Unpacking the Box - he box’s educational potential to build knowledge through curiosity, imagination, and community
Research Project
Facts
- Contact person:
- Rebecka Fingalsson
- Financer:
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- Crafoordska Stiftelsen
- Responsible at MaU:
- Helena Roos
- Project members at MaU:
- Time frame:
- 01 September 2025 - 31 December 2027
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About the project
In the project “Unpacking the Box”, we explore something as ordinary as boxes to understand how the box's material border can support teachers when students are to learn about new, complex, and sensitive phenomena in science, mathematics, as well as sexuality education. The project takes its starting point in the didactic possibilities of the box to approach topics that can be perceived as “boring,” complex, or sensitive. In this project, we aim to understand how the box, as a didactic tool, contributes to building knowledge for children and young people by making space for curiosity, engagement, belonging, and imagination.