Jan Löfström
Biographic Data
| ID | 93963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Löfström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Löfström |
| SIGNATURE | LÖFSTRÖM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0995-3265 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How curriculum frameworks cultivate democratic and historical consciousness
This article elaborates on findings made in a special issue collection of research in Citizenship, Social and Economics Education , in terms of how History curricula in different countries frame the development of democratic and historical consciousness. Collectively, these contributions provided analyses across nine countries. The function of this present contribution is to weave together several threads introduced in this special issue and to f…
Reading between the lines: Democratic citizenship in the history curriculum in lower secondary education in Finland
The paper discusses the Finnish core curriculum (curriculum framework) for basic education, with focus on how lower secondary education in general, and history teaching specifically, is meant to develop the student's democratic citizenship. Developing the student's democratic citizenship is not an explicit aim of history teaching in the current core curriculum although the aims of history teaching there are very much about civic skills that suppo…
Elements of Historical Personal Identity Construction of Finnish-Speaking Students
In this paper, the constructions of historical personal identity of Finnish-speaking students are analysed. The students participated in a larger study of historical narratives and identities, carried out in 2020 in two schools in Finland and in one European School outside Finland. In the mixed-method study, sixty-one students were interviewed and given writing and drawing assignments on historical identity. In this paper, the students’ visual re…
Historical and Moral Consciousness in Education: Learning Ethics for Democratic Citizenship Education
Mapping moral consciousness in research on historical consciousness and education - a summative content analysis of 512 research articles published between 1980 and 2020
The purpose of this article is to provide a unique overview of how third-order concepts, linked to moral consciousness, are expressed in research articles on historical consciousness related to education, as well as to document how frequently the concepts are applied between 1980 and 2020. A count of word frequency says something about how popular (strong) a concept is during a particular period, while different themes of moral consciousness enab…
Millainen historian opetus tukisi ymmärrystä historian käytöstä paremmin
Historian käyttö on saanut 2010-luvulla lisää näkyvyyttä suomalaisissa perusopetuksen ja lukion opetussuunnitelmissa
Why is ethics important in history education? A dialogue between the various ways of understanding the relationship between ethics and historical consciousness
In light of current tendencies, where appreciating plurality and uphold everyone’s equal value is being questioned from different directions, there is arguably a need to revive the ethical dimension of history education as a way of learning about difficult histories, including traumatic pasts. Since the 1970s historical consciousness has played an important role in articulating an approach to history with an ethical mindset. Although many theorie…
The good citizen: Revisiting moral motivations for introducing historical consciousness in history education drawing on the writings of Gadamer
Historical consciousness is regarded as an important means to stimulate moral citizens through history education. This article conceptually examines the moral dimension associated with historical consciousness by revisiting the paradigm wars between natural science based on positivism and human and social sciences during the 1960s–1990s as expressed through the voice of Gadamer. More specifically, the article explores: (1) the moral arguments tha…
Odd Couples: A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia
Historical apologies as acts of symbolic inclusion - and exclusion? Reflections on institutional apologies as politics of cultural citizenship
Institutional apologies for historical injustices can be conceived as acts of symbolic inclusion directed to people whose collective experiences and memories of the past have not been recognized in the hegemonic narratives of the past. However, in this article it is argued that such apologies also have exclusionary potential as vehicles of symbolic politics of citizenship in that they may designate the apologizing community, so that it effectivel…
Sexual Cultures in Scandinavia
Scandinavia as a social and cultural entity comprises the Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland – plus the autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark, and the Aland Islands, which are part of Finland. The social and cultural distinctions of the countries notwithstanding, it is often justified to consider them in aggregate. For example, in terms of prevailing values and ideals the …
A Premodern Legacy: The “Easy” Criminalization of Homosexual Acts Between Women in the Finnish Penal Code of 1889
Homosexual acts between women were criminalized in Finland in the 1889 Penal Code which also criminalized men's homosexual acts for the first time explicitly in Finnish legislation. The inclusion of women in the Penal Code took place without much ado. In the article it is argued that the uncomplicated juxtaposing of men and women was due to the legacy of a cultural pattern where man and woman, as categories, were not in an all-pervasive polarity …
The Birth of the Queen/the Modern Homosexual: Historical Explanations Revisited
In this paper I review a number of explanations for the emergence of the modern homosexual category in Western (mainly Northwest European) cultures. I suggest there are four different emphases in respect of the social and cultural factors given priority in interpretations of the formation of the homosexual category. Of course, individual studies have often taken into consideration more than one single factor (most notably, Greenberg, 1988; Chaunc…
The Birth of the Queen/the Modern Homosexual: Historical Explanations Revisited
In this paper I review a number of explanations for the emergence of the modern homosexual category in Western (mainly Northwest European) cultures. I suggest there are four different emphases in respect of the social and cultural factors given priority in interpretations of the formation of the homosexual category. Of course, individual studies have often taken into consideration more than one single factor (most notably, Greenberg, 1988; Chaunc…
Historical apologies as acts of symbolic inclusion - and exclusion? Reflections on institutional apologies as politics of cultural citizenship
Institutional apologies for historical injustices can be conceived as acts of symbolic inclusion directed to people whose collective experiences and memories of the past have not been recognized in the hegemonic narratives of the past. However, in this article it is argued that such apologies also have exclusionary potential as vehicles of symbolic politics of citizenship in that they may designate the apologizing community, so that it effectivel…
