Juha Suoranta, Professor of Adult Education
University of Tampere, Finland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Suoranta
Academic Degrees
• PhD (adult education), 1995, University of Lapland, Finland.
• Licentiate of Education (adult education), 1992, University of Tampere,
Finland.
• Master of Education (adult education), 1991, University of Tampere, Finland.
University Docentships
• Docent in music education, Sibelius Academy, Finland, January 1, 2004 on.
• Docent in media education, University of Tampere, Finland, March 1, 2004 on.
Professional Career
• Professor of Adult Education (tenure), University of Tampere, Finland,
Department of Education, August 1, 2006 on.
• Government of Finland and David and Nancy Speer Visiting Full Professor in
Finnish Studies & Visiting Professor in Sociology, University of Minnesota
(USA), Department of Sociology, August 29, 2005 – May 31, 2006.
• Professor of Adult Education (tenure), University of Joensuu, Finland,
Department of Education, January 1, 2005 – July 31, 2006.
• Professor of Adult Education (acting), University of Joensuu, Finland,
Department of Education, August 1, 2004 – December 31, 2004.
• Visiting Scholar, University of California (UCLA, USA), Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies, July 15, 2003 – April 30, 2004.
• Professor of Education (tenure), University of Lapland, Finland, Faculty of
Education, August 1, 2001 – December 31, 2004.
• Senior Scientist, Academy of Finland, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2003.
• Professor (acting), Sibelius Academy, Finland, Department of Music Education,
1. 8. – 31. 12. 2002.
• Researcher in Children and the Information Society Research Program,
University of Tampere, Finland, February 15, 2001 – May 31, 2001.
• Professor of Education (acting), University of Lapland, Finland, Faculty of
Education, September 1, 1998 – July 31, 2001.
• Associate Professor of Education (acting), University of Lapland, Finland,
Faculty of Education, August 1, 1997 – August 31, 1998.
• Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, USA), September
1, 1996 – May 31, 1997.
• Senior Assistant, University of Lapland, Finland, August 1, 1993 – July 31,
2001.
• Researcher, University of Tampere, Finland April 1, 1993 – July 31, 1993.
• Assistant, Department of Teacher Education, University of Tampere, Finland,
January 1, 1993 – March 31, 1993.
• Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, University of Tampere, Finland
August 1, 1992 – December 31, 1992.
• Primary School Teacher, City of Kankaanpää, Finland August 21, 1991 – July
31, 1992.
• News Editor, Radio Musa, Tampere, Finland October 20, 1989 – February 7,
1991.
• Youth Worker, City of Tampere, Finland, January 25, 1988 – May 31, 1989.
Positions of Scientific Trust
•
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of International Studies in Adult Education
-book series, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008 on.
•
Member of the International Advisory Board of the Malta Review of Educational
Research, 2008 on. http://www.um.edu.mt/educ/about/publications/mrer/about#About
• Member of Advisory Board of Gaudeamus Publisher (Finland), 2007 on.
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Critical Education
Policy Studies, 2003 on. www.jceps.com/
• Member of the Editorial Board of Policy Futures in Education, 2003 on.
www.triangle.co.uk/pfie/
• Member of Editorial Board of E-Learning, 2004 on. www.triangle.co.uk/elea/
• Member of Editorial Review Board (Education and Human Development) of
Scientific Journals International, 2007 on. http://www.scientificjournals.org/editorial_board.htm
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board (The Finnish Journal of Educational
Research), 2007–2009.
• Invited Guest Editor, Kasvatus (The Finnish Journal of Educational Research)
No. 1/2006 (special issue on critical pedagogy).
• Reading Research Correspondent, Reading Research Quarterly, 2002–2006.
• Scientific Leader in The Integrated Media Machine Research Program
(University of Lapland), 1999-2003.
• Member of the Editorial Board, Aikuiskasvatus (The Finnish Journal of Adult
Education), 1998-2002.
• Member of Steering Committee in Children and the Information Society-research
program (University of Tampere, Information Society Institute), 2001.
Positions of Academic Trust
• Vice Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Tampere, 2007–2010.
• Member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Education, University of Tampere,
2007–2010.
• Member of Research Council, University of Tampere, 2007 on.
• Member of Board, Institute for Social Research, University of Tampere, 2007
on.
• Chairman, Development Group of Introductionary Studies in Education,
University of Tampere, 2007-2008 on.
• Chairman, Evaluation Group of the Educational Research at the University of
Joensuu, University of Joensuu 2004-2005.
• Vice Member of the Board of Finnish Youth Research Association, 1999-2003.
• Member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, 1998-2002.
• Vice Member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland,
2002-2004.
• Leader, Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland,
1997-1999.
• Deputy Chairman, Information Management Strategy Working-Group, University of
Lapland, 1997.
• Secretary, Higher Education Pedagogy Committee, University of Lapland,
1995-1996.
Positions of Public Trust
• President of Finnish Educational Association Citizen´s Forum, 2007 on.
International Assignments
• Member of the Working Group (Section: Books and Learning Materials),
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), 2004-2006.
