Håkan Löfgren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4029264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Håkan Löfgren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Håkan |
| FAMILY NAME | Löfgren |
| SIGNATURE | LOFGREN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7420-0801 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Dangerous Child
This qualitative article explores a Swedish teachers’ rebellion group (TRG) on Facebook with the aim of exploring teachers’ stories about violence in school. Facebook groups for teachers, such as the TRG, are common sites where teachers discuss and share professional matters and both public stories and subjective experiences. In this article, we focus on narratives about children who are perceived by the teachers as dangerous in various ways. The…
Methodological development through critical reflections on a study focusing on daily valuable encounters in early childhood settings
This article focuses on the methodological experiences that emerged from a study investigating how teachers valued their daily encounters with children in early childhood education. Early childhood teachers often balance the demands of documentation with time spent with children, so have little time to reflect on their practice. Furthermore, participation in research projects tends to be both time-consuming and distracting from the practitioners’…
Toddlers’ engagements with preschool playgrounds
This article explores toddler -place relationships outdoors during early childhood education in Sweden. Informed by Tim Ingold's theorization of movement, we explore toddlers' embodied engagements with the preschool playground and how the human-non-human environments become entangled. The results show that, just as in the wider world, the processes enabling and limiting toddlers' engagements in the playground are continuously in motion. Toddler-p…
Narratives of Teachers and Teacher Unions in Swedish Facebook Rebellion Groups
This study examines narratives about the teaching profession and teacher unions that Swedish teachers jointly produce in two teachers’ rebellion groups on Facebook, which is followed by a total of around 20,000 teachers. A sample of 33 posts and 2,445 comments were analysed using a narrative approach. The findings highlight narratives in which teachers wish to return to “the good old days”, struggle with everyday frustrations, call for a strike a…
Turning points as a tool in narrative research
This article focuses on how the concept of “turning points” can be used in narrative research when studying people’s (professional) identities and identity formation. By examining various understandings of turning points, we aim to show how they can be identified and used as analytical tools in different ways when conducting narrative analyses of (professional) identity formation. A case study from a research project on police identity is used to…
Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ rebellion groups on Facebook- collective formations and administrators as gatekeepers
This article explores Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ Facebook rebellion groups as a medium where professional needs and actions can be formulated. Data consist of interviews with administrators representing the rebellion groups. Based on a theoretical perspective of teacher agency we searched for experiences and visions related to contextual aspects expressed in the groups. The results indicate a common experience of lacking resources amon…
A Cross-Professional Analysis of Collegiality Among Teachers and Police Officers
This article compares collegiality between two professional groups—teachers and police officers. The purpose is to add an open, “cross-professional dimension” to the discussion about collegiality in the teaching and police professions. By investigating collegial relations within the two professions, we provide a unique comparison. Using positioning theory, we analysed variations in stories about colleagues and found that the functions of collegia…
A double pressure to perform? Pupils talk about grades and parents in a multicultural school setting in Sweden
The aim is to contribute knowledge about the ways in which Swedish pupils with a migrant background speak about school performances and their first experiences of being graded. The results describe pupils and parents as positioned as being lower down in a top-down relationship vis-à-vis school. The separation between home and school is best described as robust. Some pupils want and ask for a better school-home relationship because they think it w…
Forward-looking assessments that support students’ learning
Swedish students' experiences of national testing in science
In Sweden, the policy of national testing was expanded in 2013 by introducing national tests in science in the sixth grade. The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about the enactment of this policy of national testing by investigating students’ experiences of taking the tests. Students were interviewed about their experiences of taking national tests, and a narrative analysis was conducted. More specifically, the students’ stories were …
Emotional aspects of teacher collegiality
Learning in preschool
This article investigates preschool teachers’ professionalism and professional strategies in relation to narratives about learning in preschool. These are expressed through the teachers’ talk about documentation. A policy on increased systematic documentation in preschools has been introduced in Sweden. Preschool teachers were interviewed about their work with documentation in different preschool settings. The analysis departs from theories consi…
Emotional aspects of teacher collegiality
Turning points as a tool in narrative research
This article focuses on how the concept of “turning points” can be used in narrative research when studying people’s (professional) identities and identity formation. By examining various understandings of turning points, we aim to show how they can be identified and used as analytical tools in different ways when conducting narrative analyses of (professional) identity formation. A case study from a research project on police identity is used to…
Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ rebellion groups on Facebook- collective formations and administrators as gatekeepers