Sexual Cultures in Scandinavia
Scandinavia as a social and cultural entity comprises the Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland – plus the autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark, and the Aland Islands, which are part of Finland. The social and cultural distinctions of the countries notwithstanding, it is often justified to consider them in aggregate. For example, in terms of prevailing values and ideals the …
A Premodern Legacy: The “Easy” Criminalization of Homosexual Acts Between Women in the Finnish Penal Code of 1889
Homosexual acts between women were criminalized in Finland in the 1889 Penal Code which also criminalized men's homosexual acts for the first time explicitly in Finnish legislation. The inclusion of women in the Penal Code took place without much ado. In the article it is argued that the uncomplicated juxtaposing of men and women was due to the legacy of a cultural pattern where man and woman, as categories, were not in an all-pervasive polarity …
The Birth of the Queen/the Modern Homosexual: Historical Explanations Revisited
In this paper I review a number of explanations for the emergence of the modern homosexual category in Western (mainly Northwest European) cultures. I suggest there are four different emphases in respect of the social and cultural factors given priority in interpretations of the formation of the homosexual category. Of course, individual studies have often taken into consideration more than one single factor (most notably, Greenberg, 1988; Chaunc…
A Premodern Legacy: The “Easy” Criminalization of Homosexual Acts Between Women in the Finnish Penal Code of 1889
Homosexual acts between women were criminalized in Finland in the 1889 Penal Code which also criminalized men's homosexual acts for the first time explicitly in Finnish legislation. The inclusion of women in the Penal Code took place without much ado. In the article it is argued that the uncomplicated juxtaposing of men and women was due to the legacy of a cultural pattern where man and woman, as categories, were not in an all-pervasive polarity …
Sexual Cultures in Scandinavia
Scandinavia as a social and cultural entity comprises the Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland – plus the autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark, and the Aland Islands, which are part of Finland. The social and cultural distinctions of the countries notwithstanding, it is often justified to consider them in aggregate. For example, in terms of prevailing values and ideals the …
Historical apologies as acts of symbolic inclusion - and exclusion? Reflections on institutional apologies as politics of cultural citizenship
Institutional apologies for historical injustices can be conceived as acts of symbolic inclusion directed to people whose collective experiences and memories of the past have not been recognized in the hegemonic narratives of the past. However, in this article it is argued that such apologies also have exclusionary potential as vehicles of symbolic politics of citizenship in that they may designate the apologizing community, so that it effectivel…
Odd Couples: A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia
Why is ethics important in history education? A dialogue between the various ways of understanding the relationship between ethics and historical consciousness
In light of current tendencies, where appreciating plurality and uphold everyone’s equal value is being questioned from different directions, there is arguably a need to revive the ethical dimension of history education as a way of learning about difficult histories, including traumatic pasts. Since the 1970s historical consciousness has played an important role in articulating an approach to history with an ethical mindset. Although many theorie…
The good citizen: Revisiting moral motivations for introducing historical consciousness in history education drawing on the writings of Gadamer
Historical consciousness is regarded as an important means to stimulate moral citizens through history education. This article conceptually examines the moral dimension associated with historical consciousness by revisiting the paradigm wars between natural science based on positivism and human and social sciences during the 1960s–1990s as expressed through the voice of Gadamer. More specifically, the article explores: (1) the moral arguments tha…
Millainen historian opetus tukisi ymmärrystä historian käytöstä paremmin
Historian käyttö on saanut 2010-luvulla lisää näkyvyyttä suomalaisissa perusopetuksen ja lukion opetussuunnitelmissa
Historical and Moral Consciousness in Education: Learning Ethics for Democratic Citizenship Education
Mapping moral consciousness in research on historical consciousness and education - a summative content analysis of 512 research articles published between 1980 and 2020
The purpose of this article is to provide a unique overview of how third-order concepts, linked to moral consciousness, are expressed in research articles on historical consciousness related to education, as well as to document how frequently the concepts are applied between 1980 and 2020. A count of word frequency says something about how popular (strong) a concept is during a particular period, while different themes of moral consciousness enab…
Elements of Historical Personal Identity Construction of Finnish-Speaking Students
In this paper, the constructions of historical personal identity of Finnish-speaking students are analysed. The students participated in a larger study of historical narratives and identities, carried out in 2020 in two schools in Finland and in one European School outside Finland. In the mixed-method study, sixty-one students were interviewed and given writing and drawing assignments on historical identity. In this paper, the students’ visual re…
Reading between the lines: Democratic citizenship in the history curriculum in lower secondary education in Finland
The paper discusses the Finnish core curriculum (curriculum framework) for basic education, with focus on how lower secondary education in general, and history teaching specifically, is meant to develop the student's democratic citizenship. Developing the student's democratic citizenship is not an explicit aim of history teaching in the current core curriculum although the aims of history teaching there are very much about civic skills that suppo…
How curriculum frameworks cultivate democratic and historical consciousness
This article elaborates on findings made in a special issue collection of research in Citizenship, Social and Economics Education , in terms of how History curricula in different countries frame the development of democratic and historical consciousness. Collectively, these contributions provided analyses across nine countries. The function of this present contribution is to weave together several threads introduced in this special issue and to f…
Sociology (10 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 works) · Consciousness (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works)