Lasse Lipponen
Biographic Data
| ID | 664800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lasse Lipponen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lasse |
| FAMILY NAME | Lipponen |
| SIGNATURE | LIPPONEN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6245-0398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Death, Grief and Collective Care in the Materialist Spirituality of a Forest Preschool
In a time when material reality appears disconnected from the spiritual world and meaning is sought through overconsumption of the Earth's material sphere, this study explores how death and grief are narrated as part of the ‘stories of the land’ that unite the material and spiritual worlds in a forest preschool in southeastern Finland. Additionally, the study investigates how shared narratives of death and grief contribute to the collective care …
Young children's grief
This paper investigates how very young children experience grief through moments of separation, absence, and reunion in an early childhood setting. Drawing on data from a study in Australia, the analysis focuses on ethnographic video observations of siblings Grace and Rosy, collected over four months. The sisters were observed during everyday routines, including arrivals, mealtimes, play, and sleep transitions. Using a cultural-historical approac…
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Educators’ responses to children’s grieving
The study explores emotional configurations that emerge from educators’ responses to children’s grieving in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. We analysed observational data of children who were under three years old and their educators, focusing on the interrelationships between the children’s grief, the educators’ sense-making, and their practices. The exploration yielded three emotional configurations that…
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Change laboratory as a tool to address moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood education professionals
Our study contributes to research on moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood educators by applying cultural-historical activity theory, and Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. We argue that studying and resolving moral-ethical tensions cannot be done without addressing the underlying contradictions which pertain to particular cultural-historical context and local practices. This requires a shift of focus from individual educators’ …
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
The interrelationship between pre-primary and early primary school teachers’ learning in the professional community and burnout
Teacher learning is crucial in terms of good quality education in early years and, respectively teachers’ professional communities are crucial for teacher learning. The meaning of engagement in collaborative learning and resources available in professional community are emphasized in educational reforms. In this study, we explored teachers’ perceptions of the resources for learning within their professional community in terms of knowledge sharing…
Children’s grief
Although grief is common in children’s lives, it is under-researched and undertheorized. The aim of our study is to investigate children’s grief as a cultural activity that consists of repertoires of practices in institutional early childhood education and care (ECEC). ECEC is a central site where grief is learned and practiced. Taking a cultural-historical approach using ethnographically inspired research methods, we analyzed interaction in the …
Critical reflections of early childhood care and education in Singapore to build an inclusive society
The early childhood years are pivotal as they mark the beginning of a young child’s life journey into education. This paper offers critical reflections of the early childhood care and education landscape in Singapore as it has evolved over the last decade. The discussion will draw on findings of the study Vital Voices for Vital Years 2 (2019) to explicate the issues, debates and challenges facing the early childhood care and education sector. It …
Constituting play connection with very young children
Emotional and playful stance taking in joint play between adults and very young children
Sense of agency and everyday life
Dealing with the contradiction of agency and control during dialogic teaching
Visual tools as mediational means
In this study, we investigated how Finnish children used photographs and drawings to discuss their preschool day experiences in focus groups. Building on sociocultural perspectives on mediated action, we specifically focused on how these visual tools were used as mediational means in sharing experiences. The results of our embodied interaction analysis highlight the relevance of visual tools for the participants and the task at hand in the moment…
Immigrant Parents' Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care Practices in the Finnish Multicultural Context
Although the number of immigrant families is increasing in Finland, the research on their perspectives on early childhood and care (ECEC) services is scarce. The objective of this small-scale case study was to increase the understanding of immigrant families' perspectives on ECEC practices. Through the qualitative content analysis of interview-based data, four themes emerged as particularly important for working with immigrant families: (a) foste…
Students' agency in an out-of-classroom setting
Student teachers in the contact zone
This paper reports on the results of a narrative-grounded investigation ofstudent teachers' intercultural experiences and learning during their teaching practice. Our interest is in the meaning of the intercultural contact zone and how education for diversities is conceptualised and reflected upon in Finnish teacher education. Critical event narratives were collected from 10 kindergarten student teachers' teaching practice portfolios where the fo…
Acting as accountable authors
Models of Innovative Knowledge Communities and Three Metaphors of Learning
The authors analyze and compare three models of innovative knowledge communities: Nonaka and Takeuchi's model of knowledge-creation, Engeström's model of expansive learning, and Bereiter's model of knowledge building. Despite basic differences, these models have pertinent features in common: Most fundamentally, they emphasize dynamic processes for transforming prevailing knowledge and practices. Beyond characterizing learning as knowledge acquisi…
Acting as accountable authors
Visual tools as mediational means
In this study, we investigated how Finnish children used photographs and drawings to discuss their preschool day experiences in focus groups. Building on sociocultural perspectives on mediated action, we specifically focused on how these visual tools were used as mediational means in sharing experiences. The results of our embodied interaction analysis highlight the relevance of visual tools for the participants and the task at hand in the moment…
Immigrant Parents' Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care Practices in the Finnish Multicultural Context
Although the number of immigrant families is increasing in Finland, the research on their perspectives on early childhood and care (ECEC) services is scarce. The objective of this small-scale case study was to increase the understanding of immigrant families' perspectives on ECEC practices. Through the qualitative content analysis of interview-based data, four themes emerged as particularly important for working with immigrant families: (a) foste…
Student teachers in the contact zone
