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Department of Childhood, Education and Society
education and society
This department runs one of the country’s largest preschool teacher training programmes, as well as primary teacher training specialising in after-school recreation.
Education at Childhood, Education and Society
Education at the Department of Children, Youth and Society is designed to advance knowledge of children’s learning, emphasising play, development and meaning-making.
Childhood and Learning
The specialisation Childhood and Learning involves the study of childhood and the learning and living conditions of younger children. One important element of the subject is preschool didactics with an emphasis on play, development and meaning-making, as well as the development of preschool learning environments. The preschool’s quality, pedagogical development and roots in an educational philosophical understanding of its activities and conditions are areas in which the department works, both in education and research.
Recreation Instructor
The primary teacher degree specialising in after-school recreation includes the advance course Recreation Instructor in combination with one of the following subjects: visual arts, sports and health or music.
Research at Childhood, Education and Society
The department’s research is conducted from humanistic and social science perspectives with a focus on preschool teaching, historical and social aspects of childhood and education, after-school activities and pedagogical philosophy.
Research topics
Research groups, researchers, publications and projects
Childhood and Education (ChED)
This research deals with the study of childhood and education. The ChED Research Group investigates socioeconomic factors and living conditions. The researchers work at the Department of Children, Youth and Society.
Philosophical Studies of Education (PSE)
The PSE Research Group consists of researchers working on fundamental educational and pedagogical issues from a broad perspective. Historical and philosophical perspectives are applied to the research and the group studies issues, contradictions and subjects related to educational processes and relationships.
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CHStaff
Christina Hansen - Timeemployee
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MNStaff
Mattias Nilsson Sjöberg - Doctoral student
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Staff
Hanna Sjögren - Associate senior lecturer
hanna.sjogren@mau.se -
ENStaff
Emelie Madeleine Charlotte Nilsson - Lecturer
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MIStaff
Malin Ideland - Professor
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Staff
Elsa Andersson - Doctoral student
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Staff
Peter Lilja - Senior lecturer/Head of department
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ARStaff
Annika Rosén - Senior lecturer
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CNStaff
Christian Norefalk - Doctoral student
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Staff
Linda Palla - Associate Professor
linda.palla@mau.se -
Staff
Jonas Qvarsebo - Associate Professor
jonas.qvarsebo@mau.se -
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Robin Ekelund - Senior lecturer
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GPStaff
Gun Persson - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Johan Dahlbeck - Associate Professor
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MKStaff
Morten Korsgaard - Associate Professor
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TLStaff
Therese Lindgren - Lecturer
therese.lindgren@mau.se -
TAStaff
Thom Axelsson - Associate Professor
thom.axelsson@mau.se -
Staff
Ylva Holmberg - Senior lecturer
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CLStaff
Caroline Ljungberg - VIce Dean/Senior lecturer
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CLStaff
Camilla Löf - Senior lecturer
camilla.lof@mau.se -
Staff
Catrin Stensson - Doctoral student/Lecturer
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AVStaff
Ann-Christine Vallberg Roth - Professor
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CMStaff
Carolina Martinez - Senior lecturer
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JBStaff
Jutta Balldin - Senior lecturer
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AHStaff
Anne Harju - Associate Professor
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DTStaff
Despina Tzimoula - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Sara Berglund - Senior lecturer
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Staff
Laurence Delacour - Lecturer
laurence.delacour@mau.se
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2021 | Chapter in book
Entrepreneurial Learning and the Merging of Progressive and Economic Ideals
Johan Dahlbeck, Peter Lilja
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2021 | Article in journal
Problem solved! How eduprenuers enact a school crisis as business possibilities
Malin Ideland, Anna Jobér, Thom Axelsson
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2020 | Article in journal
Bortom mitt barn och andras ungar
Hanna Sjögren
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2020 | Article in journal
Conceptual Subitizing and Preschool Class Children's Learning of the Part
Catarina Anna Wästerlid
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2020 | Article in journal
A review of research on the Anthropocene in early childhood education
Hanna Sjögren
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2020 | Article in journal
Longing for the Past:
Hanna Sjögren
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2020 | Article in journal
Preschool Children's Learning Opportunities Using Natural Numbers in Number Row Activities
Maria Alkhede, Mona Holmqvist
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2020 | Article in journal
”En hemlig skola röjer det orimliga"
Malin Ideland, Magnus Hultén, Petra Angervall, Thom Axelsson, Dennis Beach, Magnus Dahlstedt, Marianne Dovemark, Magnus Erlandsson, Martin Harling, Anna Jobér, Janna Lundberg, Catarina Player-Koro, Eva Reimers, Hanna Sjögren, Ola Strandler, Susanne Urban
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2020 | Article in journal
Gretas Thunberg är ingen utpräglad systemkritiker
Hanna Sjögren
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2020 | Book
Didaktisk (o)takt i förskolan
Ann-Christine Vallberg Roth, Palla Linda
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Research project
Learning from the margins: Social inclusion of highly marginalised young people in urban settings
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Research project
Toward a Militant Pedagogy in the Name of Love
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Research project
The Social Ontology of Education as a Human Right
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Research project
Education Inc. Exploring conditions, forms and consequences of edu-preneurial engagement in Swedish schools
malin.ideland@mau.se
Collaboration
The department collaborates with other higher education institutions, municipalities, individual preschools and after-school centres through research projects and continued professional development, all within the framework of childhood studies and professional preschool teaching and recreation centres.
Contact us to collaborate with our students, PhD-students or researchers.