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Pirkko Karvonen
Mrs Pirkko Karvonen has a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education and a Master`s Degree in Physical Education. She has done her dissertation on teaching children to read before school a...view moreMrs Pirkko Karvonen has a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education and a Master`s Degree in Physical Education. She has done her dissertation on teaching children to read before school age and specialized in physical education of children. She is called the Mother of baby swimming because she initiated baby swimming in Finland in 1981 from which she has been awarded with a golden decoration. She has also written children`s programs for TV.
Pirkko Karvonen has worked most of her career at the University of Jyväskylä in the Department of Early Childhood Education as a teacher and a researcher. She has published several text books of early childhood education. Juhan askeleet (1999), the book about a boy with cerebral palsy who was rehabilitated with the Kerland method, was written inspired by the visits to the Doman Institute, Kerland/Brainwave Centre and to Delacato Centre.view less