Päivikki Jääskelä
Biographic Data
| ID | 2295992 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Päivikki Jääskelä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Päivikki |
| FAMILY NAME | Jääskelä |
| SIGNATURE | JÄÄSKELÄ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Institute of the Finnish Economy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3794-0325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Student Perceived Agency in Higher Education
Student agency is an essential component in active learning and in coping with uncertainty, contributing to success in studies and well-being. However, agency has rarely been studied multidimensionally or using repeated measures. Purpose of this study was to examine higher education (HE) students’ perceptions of their agency and associations between agency and background characteristics. In addition, the study explored the temporal stability and …
Transformative agency for lifelong learning
This article advances the idea that transformative agency is linked to individuals’ capacity-building and intertwined with lifelong learning. It stems from identified needs for change and is supported by intrapersonal, social, and contextual factors. In Nordic educational policy discussions, lifelong learning and competence development through the whole lifespan are emphasised as means to secure personal and societal transformation in a changing …
Assessment of students’ agency in Finnish and Spanish university courses: Analysis of measurement invariance
This study reports on the measurement invariance of the Agency of University Students Scale in data consisting of Finnish and Spanish university students (n = 645) and presents cross-national findings on student agency assessment. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the metric invariance for 10 factors, which allows comparisons of covariance structures and correlation analyses, and can, for example, be used to examine background fac…
How does university teachers’ pedagogical training meet topical challenges raised by educational research? A case study from Finland
Through a literature review, this study identified research themes related to university pedagogy and examined how these themes appear in the curricula of university pedagogy courses and in the experiences of the participants and trainers of these courses at a Finnish research university. The literature review produced a multidimensional model of the relationships between identified themes, which can be used as an analytical tool for examining pe…
Factors Constraining Teachers’ Wellbeing and Agency in a Finnish University: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers to undergo a sudden shift toward technology-enhanced teaching and learning, challenging their capacities for change in many ways. This study explores those factors constraining teachers’ wellbeing and agency that influenced their capacities as teachers in a Finnish university during the first year of the pandemic. Two sets of data were collected, with an online survey in the spring (n = 297) and autumn (n = 2…
Students’ agency profiles in relation to student-perceived teaching practices in university courses
Assessing agency of university students: Validation of the AUS Scale
Fostering agency as a core component of professionalism is seen as a critical task of higher education. However, the tools for assessing university students’ agency, and the pedagogical and relational resources needed for its development, are lacking. The present study describes the theoretical foundations and factor structure of the newly developed Agency of University Students (AUS) Scale, which assesses students’ course-specific agency. In the…
Assessing agency of university students: Validation of the AUS Scale
Fostering agency as a core component of professionalism is seen as a critical task of higher education. However, the tools for assessing university students’ agency, and the pedagogical and relational resources needed for its development, are lacking. The present study describes the theoretical foundations and factor structure of the newly developed Agency of University Students (AUS) Scale, which assesses students’ course-specific agency. In the…
Assessing agency of university students: Validation of the AUS Scale
Fostering agency as a core component of professionalism is seen as a critical task of higher education. However, the tools for assessing university students’ agency, and the pedagogical and relational resources needed for its development, are lacking. The present study describes the theoretical foundations and factor structure of the newly developed Agency of University Students (AUS) Scale, which assesses students’ course-specific agency. In the…
Students’ agency profiles in relation to student-perceived teaching practices in university courses
Factors Constraining Teachers’ Wellbeing and Agency in a Finnish University: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers to undergo a sudden shift toward technology-enhanced teaching and learning, challenging their capacities for change in many ways. This study explores those factors constraining teachers’ wellbeing and agency that influenced their capacities as teachers in a Finnish university during the first year of the pandemic. Two sets of data were collected, with an online survey in the spring (n = 297) and autumn (n = 2…
Assessment of students’ agency in Finnish and Spanish university courses: Analysis of measurement invariance
This study reports on the measurement invariance of the Agency of University Students Scale in data consisting of Finnish and Spanish university students (n = 645) and presents cross-national findings on student agency assessment. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the metric invariance for 10 factors, which allows comparisons of covariance structures and correlation analyses, and can, for example, be used to examine background fac…
How does university teachers’ pedagogical training meet topical challenges raised by educational research? A case study from Finland
Through a literature review, this study identified research themes related to university pedagogy and examined how these themes appear in the curricula of university pedagogy courses and in the experiences of the participants and trainers of these courses at a Finnish research university. The literature review produced a multidimensional model of the relationships between identified themes, which can be used as an analytical tool for examining pe…
Student Perceived Agency in Higher Education
Student agency is an essential component in active learning and in coping with uncertainty, contributing to success in studies and well-being. However, agency has rarely been studied multidimensionally or using repeated measures. Purpose of this study was to examine higher education (HE) students’ perceptions of their agency and associations between agency and background characteristics. In addition, the study explored the temporal stability and …
Transformative agency for lifelong learning
This article advances the idea that transformative agency is linked to individuals’ capacity-building and intertwined with lifelong learning. It stems from identified needs for change and is supported by intrapersonal, social, and contextual factors. In Nordic educational policy discussions, lifelong learning and competence development through the whole lifespan are emphasised as means to secure personal and societal transformation in a changing …
Mathematics education (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works)