Härkönen, Ulla Marita
Academic degree
Doctor in education science, especially in early childhood education science
Title
Professor, Emerita
Unit
School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education
Fields of expertise
Professional and scientific international and national views on early childhood education. Härkönen Pedagogical systems theory. Supervision of researchers. Play, work, teaching, discussing with children., Gender theme., Sustaiability.
Fields of science
516 Educational sciences, 5141 Sociology, 611 Philosophy, 316 Nursing, 5142 Social policy, 515 Psychology, 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
Language skills
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Estonian
ORCID iD
Email
ulla.harkonen@uef.fi
Description of activity
Early childhood education science; Early Pedagogics; Pedagogical systems theory; Froebel, Steiner, and Montessori as pedagogues in early pedagogics; Bronfenbrenner theory as a social and developmental theory; Work education in childhood; Play in Pedagogics; Gender in early education; Analyzing children´s literature books; Sustaining children´s development; Analysing concepts and definitions; Methodologies and methods in early education research; Mixed methods, Planning models for theories, History of early education, History of Pedagogy, Problems in education today...