Pentti Hakkarainen (psychologist)
Lithuanian educational psychologist
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Pentti Ensio Hakkarainen (6 June 1944 – 1 June 2021)[1][2] was a Lithuanian educational psychologist of Finnish origin.
6 June 1944
Pentti Hakkarainen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pentti Ensio Hakkarainen 6 June 1944 |
| Died | 1 June 2021 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | University of Jyväskylä |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Oulu, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences |
Education and career
He graduated from the University of Jyväskylä in 1967, where he went on to obtain a master's degree and then a Ph.D. in 1970 and 1972, respectively.[3] Hakkarainen defended his habilitated doctoral thesis in 1991. During the period of 1997–2011 he worked as professor at the University of Oulu and was elected as vice-dean of the Department of Educational Sciences in 2006.[4] He was a professor of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences since 2012 where he headed the Research Laboratory of Play (LUES, VMU). He was editor-in-chief of Journal of Russian & East European Psychology[5] and served on the editorial boards of Forum Oświatowe [pl] and Cultural-Historical Psychology [ru].[6] His research interests included creative, developmental teaching and learning in preschools, schools and higher education, narrative learning and development in play and virtual environments.[4] He published a number of books in Finnish, English, and Lithuanian.
