Maarit Alasuutari

Emerita

Unit

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Department / Division

Department of Education

maarit.alasuutari@jyu.fi

Fields of science

516 Educational sciences

Research interests

Tutkimuksessani tarkastelen koulutuspoliittisten ja muiden yhteiskunnallisten muutosten seurauksia varhaiskasvatuksen käytännöissä sekä lasten, huoltajien ja työntekijöiden näkökulmasta. Olen myös kiinnostunut huoltajien ja varhaiskasvatuksen yhteistyöstä ja varhaiskasvatuksen pedagogisesta dokumentoinnista. Lisäksi lapsuudentutkimus ja erityisesti lasten osallisuuden kysymykset ovat yksi tutkimuksenalueistani.

Publications

Publication

2025

Associations between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Primary Care Arrangements for One-Year-Old Children in Finland

Nordic Journal of Social Research.

Kuusiholma-Linnamäki, Julia

Räikkönen, Eija

Lammi-Taskula, Johanna

Vandenbroeck, Michel

Alasuutari, Maarit

Publication

2025

Development and validation of the parents’ service satisfaction scale in the Finnish early childhood education and care context

International Journal of Child Care and Education.

Saranko, Lotta

Räikkönen, Eija

Alasuutari, Maarit

Publication

2025

Empowered, Strained, or Stable : Teachers’ Experiences of Occupational Well-Being During the Two-Year Pre-Primary Education Trial in Finland

Early Education and Development.

Muhonen, Heli

Sulkanen, Mimmu

Alasuutari, Maarit

Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina

Publication

2025

How can early childhood education and care support families and prevent parental burnout during the COVID-19 crisis in Finland?

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

Sorkkila, Matilda

Alasuutari, Maarit

Saranko, Lotta

Aunola, Kaisa

Publication

2025

Lapsen ja huoltajan asema lapsen varhaiskasvatuksen suunnittelussa

Mitattu lapsuus. Gaudeamus.

Alasuutari, Maarit

Vehkakoski, Tanja

Publication

2025

Social Competence of 5-year-olds during Societal Crisis

Early Childhood Education Journal.

Kannel, Lassi

Räikkönen, Eija

Alasuutari, Maarit

Publication

2024

(Un)expected Emotions and Teamwork : Narratives of Early Childhood Education Practitioners

Nordic journal of working life studies.

Hanhikoski, Essi

Alasuutari, Maarit

Collin, Kaija

Liinamaa, Tarja

Sevón, Eija

Publication

2024

Do parenthood worries impede the birth of a second child? : Differences according to the parent’s gender and spousal support in Finland

Journal of Family Research.

Moilanen, Sanna

Räikkönen, Eija

Lammi-Taskula, Johanna

Duvander, Ann-Zofie

Alasuutari, Maarit

Publication

2024

Enrichment and safety : the parents of young children constructing early childhood education and care institution in Finland

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.

Kivimäki, Mirka

Karila, Kirsti

Alasuutari, Maarit

Publication

2024

Enrolling the child in private early childhood education and care in the context of universal service provision

Education Inquiry.

Alasuutari, Maarit

Ruutiainen, Ville

Karila, Kirsti

Projects

Commitment to early childhood education teacher studies and profession (SIMO)

The SIMO Project examines early childhood education teacher students' commitment to their studies and later to their profession and work as an early childhood education teacher.

OneChild - Fertility Decline and One-Child Families in Finland

Research Project