Finland
PASSION I am a doctoral graduate of Jyväskylän yliopisto - University of Jyväskylä. My doctoral study investigated the teachers' well-being and the teacher-students interactions. My work focus: supporting the well‑being of teachers, students, and parents across different educational contexts Research interests: teacher education, education policy, curriculum change, cross‑national studies, multi-stakeholders interaction models, and AI, in relation to well‑being EDUCATION I am a graduate of the Double-Degree Master Degree Programme in Education & Learning at the University of Turku in Finland and the University of Regensburg in Germany. I was specialised in Cross-Cultural and Comparative Research, and Investigation of Curriculum Reform. I have also received teacher training at Chinese University of Hong Kong, and took part in an immersion programme in University of Edinburgh, U.K. WORK EXPERIENCE Some of my previous work experiences include working as a congress assistant in NERA 2020 Nordic conference in Finland, full time teaching as a elementary school teacher (3 years), teacher assistance in secondary school (1 year), substitute teacher in Hong Kong, research assistance in the field of cardiovascular research in the U.K, as well as research and development scientist (4 years) in The Binding Site Group Ltd, U.K. I also participated voluntary works in activities or projects related to collaborative teaching and cultural presentation (Finland), English teaching as a second language (Hong Kong) and Christianity missionary work with OM (West Africa). LANGUAGE AND HOBBIES I'm a native Cantonese Chinese speaker, fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, and have started learning German and Swedish. I love playing the piano, singing, PADI open-water diving, practising air pistol, travelling and meeting new friends. :) INFORMATION Please do not hesitate to contact me for any discussion on research topic inspiration or possible cooperation. Sze Wah Chan (Si-wah) ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-0525 Twitter: @SzeWahChan1 MEMBER EARLI (2023, 2025, 2026), ECER (2024), FERA (2024, 2026), JURE (2023-24), TIETEENTEKIJÄT FUURT JYTTE (2023-24), RETEE (2023)
Teachers’ occupation well-being and teacher-student interactions at different school levels
Full time doctoral researcher from University of Jyväskylä, externally funded by Finnish Cultural Foundation https://skr.fi/en/grants Research study: Teachers’ ccupational well-being in relation to quality of teacher–student interactions at the primary school levels Research study: Teachers’ interactional profiles and its relations with occupational well-being and quality of teacher–student interactions at the primary school levels
Full time doctoral researcher of EduRESCUE–the resilient schools and education system project https://edurescue.fi/en Research study: Teachers’ ccupational well-being in relation to quality of teacher–student interactions at the primary school levels
Full time doctoral researcher of the Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology Publication: Sze Wah Chan, Sanni Pöysä, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen & Eija Pakarinen (2023) Teachers’ occupational well-being in relation to teacher–student interactions at the lower secondary school level, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2023.2204114 (Link for the article) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00313831.2023.2204114
SDG4-JYU is an annual international participatory seminar at the University of Jyväskylä, with the ultimate aim to facilitate academic discussions on the realisation of UN SDG4 goals. The organisation approach is student-centered and I have had the privilege to join as a student volunteer to participate in the programme planning work group and to support the organisation process. It was an encouraging and inspiring experience.
- I served as an online meeting host to provide technical support to the international speakers of the two-day research conference.
- Evaluated instructional design of teacher training programme - Performed preliminary market analysis
- Having attended the training sessions on two days of February 2020, I served to assist and support the international speakers of the three-day conference in March 2020.