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Marja Rastas

Lecturer
Lecturer
A806 Department of Art and Media

Marja Rastas works as a Lecturer of Art education in Aalto University, Department of Art. Her major academic interests include transformative, arts-based pedagogical practices, embodied knowledge building strategies and issues of visual arts curriculum in the context of contemporary art. Her background as art educator is in non-formal adult education. She has strong networks in Finnish field of art education and has had several positions of trust in the national field of teacher education and curriculum development inititations. 

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Honors and awards

Honorary Mention for the Teacher of the Year award

Teacher Award by Student Union TOKYO ry<br/>Aalto-yliopiston taiteiden ja suunnittelun ylioppilaat<br/>Aalto-universitetets studerandeförening för konst och design<br/>Aalto University Student Association of the School of ARTS<br/>
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Art and Media Jan 2024

Teacher of the Year

Aalto ARTS Teacher Award 2024
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Art and Media Mar 2024

Publications

Marja Rastas, Minna Suoniemi 2025 Research in Arts and Education

Minna Suoniemi, Marja Rastas 2024 Applied non-didactics

Riikka Haapalainen, Tiina Pusa, Marja Rastas, Helena Sederholm, Tomi Slotte Dufva, Minna Suoniemi, Taneli Tuovinen, Henrika Ylirisku 2021

Marja Rastas 2021

Marja Rastas, Sirke Pekkilä, Elina Laakso 2021

Marja Rastas, Henrika Ylirisku 2021 Mahdolliset maailmat

Marja Rastas 2021 Stylus

Tiina Pusa, Marja Rastas, Mikko Sallinen, Heikka Valja, Henrika Ylirisku 2017 Synnyt

Marja Rastas 2017 Stylus

Henrika Ylirisku, Marja Rastas, Mikko Sallinen 2017