The goal of theses is to deepen the knowledge of problems concerning physics teaching and learning and to develop a research-based viewpoint to teaching.
Some theses are made as part of research projects, student works as a researcher within group and the thesis is directed to the research-based development of physics teacher education.

Doctoral dissertations

• Kallunki, Veera (2009), A Historical Approach to Children’s Physics Education: Modelling of DC-circuit Phenomena in a Small Group
• Kärnä, Pirkko (2009), Holistic physics education in upper secondary level based on the optional course of physics (translated from Finnish)
• Hannula, Irma (2005), Need and possibilities of astronomy teaching in the Finnish comprehensive school
• Bressan, Beatrice (2004), A study of the research and development benefits to society resulting from an international research center CERN
• Hämäläinen, Ari (1998), An open microcomputer-based laboratory system for perceptional experimentality
• Lavonen, Jari (1996), Experimental nature of the teaching of physics and measurement automation (translated from Finnish)

Licentiate's theses

• Mäntylä, Terhi (2006), From fragmented to structured knowledge in physics teacher education
• Jauhiainen, Johanna (2005), Students' conceptual understanding and its relation to teachers, pedagogical content knowledge in the case of Newtonian mechanics
• Heikkinen, Matti (2005), Student teachers learning about the quantum nature of light and the photon concept: A case study of research based design of teaching in teacher education
• Utriainen, Oiva (2004), Experimentality and constructing the meaning of force concept: Understanding and explaining in perceptional and modeling approach (translated from Finnish)

Master's theses

• Pehkonen, Maija (2007), The evaluation of the content and graphical structure of physics' concept maps in physics teacher education
• Vanhatalo, Suvi (2005), Physics and technology conceptualized by pupils - A teaching experiment of technology
• Lehtonen, Saija (2004), Teaching and learning phenomena of electric circuits in elementary school - A case study in 5th grade
• Kirkkala, Sanna-Riikka (2004), The uses of exercises in teaching introductory electrodynamics and evaluating learning
• Vaahtiala Risto (2003), Relation of Ausubel's principle of advance organizer to perceptional approach
• Mäntylä, Terhi (2003), Teaching models of electric current in upper secondary school
• Karhunen, Laura (2002), Electric current and voltage in DC circuits: Upper secondary school students' explanation models and their coherence

E-library of theses (most of the theses are in Finnish)