About
Charlotte Aksland is an associate professor at Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research interests include biology education, the natural environment as a learning arena, science education for the youngest students and on students’ understanding of science concepts.
Research groups
Research projects
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Critical thinking in primary education
KriT is an interdisciplinary project aiming at developing educational models for critical thinking in primary education using children’s literature and news.
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Flipped classroom in science education (FiNa)
Flipped classroom in science education (FiNa) aims at developing and investigating learning design based on digitally supported flipped classroom in order to facilitate student active learning.
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Teachers’ Research Literacy for Science teaching (TRELIS)
Project TRELIS aims to prepare research literate science teachers who are able to integrate research-based knowledge with classroom experience to develop rich science learning opportunities for pupils.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria; Mestad, Idar; Aksland, Charlotte; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie
(2022).
Research assignments in teacher education - Norwegian undergraduate student teachers' experiences of the writing process.
21 p.
Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO).
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.9196
Aksland, Charlotte; Rundgren, Shu-Nu Chang
(2019).
5th–10th-Grade In-service Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for Sustainable Development in Outdoor Environment.
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2019.1697713
Aksland, Charlotte; Jensen, Inger Kristine; Ramton, Aase Marit T. Sørum (2019). Teaching science concepts by using multiple representations in primary science education. Elm, Annika; Morberg, Åsa (Ed.). ATEE annual conference 2018 - A Future for All. Teaching for a sustainable society Proceedings. p. 41-52. ATEE - Association for Teacher Education in Europe.
Aksland, Charlotte; Jensen, Inger Kristine; Ramton, Aase Marit T. Sørum (2018). Begrepslæring i naturfag på småskoletrinnet. Palm, Kirsten; Michaelsen, Eva (Ed.). Den viktige begynneropplæringen. En forskningsbasert tilnærming.. p. 269-289. Universitetsforlaget.
