Keynote Speakers

Gert Biesta

Gert Biesta är professor of Public Education vid Maynooth University, Irland, samt professor vid Educational Theory and Pedagogy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

On the 'educational' in educational work: Why theory matters

Perhaps because education is such a bit endeavour in which many are involved, either as educators or the ones ‘receiving’ education, it looks as if everyone knows what education is and what it is about. On closer inspection, however, it turns out to be far more difficult to articulate in a sufficiently precise and distinctive way what the word ‘educational’ actually refers to. In my presentation I will engage with this question and, in doing so, highlighting the importance of educational forms of theory and theorising which, as I will try to explain, should be distinguished from, for example, contributions from sociology, psychology, philosophy or socio-cultural theory.

Maria Berge

Maria Berge är professor i naturvetenskapernas och teknikens didaktik vid Umeå universitet

Kraftfulla, tillgängliga eller bara underbara? Möten med teorier och analysmetoder i forskningsvardagen.

I klassrumsforskning utgår vi ofta från någon form av teori. Olika lärandeteorier har använts flitigt under olika tidsperioder, delvis beroende på var forskaren kommer ifrån och arbetar. Men vilken roll spelar teorierna för vår forskning och vilken teori är bäst?

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