About
I am a kindergarten teacher with further education in multicultural pedagogy and a doctorate. I teach and supervise at the bachelor's, master's and phd levels in Early Childhood Education teacher training at OsloMet. My research interests are linked to aesthetics and arts in kindergartens, performance art for children, diversity and multilingualism.
My work is driven by a desire to contribute research that creates connections between aesthetics and multilingualism, and I have experience with artsbased and action research-inspired methods. In my research i've investigated the significance of the aesthetic dimensions in linguistic interaction when children and the staff in ECECs do not yet share a common spoken language. Since 2021, I have been the leader of a Scandinavian research network for multilingualism, aesthetics, and diversity (FEM).
Currently, I am collaborating with Unge Viken Theater to explore how the theater and the kindergarten together can support and expand children's aesthetic experiences. As an educator, I am concerned with multilingualism as a resource in higher education and explore how we as teachers can facilitate multiple languages and forms of expression to articulate subject knowledge.
Field of study
Child in preschool/nursery school Multilingualism Aesthetics Early Childhood Education Artbased research methods Instructional Leadership Theatre for the very young Linguistic Landscapes Arts-based action research Translanguaging
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Magnusson, Lena O;
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
; Kaihovirtha, Hannah
(2024).
Polyfona röster för framtiden:A/r/tografens sammatrasslade tillblivelser.
Nordic Journal of Art & Research (A & R).
https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.5617
Bustos, Marcela Montserrat Fonseca
;
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2023).
Rethinking "ryddetid" as democratic practices in early childhood institutions.
Myers, Casey Y; Smith, Kylie; Hostler, Rochelle; Tesar, Marek (Ed.).
Reframing the Everyday in Early Childhood Pedagogy.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003319931-12
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2023).
Att lyssna efter vita skygglappar.
Andersen, Camilla Eline; Aronsson, Lena; Taguchi, Hillevi Lenz (Ed.).
p. 203-215.
Gleerups Utbildning AB.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3318033
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2022).
Barndom som kilde til motstandsdyktighet.
Thuen, Harald; Myklestad, Synnøve; Vik, Stine (Ed.).
Pedagogikkens idé og oppdrag. p. 42-55.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.55669/oa010303
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2020).
«Det der er ikke representativt for en barnehagehverdag» – en utforsking av forskeren som konstruktør av «utopiske» undersøkelsessituasjoner.
Forskning og Forandring.
Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.23865/fof.v3.1840
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2019).
Å få øye på det tause som blir "sagt": en estetisk tilnærming til barns uartikulerte perspektiver.
Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.23865/ntpk.v5.1364
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2018).
Se hun snakker! En undersøkelse av estetiske og kroppslige måter å snakke sammen på.
NOA - Norsk som andrespråk.
Vol. 33.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2645562
Ilje-Lien, Johanne
(2016).
Et nødvendig fremtredelsesrom for kroppslige møter.
Gulpinar, Tona; Hernes, Leif; Winger, Nina (Ed.).
Blikk fra barnehagen. p. 219-229.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4386631