• Short-Term Expert on ‘International Trends in Curriculum Theory’, Ministry of
Education (Tanzanian Instute of Education), Dar er Salaam, and in Morogoro
Teachers' College, Morogoro, Tanzania (September 2000).
• Consultant for the United Nations World Youth Report 2003 (theme: Information
and Communication Technologies, August 2002).
Assessor of Professorships and Docentships
• Assessor
for Professor candidates in Adult Education in University of Lapland (2009).
•
Tenure Track Assessor for Assistant Professor Ramin Farahmandpur's promotion in
Portland State University (Oregon USA), October 2008.
•
Assessor for Professor candidates in Social Pedagogy (Youth Education) in
University of Kuopio (2004).
• Assessor for Professor candidates in Dance and Theatre Pedagogy in Theatre
Academy (2001).
• Assessor for Docent candidate in Media Culture (Mr. Juha Herkman, 2007);
Docent candidate in Sociology of Education (Mr. Heikki Silvennoinen, 2007);
Docent candidate in Children’s Media Culture, University of Lapland (Ms. Eija
Timonen, 2005); Docent candidate in Media Culture, University of Turku (Ms.
Sirkku Kotilainen 2004); Docent candidate in Adult Education, University of
Tampere (Ms. Karin Filander, 2004); Docent candidate in Visual Journalism,
University of Tampere (Mr. Janne Seppänen, 2002).
Opponent in Dissertation Examinations:
• Mrs. Hilkka Ylönen: Taikahattu ja hopeakengät – sadun maailmaa (The World of
the Golden Cap and Silver Shoes – How Kindergarten Children Listen to, View,
and Experience Fairy Tales), November 1998), Special Education, University of
Jyväskylä.
• Mr. Henrik Hyyppä: Varanto varastossa, May 1999, Sociology of Education,
University of Turku.
• Mr. Kaarlo Laine: Koulukuvia (School Pictures. Schools as a Place for Youth’s
Living Experiences), January 2000, Sociology at University of Jyväskylä.
• Mrs. Aino Hannula: Tiedostaminen ja muutos Paulo Freiren ajattelussa
(Conscientization and Change in Paulo Freire’s Thinking), June 2000, Adult
Education, University of Helsinki.
• Mrs. Sirkku Kotilainen: Mediakulttuurin haasteita opettajankoulutukselle
(Media Culture as a Challenge for Teacher Education), May 2001, Media
Education, University of Tampere.
• Mr. Juha Kauppila: Sukupolvet, koulutus ja oppiminen (Generations, Education
and Learning: Interpretations of the Meaning of Education in the Construction
of the Life Course), September 2002, Sociology of Education, University of
Joensuu.
• Mr. Eetu Pikkarainen: Merkityksen ongelma kasvatustieteessä OSA I.
Lähtökohtia pedagogisen toiminnan perusrakenteen semioottiseen analyysiin (The
Problem of Meaning in Education. Starting Points for the Semiotic Analysis of
the Basic Structure of Pedagogical Action), April 2004, Education, University
of Oulu.
•
Ms. Kirsi-Marja Saurén: Asiantuntijavalta - koulutettu mielikuvitus.
Systemaattinen analyysi Iván Illichin tuotannossa esitetystä köyhyyden
modernisoitumisesta kulutusyhteiskunnassa. (Expert Power - Trained Imagination.
Systematic Analysis on Iván Illich's Interpretation on the Modernization of
Poverty in Consumer Culture), October 2008, Education, University of Lapland.
• Mr. Seppo Alajoutsijärvi: Mitä tulikaan sanottua? Hannu Taanilan radiopuheen
analyysi. (What was Actually Said? The Analysis of Hannu Taanila's Radio
Programs), September 2009, Education, University of Lapland.
Official Examiner of Dissertations:
• Mr. Henrik Hyyppä: Varanto varastossa (Pupils in Storage), May 1999,
Sociology of Education, University of Turku.
• Mr. Hannu L. T. Heikkinen: Toimintatutkimus, tarinat ja opettajaksi tulemisen
taito (Action Research, Narratives, and the Art of Becoming a Teacher), August
2000, Education, University of Jyväskylä.
• Ms. Kaisu Viittala: “Kyllä se tommosella lapsella on kovempi urakka” (“It’s
Harder for that kind of Child to Get Along”. The Life Situation of the Children
Exposed to Alcohol in Utero and Taken Care of by Society, Their and Protective
Processes), November 2000, Special Education, University of Jyväskylä.
• Ms. Sirkku Kotilainen: Mediakulttuurin haasteita opettajankoulutukselle
(Media Culture as a Challenge for Teacher Education), May 2001, Media
Education, University of Tampere.
• Mr. Timo Tolska: Kertova mieli. Jerome Brunerin narratiivikäsitys (The
Narrative Mind. Jerome Bruner’s Conception of Narrative), November, 2001, Adult
Education, University of Helsinki.
• Mr. Juha Kauppila: Sukupolvet, koulutus ja oppiminen (Generations, Education
and Learning: Interpretations of the Meaning of Education in the Construction
of the Life Course), September 2002, Sociology of Education, University of
Joensuu.
