Jari Laukia made his PhD research about the history of vocational education in Finland. He has published several publications about the vocational education and teacher training. He is also a member of editorial board of Journal of Professional and Vocational education.
Jari Laukia has long and versatile teaching experience in vocational education and university of applied sciences. Jari Laukia worked also as a principal in a vocational college. He has been a member in several committees and work groups organised by the ministry of education and culture in Finland. He was for example a member in a committee, which was preparing teacher qualification requirements in Finland.
During the last few years, Jari Laukia has worked to increase appreciation of vocational teacher education, developed teacher education in digitalisation and organised research activities in the area of vocational pedagogy.
Specialisation: Management of education, especially vocational and tertiary education. History of education, vocational teacher education
Publications
Laukia, Jari (2013); Education of skilled workers and citizens – Vocational education in Finland in Katri Aaltonen, Annica Isacsson, Jari Laukia, Liisa Vanhanen-Nuutinen eds. Practical Skills, Education and Development – Vocational education and training in Finland. Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Multiprint, Vantaa. ISBN: 978-952-6619-26-2.
Laukia, Jari (2013); Teacher education in the area of vocational education and training – the Finnish perspective in Katri Aaltonen, Annica Isacsson, Jari Laukia, Liisa Vanhanen-Nuutinen eds. Practical Skills, Education and Development – Vocational education and training in Finland. Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Multiprint, Vantaa. ISBN: 978-952-6619-26-2.
Laukia, Jari (2013); Vocational teacher education – Finnish perspective. Bulletin of Institute of technology and Vocational education n:o 10, October 2013. Institute of Technology and Vocational education, Graduate School of education and Human Development, Nagoya University.
Laukia, Jari (2015), Factors for successful teaching. Vocational education developing the society and working life. Wissenplus. Österreichische Zeitung für Berufsbildung., 14.2.2015, s. 28. Austria.
Laukia, Jari, Isacsson, Annica, Juutilainen, Päivi-Katriina eds. (2017); Vocational education with a Finnish touch. Haaga-Helia Publications Series 7 / 2017. Unigrafia, Helsinki.
Laukia, Jari (2017); From shadows to brightness – the development of vocational education in Finland in Laukia, Isacsson, Juutilainen Vocational education with a Finnish touch. Haaga-Helia Publications Series 7 / 2017. Unigrafia, Helsinki.
Laukia, Jari (2017); Teachers in vocational education and training in Laukia, Isacsson, Juutilainen eds. Vocational education with a Finnish touch. Haaga-Helia Publications Series 7 / 2017.Unigrafia, Helsinki.
Laukia Jari & Paukkonen Jutta (2018); Cross-border learning experiences – Haaga-Helia teacher education in South Africa. e-Signals 21.11.2018.
Seminars and presentations (international)
Aims and Objectives of VET in Finland, Baderborn universität, Baderborn, Germany, 2005.
Skills and competences of a VET teacher, Namibia Polytechnic, Namibia, 2007.
Skills and competences of a VET teacher, Chung Nam National University, Daejeon, South-Korea, 2012.
Co-operation between University of Applied Sciences and World of Work, Central University of technology, Bloemfontein, South-Africa, 2013.