This article explores Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ Facebook rebellion groups as a medium where professional needs and actions can be formulated. Data consist of interviews with administrators representing the rebellion groups. Based on a theoretical perspective of teacher agency we searched for experiences and visions related to contextual aspects expressed in the groups. The results indicate a common experience of lacking resources amon…
Swedish students' experiences of national testing in science
In Sweden, the policy of national testing was expanded in 2013 by introducing national tests in science in the sixth grade. The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about the enactment of this policy of national testing by investigating students’ experiences of taking the tests. Students were interviewed about their experiences of taking national tests, and a narrative analysis was conducted. More specifically, the students’ stories were …
Learning in preschool
This article investigates preschool teachers’ professionalism and professional strategies in relation to narratives about learning in preschool. These are expressed through the teachers’ talk about documentation. A policy on increased systematic documentation in preschools has been introduced in Sweden. Preschool teachers were interviewed about their work with documentation in different preschool settings. The analysis departs from theories consi…
Emotional aspects of teacher collegiality
Swedish students' experiences of national testing in science
In Sweden, the policy of national testing was expanded in 2013 by introducing national tests in science in the sixth grade. The aim of this study is to contribute knowledge about the enactment of this policy of national testing by investigating students’ experiences of taking the tests. Students were interviewed about their experiences of taking national tests, and a narrative analysis was conducted. More specifically, the students’ stories were …
Forward-looking assessments that support students’ learning
A Cross-Professional Analysis of Collegiality Among Teachers and Police Officers
This article compares collegiality between two professional groups—teachers and police officers. The purpose is to add an open, “cross-professional dimension” to the discussion about collegiality in the teaching and police professions. By investigating collegial relations within the two professions, we provide a unique comparison. Using positioning theory, we analysed variations in stories about colleagues and found that the functions of collegia…
A double pressure to perform? Pupils talk about grades and parents in a multicultural school setting in Sweden
The aim is to contribute knowledge about the ways in which Swedish pupils with a migrant background speak about school performances and their first experiences of being graded. The results describe pupils and parents as positioned as being lower down in a top-down relationship vis-à-vis school. The separation between home and school is best described as robust. Some pupils want and ask for a better school-home relationship because they think it w…
Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ rebellion groups on Facebook- collective formations and administrators as gatekeepers
This article explores Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ Facebook rebellion groups as a medium where professional needs and actions can be formulated. Data consist of interviews with administrators representing the rebellion groups. Based on a theoretical perspective of teacher agency we searched for experiences and visions related to contextual aspects expressed in the groups. The results indicate a common experience of lacking resources amon…
Narratives of Teachers and Teacher Unions in Swedish Facebook Rebellion Groups
This study examines narratives about the teaching profession and teacher unions that Swedish teachers jointly produce in two teachers’ rebellion groups on Facebook, which is followed by a total of around 20,000 teachers. A sample of 33 posts and 2,445 comments were analysed using a narrative approach. The findings highlight narratives in which teachers wish to return to “the good old days”, struggle with everyday frustrations, call for a strike a…
Turning points as a tool in narrative research
This article focuses on how the concept of “turning points” can be used in narrative research when studying people’s (professional) identities and identity formation. By examining various understandings of turning points, we aim to show how they can be identified and used as analytical tools in different ways when conducting narrative analyses of (professional) identity formation. A case study from a research project on police identity is used to…
Methodological development through critical reflections on a study focusing on daily valuable encounters in early childhood settings
This article focuses on the methodological experiences that emerged from a study investigating how teachers valued their daily encounters with children in early childhood education. Early childhood teachers often balance the demands of documentation with time spent with children, so have little time to reflect on their practice. Furthermore, participation in research projects tends to be both time-consuming and distracting from the practitioners’…
Toddlers’ engagements with preschool playgrounds
This article explores toddler -place relationships outdoors during early childhood education in Sweden. Informed by Tim Ingold's theorization of movement, we explore toddlers' embodied engagements with the preschool playground and how the human-non-human environments become entangled. The results show that, just as in the wider world, the processes enabling and limiting toddlers' engagements in the playground are continuously in motion. Toddler-p…
The Dangerous Child
This qualitative article explores a Swedish teachers’ rebellion group (TRG) on Facebook with the aim of exploring teachers’ stories about violence in school. Facebook groups for teachers, such as the TRG, are common sites where teachers discuss and share professional matters and both public stories and subjective experiences. In this article, we focus on narratives about children who are perceived by the teachers as dangerous in various ways. The…
Psychology (11 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (5 works) · Professional development (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works)