Veli-Mikko Kauppi

I am interested in rethinking our ideas of intelligence. My claim is that education that aims at increasing intelligent action often fails to do so, as it sets out from a flawed idea of intelligence as a property of individuals. I ground my research on the theories of the pragmatist philosopher John Dewey.

I am a member of the research groups SAFE (Social justice at the focus of education), DEMOED (Philosophy of education for democracy), EMBED (Embodied education) and CHEF (Childhood, Ethics and Feminism). I'm also part of the SCOPE-collective. Besides this, I am the director of teacher training degree programme in the University of Oulu.

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