learning Analytics

Tapio Salakoski

Professor, Learning Analytics

Mikko-Jussi Laakso

Director of Centre for Learning Analytics at University of Turku

Mikko-Jussi Laakso

Director of Centre for Learning Analytics at University of Turku

Jari Lavonen

Professor, Systemic Educational Transformations

Jari Lavonen

Professor, Systemic Educational Transformations

Hanna Reinius

Doctoral Student, School Development Coordinator

Hanna Reinius

Doctoral Student, School Development Coordinator

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