Radu Dinu, docent i historia ,om tecknade serier som kunskapskälla i utbildningar.

En forskarskola om ämnesdidaktiska modeller i grundlärarutbildningen ska fördjupa lärarutbildares kunskaper om ämnesdidaktiska modeller. Syftet är att lärarutbildare ska kunna ge grundlärarstudenter en stabilare vetenskaplig bas för att genomföra god ämnesundervisning.

This scoping review provides an overview of the characteristics of empirical research on Finnish teacher educators published between 2012 and early 2025. Methodologically, small-scale interview studies with cross-sectional and often cross-national designs were the most prevalent among 90 identified studies. (pdf)

Free play is recognized in early childhood education and care as a crucial form of learning, and children’s disposition to engage in play is termed playfulness. The emphasis that free play places on children’s autonomy and self-control raises questions about teachers’ roles in this learning environment to encourage children’s engagement in play.

This qualitative study focuses on the ways kindergarten teachers used metaphors as a professional coping strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is underpinned by the conceptual metaphor theory, analyzing these metaphors as evident of the verbalized expressions of 74 kindergarten teachers in northern Israel, via questionnaires and interviews. Findings indicate that the metaphors enabled…

This qualitative study focuses on the ways kindergarten teachers used metaphors as a professional coping strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is underpinned by the conceptual metaphor theory, analyzing these metaphors as evident of the verbalized expressions of 74 kindergarten teachers in northern Israel, via questionnaires and interviews. (pdf)

At a writing retreat in the middle of the woods, we considered the trees. Inspired by our surroundings, we discussed possibilities for how we might demonstrate an inquiry cycle with our undergraduate teacher candidates. (pdf)

Johan Hyrén vid Högskolan Väst skriver om vad som krävs för att bli en bra lärare. Han undervisar lärarstudenter i samhällskunskap och forskar parallellt i statsvetenskap.

Vetenskapsrådet beviljar sammanlagt 83 miljoner kronor till två nya forskarskolor vid Linnéuniversitetet. Forskarskolorna fokuserar på utvecklingen av läs- och skrivundervisning i de tidiga skolåren, samt på att stärka forskningsbasen i yrkeslärarprogrammen.

This article, based on Miranda Fricker’s concept epistemic injustice to deal with human rights and social sustainability, argues that teacher education must address the twofold mission to both enhance epistemic justice for student teachers and to develop their skills to enhance justice for future pupils. (pdf).

The aim of this article is to explore the relations constructed between final thesis work and student teachers’ future professional practice. Despite variations in scope and format, the final thesis is an essential part of prospective teachers’ educational trajectories in many countries. (pdf).

Research on student-active learning emphasises that engagement is crucial for developing competence. Yet, how engagement and study habits, especially lesson preparation and self-study, affect students’ perceived competence over time remains unclear. This study investigates these relationships in a flipped classroom mathematics course for early childhood teacher education in Norway. (pdf).