Classroom studies in didactics

Overview

Through hands-on classroom studies, a group of researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show how events and opportunities are affected by classroom conditions and thus have different didactical consequences for teaching and learning in different subjects. In a concluding essay, the book itself and its contributions are placed in an international and historical context by Professor Kirsti Klette, Oslo University, Norway. The authors share an ambition to show in practical terms the strengths of classroom studies' contribution to didactic research.

Author Biography

Christina Osbeck is Associate Professor in Religious Studies and Senior Lecturer in Social Studies Education as well as Head of the Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Åke Ingerman is professor in Science and Technology Education at the Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies at the University of Gothenburg. Silwa Claesson is professor Emerita in pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research focus has been on how theories of learning.