Research subject Vocation, Vocational Education, and Professional Development
Within this theme, we are interested in how people learn their vocation and how they develop in various vocational fields. Central to vocational education is both upper secondary and municipal adult education (komvux).
The research targets questions related to vocational schools and working life, as well as transitions between education and into professional life. the research also handles questions related to upper secondary vocational education, vocational schools, and folk high schools, as well as vocational teacher education both nationally, internationally, and comparatively.
The research in the field aims to explore research problems at different levels as well as the relationships between them.
At the macrolevel, or societal level, we can look at how vocational education was and is organised and developed in various contexts. A the meso- and micro, which include organisations as well as students and teachers, can involve questions surrounding how vocational secondary schools are organised and lead. One can also analyse processes used in instructional design, teaching, skill development, and in assessment in the classroom and in the workplace. The research field contributes to research based vocational education.
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Pedagogy
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Carina Carlhed Ydhag
Professor/Head of department
Katarina Lagercrantz All
Senior lecturer
Åsa Broberg
Senior lecturer/director of studies for the doctoral program
Eva Eliasson
Senior lecturer
Janne Kontio
Senior lecturer
Ruhi Tyson
Senior lecturer
Petros Gougoulakis
Professor
Rebecca Ye
Senior lecturer
Marianne Teräs
Professor
Lazaro Moreno Herrera
Professor
Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren
Professor
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The research is conducted at the Department of Education.
Department of Education