Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education
Inquiries and FeedbackDepartment of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education
Tel. +358 8 553 1011
Fax +358 8 553 3744
P.O.Box 2000
90014 University of Oulu
Visiting address: Yliopistonkatu 9
Last modified: 13.11.2007 klo 09:34
Educational Programmes and Student Enrollment
The Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education has approximately 1300 lower or higher academic degree or postgraduate degree seeking students. Annual enrollment figures of students, categorized by different programmes are as follows:
| Educational Science | 30 |
| Primary Teacher Education | 20 |
| Arts and Craft Oriented Primary Teacher Education | 20 |
| Master of Education, International Teacher Education | 20 |
| Technology Oriented Primary Teacher Education | 20 |
| Early Childhood Education | 20 |
| Music Education | 18 |
Master's Degree Programme in Education and Globalisation is a two-year international programme. Annual enrollment is 20 students.
In addition, approximately 150 students from outside the Department, are taken in annually to complete studies in pedagogics.
Staff Information
The Department has approximately 130 staff members of which 17 are professors, 9 senior assistants, 11 assistants, 31 lecturers and 14 other teaching staff. There are also app. 20 researchers.
The Teacher Training School of Oulu has a staff of app. 100.
The entire Faculty of Education consists of app. 350, including the Department of Teacher Education in Kajaani and the Teacher Training Schools both in Oulu and Kajaani.
Professorships
The professorships cover 11 different branches of science
- Educational Science
- Educational Psychology
- Early Childhood Education
- Music Education
- Social Science
- Psychology
- Research of Early Childhood Teaching and Learning
- Educational Science, Didactics
- Didactics of Mathematical Subjects
- Didactics of Foreign Languages
- Didactics of Finnish Language and Literature
Main Research Areas
The Department's main policy theme is Education in the Globalizing World – A Northern Perspective. It consists of three main research areas:
- Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Education
- Learning, Teaching, and Questions of Growth and Development
- Education, Citizenship, and Environmental Questions in the Changing Society
- Research Unit for Educational Technology is a specialist unit operating in the Department.