• Ms. Eeva Anttila: A Dream Journey to the Unknown, February 2003, Dance
Pedagogy, Theatre Academy.
• Mr. Esa Pikkarainen: Merkityksen ongelma kasvatustieteessä OSA I. Lähtökohtia
pedagogisen toiminnan perusrakenteen semioottiseen analyysiin (The Problem of
Meaning in Educational Research PART I. Starting Points for the Semiotic
Analysis of the Basic Structure of Pedagogical Action), August 2003, Education,
University of Oulu.
• Ms. Pirjo Pohjakallio: Miksi kuvista. Puhetta taiteen paikasta koulussa (Why
Art Education? Discourses on thePlace of Art at School), July 2004, Art
Education, University of Art and Design Helsinki.
• Ms. Minna Kallio: Ajatus kuvasta. Kuvan merkityksen pohdintaa kasvatuksen
kontekstissa. (An Idea from Picture. The Meaning of Picture in the Context of
Education.), May 2005, Education, University of Helsinki.
• Mr. Jussi Kokkonen: Kosovolaisten oppilaiden koulusuoriutuminen John Ogbun
makrotason mukaan tulkittuna. (Kosovian Pupils’ School Achievement in the
Finnish Elementary School in the light of John Ogbu’s Theory of Macro
Structures), June 2005, Education, University of Lapland.
•
Ms. Kirsi-Marja Saurén: Asiantuntijavalta - koulutettu mielikuvitus.
Systemaattinen analyysi Iván Illichin tuotannossa esitetystä köyhyyden
modernisoitumisesta kulutusyhteiskunnassa. (Expert Power – Trained Imagination.
Systematic Analysis on Iván Illich's Interpretation on the Modernization of
Poverty in Consumer Culture), May 2008, Education, University of Lapland.
• Mr. Seppo Alajoutsijärvi: Mitä tulikaan sanottua? Hannu Taanilan radiopuheen
analyysi. (What was Actually Said? The Analysis of Hannu Taanila's Radio
Programs), July 2009, Education, University of Lapland.
External Examiner of M.Ed. Thesis:
Mario A. Azzopardi's M.Ed. Dissertation ”Adult Education by Television,”
Faculty of Education, University of Malta (July 2009).
Official Assessor of Licenciate Thesis:
Media Education at University of Tampere (Ms. Sirkku Tuominen, June 1998);
Social Psychology at University of Kuopio (Mrs. Kaarina Mönkkönen, October
1998); Art Education at University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki (Ms. Sirkka
Laitinen, February 1999); Education at the University of Helsinki (Ms. Anne Kostiainen,
August 2008) .
Scientific Referee:
Aikuiskasvatus (The Finnish Journal of Adult Education): 1997, 1998; Niin &
näin (Finnish Philosophical Journal): 1997, 1998; Nuorisotutkimus (The Finnish
Journal of Youth Research): 1998; Kasvatus (The Finnish Journal of Education):
1998, 1999, 2002; YOUNG (The Nordic Journal in Youth Research): 1998, 2000;
2005; LLinE (Life Long Learning in Europe): 2001; The Journal of Critical
Education Policy Studies: 2003; 2005 (various times); 2006 (several times); 2007;
Language Learning & Technology (llt.msu.edu/): 2003; Psykologia (The
Journal of the Finnish Psychological Society): 2005.
Supervisor in Dissertations:
Supervised PhD's 1998: Mr. Jari Eskola, University of Kuopio. Diss.:
Eläytymismenetelmän käyttö sosiaalitutkimuksen tiedonhankintamenetelmänä (The
Use of Empthathy-based Stories as a Data Gathering Method in Social Sciences).
2003: Ms. Sirkka Laitinen, The University of Art and Design Helsinki. Diss.:
Hyvää ja kaunista. Kuvataideopetuksen mahdollisuuksista nuorten esteettisen ja
eettisen pohdinnan tukena (Good and Beautiful. The Possibilities of Art
Education in Facilitating Young People’s Aesthetic and Ethical Thinking). 2004:
Mr. Bob FitzSimmons, University of Lapland. Diss.: Towards a Critical Revolutionary
Pedagogy. Inquiries into Marx, Lenin, Mao, and Castro. 2005: Mr. Reijo
Kupiainen, University of Lapland. Diss.: Mediakasvatuksen eetos (The Ethos of
Media Education); Ms. Aili Huhtinen, University of Lapland. Diss.: Epävalmiin
ajassa ja hetkessä valmiina (Being Prepared in the Time and the Moment of
Unpreparedness. The Study of Growth to Encounter a Dying Patient); 2009: Mr.
Olli-Pekka Moisio, University of Jyväskylä. Diss.: Essays on Radical
Educational Philosophy.
Memberships
in Academic and Other Associations:
Finnish Youth Research Association, 1999 on; Finnish Adult Education Research
Association, 2003 on; Association of Finnish Non-Fiction Writers, 2003 on;
Finnish Educational Research Association, 2006 on; Finnish General Journalist
Association, 2007 on. American Educational Research Association, 2007-2009.
Sociologists Without Borders, 2008 on. http://www.sociologistswithoutborders.org /