Defended PhD theses
Here you can find an overview of doctoral theses defended at the School of Educational Sciences at Tallinn University.
Stella Polikarpus "The Role of Trainers in Designing and Implementing Virtual Simulation - Based Training in Rescue Organisations" (30.10.2024).
Maris Juhkam "Toward competent reading: from fluency to comprehension" (07.10.2024).
Reeli Liivik "Meaningful learning experiences of vocational students: A vocational pedagogical perspective" (23.09.2024).
Mikk Granstöm "Teachers' and students' knowledge of learning strategies and their teaching in the classroom" (17.09.2024).
Liudmila Zaichenko "Teachers Agency Through the Morphogenetic Lens: The Case of Russian-medium Schools in Estonia" (29.01.2024).
Õnne Uus "The role of executive functions in school students' self-directed learning" (18.09.2023).
Piret Oppi "Teacher leadership – supporting teachers’ collaborative learning in Estonian schools" (19.08.2023).
Reet Kasepalu "Supporting Teachers During Collaborative Learning Using Mirroring and Guiding Dashboards to Enhance Teacher Withitness" (05.06.2023).
Rina Ronkainen "Purposeful Teachers in Finland and Estonia" (02.06.2023).
Tiina Peterson "Preschool teachers’ professionalism from Estonian, Finnish, Swedish and Hungarian point of view in the European context" (20.02.2023).
Anne-Mai Näkk "Primary school teachers’ classroom practices and work motivation as related to students’ learning engagement" (04.02.2023).
Mare Sadam "The breakdown of society's values ​​in the narratives of the professional life of Estonian teachers: a life history study" (28.09.2022).
Kristel Kotkas "The meaning of teaching and learning for Estonian clinical nurses after the curriculum reform“ (12.09.2022).
Rūta Petkutė "The Instrumentalisation of Academic Lifeworlds, Knowledge, and Education: Lithuanian Academics’ Responses to the European Higher Education Policy of Curriculum Restructuring" (11.04.2022).
Kati Vinter "Academic burnout of Estonian elementary school students: analysis of coping mechanisms"(16.12.2021).
Marika Ratnik "Using the arts to support children's well-being at school" (01.11.2021).
Janika Leoste "Adopting and sustaining technological innovations in techers' classroom practices – the case of integrating educational robots into math classes" (13.10.2021).
Tiina Tambaum "Teenaged Tutors Facilitating the Acquisition of e-Skills by Older Learners" (13.09.2021).
Stanislav Nemeržitski "Conditions for Creativity in Estonian School: Teachers’ and Students’ Beliefs about Creativity and Creative School Climate" („Tingimused loovuse soodustamiseks Eesti koolis: Õpetajate ja õpilaste uskumused loovuse ja loovust soodustava koolikliima kohta“) (08.07.2021).
Katrin Soika "Expanding opportunities on the use of concept mapping as an assessment tool in science education" („Loodusteaduslike teadmiste hindamine mõistekaardi meetodi abil“) (08.02.2021).
Meidi Sirk „Vocational teachers' changing professionality" (25.02.2021).