Raetsaari Kirsi
Description
I am currently working as a university lecturer in the field of guidance at the University of Eastern Finland. My recent research concerns the principle of 'the whole school approach' to guidance from the perspective of general upper secondary school subject teachers and asks for possibilities for teachers to participate in guidance as service providers.
My permanent position has been a guidance counsellor in a general upper secondary school since the year 2000. Additionally, I have been working as a coordinator of guidance counselling in general upper secondary schools for around five years. During the school year 2024-25, I worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oulu.
My dissertation titled 'Lukion keskeyttämisen äärellä: Subjektitieteellisen psykologian näkökulma toimijuuden tukemiseen ohjauksessa' ('On the verge of early school leaving: Subject-scientific perspective on supporting agency in general upper secondary school guidance') was published in December 2023. Based on my dissertation as well as my working experience, I give lectures on guidance as a duty of every professional working in the school.
Keywords
Subject-scientific psychology, Conduct of everyday life, Early school leaving, Life trajectory, Educational psychology, Agency, General upper secondary school
Affiliations
City of Oulu
Guidance Counsellor
Raksila General Upper Secondary School (extended leave of abcense)
2023 - present
Source: ORCID
University of Oulu
Post-doctoral researcher
Faculty of Education and Psychology, Learning and Learning Processes Research Unit
2024 - 2025
Source: ORCID
City of Oulu
Guidance Counsellor
Merikoski General Upper Secondary School
2011 - 2023
Source: ORCID
City of Oulu
Guidance Counsellor
Pateniemi General Upper Secondary School
2001 - 2011
Source: ORCID
City of Oulu
Guidance Counsellor
Laanila General Upper Secondary School
2000 - 2001
Source: ORCID
Education (4)
Doctor of Philosophy (Education)
2016 - 2023
University of Oulu
Minor in Philosophy
2003 - 2005
University of Oulu
Qualification Studies for Career Counsellors
2002 - 2003
University of Eastern Finland
M.Ed. (master in education, minors in psychology and sociology, qualification studies for subject teacher)
1996 - 2000
University of Oulu
Publications (6)
2024
Keskustelu oppilaan tuen järjestämisen mahdollisuuksista ja ehdoista
2023
Lukion keskeyttämisen äärellä
Granted funding (3)
Opettajuus ja ohjaus samassa paketissa: millaista on kestävä lukion opettajan työ?
Työsuojelurahasto
2024 - 2025
2020 - 2021
Activity of Early School Leaving
Oulun Yliopiston Tukisäätiö
2020 - 2021
2019 - 2019
Activity of Early School Leaving
Oulun Yliopisto
2019
Activities and awards (11)
Public or invited talk
Perustelumallit ohjaustyön ja yhteisön kehittämisen välineenä
2024
International collaboration: No
Conference presentation
Aikuislukio mahdollisuutena
2022
International collaboration: No
Conference presentation
Dialectics of Agency in Considering Early School Leaving
2022
International collaboration: No