About
Jarmila Bubikova-Moan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education where she has teaching and supervising duties within the field of pedagogy. Her research interests include discourse-analytic approaches to early childhood education, multilingualism, argumentation and critical thinking.
She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences (University of Oslo), MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Melbourne, Australia) and an MPhil in European Literature (University of Cambridge, UK). Prior to joining OsloMet, she was an Associate Professor and a Head of Studies (BA in Pedagogy) at Kristiania University College and a Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU). She also has a 10-year professional experience as an advisor within the field of education and integration policy in the Norwegian state administration.
Research groups
Research projects
Completed 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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
;
Hægeland, Toril
(2025).
Stimulating children's agency and positioning as subjects through aesthetic experiences in early years classrooms.
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491251313821
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
;
Sandvik, Margareth
;
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie
(2025).
Arguing about Environmental Issues in Primary School.
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (Ed.).
Enacting Critical Thinking in Primary School. Perspectives from the Classroom.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069678-25-07
Kucirkova, Natalia;
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
(2024).
Parent–Child Mealtime Conversations Stimulated with Decorated Tableware.
Early Childhood Education Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01771-0
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
;
Sandvik, Margareth
(2022).
Argumentation in early childhood: A systematic review.
Human Development.
Vol. 66.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000527293
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
; Grøver, Vibeke
(2021).
Skolens samarbeid med foreldre til minoritetsspråklige barn i begynneropplæringen - refleksjoner over muligheter og utfordringer.
Grøver, Vibeke; Bråten, Ivar (Ed.).
Leseforståelse i skolen: Utfordringer og muligheter.. p. 46-58.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4630404
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
(2021).
Credible as Evidence? Multilayered Audience Reception of Narrative Arguments.
Informal Logic.
Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.22329/IL.V41I2.6506
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
; Opheim, Vibeke
(2020).
‘It’s a jigsaw puzzle and a challenge’: critical perspectives on the enactment of an RCT on small-group tuition in mathematics in Norwegian lower-elementary schools.
Journal of Education Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2020.1856931
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
(2020).
Unpacking the narrative-argumentative conundrum: story credibility revisited.
Proceedings of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference.
Vol. 12.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3057540
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
;
Hjetland, Hanne Næss
; Wollscheid, Sabine
(2019).
ECE teachers' views on play-based learning: a systematic review.
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2019.1678717
Ferguson, Leila Eve;
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila
(2019).
Argumentation as a pathway to critical thinking.
Garssen, Bart; Godden, David; Mitchell, Gordon R.; Wagemans, Jean H.M. (Ed.).
Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.. p. 352-362.
International Society for the Study of Argumentation.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2612291
