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Science Education
The research subject Science Education includes didactics related to the natural sciences. The areas of interest include teaching, learning, knowing and Bildung in relation to knowledge in and about science and related subject areas such as technology and environmental and sustainability education.
Subject didactics is a field of knowledge where educational research (mainly didactics) meets subject content and school practice. Research in Science Education can take its starting point from a teacher, student and/or citizen perspective. In a democratically and technologically developed society, scientific knowledge plays a pivotal role in people's opportunities to understand and act in an increasingly complex world. Therefore, Science Education research is interested in human knowledge and education in and about science and related subject areas. Other areas of interest include the choice of content, motivations for selection and what happens to disciplinary knowledge when it is transformed into content for teaching in schools. The research contributes to both curriculum and school development.
The core of the research subject is perspectives and models that are useful for science teachers (all ages) in planning, implementation and analysis of teaching. Within the subject, relationships between the specific subject content and how this is communicated in different environments are also investigated, as well as how individuals and groups develop and use scientific knowledge in these contexts.
Literacy perspectives, Bildung, democracy issues and identity formation in relation to science are characteristic features of Science Education research at Malmö University. The research focuses on the societal perspectives on teaching and learning in and about science and related subjects such as technology and geography.
Researchers, publications and projects

Christian Andersson

Vildana Basic

Sanne Björklund

Paul Clucas

Eva Davidsson

Rebecka Fingalsson

Pernilla Granklint Enochson

Helen Hasslöf

Hanna Hofverberg
Annika Karlsson

Mats Lundström

Valentina Pivotti
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2025 | Conference paper
“Reflective Guide”: an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent to Foster Metacognitive Strategies
Nathalie Auer, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez
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2025 | Chapter in book
Science Education for Inclusive Citizenship
Andreas Nehring, Jesper Sjöström
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2025 | Article in journal
Behind the scenes of doctoral success: a mixed methods approach to exploring PhD supervision courses in Swedish higher education institutions
Christos Karampelias, Martin Stigmar, Natalia Auer
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2025 | Article, review/survey
Critical scientific and environmental literacies: a systematic and critical review
Gonzalo Guerrero, Jesper Sjöström
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2024 | Conference paper
Utveckling av språkligt inkluderande strategier för NTA-undervisning: En interventionsstudie för att främja alla elevers lärande i naturvetenskap
Annika Karlsson, Helena Holmström
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2024 | Conference paper
Creating agency and values for students in co-creation processes
Vildana Bašić, Eva Davidsson
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2024 | Conference paper
Drama- and language-integrated teaching and learning in higher education
Zeljka Prelevic, Manuela Lupsa
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2024 | Conference paper
Internationellt nätverk främjar hybrida inlärningsmoment för skolungdomar: Lärarstudenter modellerar didaktiskt kraftfull hållbarhetskunskap via naturvetenskapernas didaktik och pågående verklighet (Ongoing Realities)
Birgitta Nordén
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2024 | Conference paper
Europeiskt samordningsnätverk och aktiviteter för att anamma ett hållbart och inkluderande STEAM-utbildningssystem: blandningen av konstnärliga och kreativa tillvägagångssätt inom STEM-utbildning,forskning och innovation
Birgitta Nordén
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2024 | Conference paper
Utveckling av språkligt inkluderande strategier för NTA-undervisning: en interventionsstudie för att främja alla elevers lärandei naturvetenskap
Annika Karlsson, Helena Holmström
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Relevancing science for science learning and active citizenship
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"Preschool-Naturing" in the Anthropocene
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Experiences and Memories of Sex Education in School
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Spaces for multilingualism? An interdisciplinary study of pedagogical potentials and limitations of multilingual approaches and activities...
pia.nygard-larsson@mau.se
Doctoral Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
Malmö University offer doctoral studies in Science and Mathematics Education.
Contact for doctoral studies in Science and Mathematics Education: Helena Roos