This paper reports on the results of a narrative-grounded investigation ofstudent teachers' intercultural experiences and learning during their teaching practice. Our interest is in the meaning of the intercultural contact zone and how education for diversities is conceptualised and reflected upon in Finnish teacher education. Critical event narratives were collected from 10 kindergarten student teachers' teaching practice portfolios where the fo…
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
Models of Innovative Knowledge Communities and Three Metaphors of Learning
The authors analyze and compare three models of innovative knowledge communities: Nonaka and Takeuchi's model of knowledge-creation, Engeström's model of expansive learning, and Bereiter's model of knowledge building. Despite basic differences, these models have pertinent features in common: Most fundamentally, they emphasize dynamic processes for transforming prevailing knowledge and practices. Beyond characterizing learning as knowledge acquisi…
Acting as accountable authors
Students' agency in an out-of-classroom setting
Student teachers in the contact zone
This paper reports on the results of a narrative-grounded investigation ofstudent teachers' intercultural experiences and learning during their teaching practice. Our interest is in the meaning of the intercultural contact zone and how education for diversities is conceptualised and reflected upon in Finnish teacher education. Critical event narratives were collected from 10 kindergarten student teachers' teaching practice portfolios where the fo…
Sense of agency and everyday life
Dealing with the contradiction of agency and control during dialogic teaching
Visual tools as mediational means
In this study, we investigated how Finnish children used photographs and drawings to discuss their preschool day experiences in focus groups. Building on sociocultural perspectives on mediated action, we specifically focused on how these visual tools were used as mediational means in sharing experiences. The results of our embodied interaction analysis highlight the relevance of visual tools for the participants and the task at hand in the moment…
Immigrant Parents' Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care Practices in the Finnish Multicultural Context
Although the number of immigrant families is increasing in Finland, the research on their perspectives on early childhood and care (ECEC) services is scarce. The objective of this small-scale case study was to increase the understanding of immigrant families' perspectives on ECEC practices. Through the qualitative content analysis of interview-based data, four themes emerged as particularly important for working with immigrant families: (a) foste…
Constituting play connection with very young children
Emotional and playful stance taking in joint play between adults and very young children
Critical reflections of early childhood care and education in Singapore to build an inclusive society
The early childhood years are pivotal as they mark the beginning of a young child’s life journey into education. This paper offers critical reflections of the early childhood care and education landscape in Singapore as it has evolved over the last decade. The discussion will draw on findings of the study Vital Voices for Vital Years 2 (2019) to explicate the issues, debates and challenges facing the early childhood care and education sector. It …
The interrelationship between pre-primary and early primary school teachers’ learning in the professional community and burnout
Teacher learning is crucial in terms of good quality education in early years and, respectively teachers’ professional communities are crucial for teacher learning. The meaning of engagement in collaborative learning and resources available in professional community are emphasized in educational reforms. In this study, we explored teachers’ perceptions of the resources for learning within their professional community in terms of knowledge sharing…
Children’s grief
Although grief is common in children’s lives, it is under-researched and undertheorized. The aim of our study is to investigate children’s grief as a cultural activity that consists of repertoires of practices in institutional early childhood education and care (ECEC). ECEC is a central site where grief is learned and practiced. Taking a cultural-historical approach using ethnographically inspired research methods, we analyzed interaction in the …
Change laboratory as a tool to address moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood education professionals
Our study contributes to research on moral-ethical tensions in the work of early childhood educators by applying cultural-historical activity theory, and Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. We argue that studying and resolving moral-ethical tensions cannot be done without addressing the underlying contradictions which pertain to particular cultural-historical context and local practices. This requires a shift of focus from individual educators’ …
Emotional configurations of grief
Being human involves encountering losses to which grief is a common response. No one can escape grief-it is the price of affection and love. In this paper, we aim to understand how grieving unfolds as described in university students' short narratives of their childhood. Applying a cultural-historical approach, especially the notion of emotional configuration, we explore the interplay of emotion, sense-making, and practice in grief-related childh…
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Educators’ responses to children’s grieving
The study explores emotional configurations that emerge from educators’ responses to children’s grieving in flexibly scheduled early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. We analysed observational data of children who were under three years old and their educators, focusing on the interrelationships between the children’s grief, the educators’ sense-making, and their practices. The exploration yielded three emotional configurations that…
Grief as an existential interruption
In this study, we examine how adults narrate and make meaning of their death-related childhood grief as an existential question of how to be with loss, and how to relate to a lost loved one. Death is a significant interruption in a child's life, and inevitably invites the griever to question not only the life of the deceased and its ending, but also one's own mortality. The data of this study consists of grief narratives written by university stu…
Joint waking activity in early childhood education as a collaborative configuration of care
Death, Grief and Collective Care in the Materialist Spirituality of a Forest Preschool
In a time when material reality appears disconnected from the spiritual world and meaning is sought through overconsumption of the Earth's material sphere, this study explores how death and grief are narrated as part of the ‘stories of the land’ that unite the material and spiritual worlds in a forest preschool in southeastern Finland. Additionally, the study investigates how shared narratives of death and grief contribute to the collective care …
Young children's grief
This paper investigates how very young children experience grief through moments of separation, absence, and reunion in an early childhood setting. Drawing on data from a study in Australia, the analysis focuses on ethnographic video observations of siblings Grace and Rosy, collected over four months. The sisters were observed during everyday routines, including arrivals, mealtimes, play, and sleep transitions. Using a cultural-historical approac…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Early childhood (7 works) · Early childhood education (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Grief (5 works)