Pekka Mertala
Pekka Mertala (M.Ed.) is a former preschool teacher who currently works as a PhD researcher and teacher in the Faculty of Education of University of Oulu. His ongoing research focuses on how the pedagogy of media literacy education takes shape in the everyday interactions between children and teachers, and what are the role of teacher beliefs (i.e. beliefs about children’s media use at home) in this process.