About
Katarina Pajchel is a physicist and teacher educator. She teaches and supervises at the science teacher education programme, from bachelor to PhD level. Her teaching covers subjects and subject didactics in physics, technology, programming and sustainable development. Her research interests are computational thinking and programming in science education and research-based teacher education. In recent years, she has participated in the research project TRELIS (Teachers' Research Literacy for Science teaching) and been co-leader of MASCOT (Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking). She is also engaged in the field of school practice as a long-standing contact person for a university school and through DeKomp projects. Pajchel has a PhD from the University of Oslo in experimental particle physics linked to the CERN laboratory.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Nuclear and elementary particle physics
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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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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Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking (MASCOT)
MASCOT is an interdisciplinary, collaborative and innovative research collaboration that aims to develop knowledge about teaching, learning and assessment processes of computational thinking in teacher education and school.
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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
Valle, Anne Marit;
Pajchel, Katarina
; Hansén, Sven-Erik; Orset, Ann Karin; Holand, Anna Marie
(2025).
Teacher educators’ understanding of research-based teacher education.
Educational Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2025.2480547
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
;
Frågåt, Thomas
; Rehder, Mads Middelboe; juuti, kalle; Bogar, Yurdagul; Lavonen, Jari; Schrøder, Vibeke;
Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen
;
Rognes, Andre
(2024).
Sign of the Times An Analysis of Computational Thinking in Norwegian, Finnish and Danish Curricula.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE).
Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.5744
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen
; Karlsen, Niklas;
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline
;
Sollid, Per Øyvind
;
Swensen, Håkon
;
Brevik, Birger
(2024).
BESt i naturfag: Bruke-Endre-Skape-tilnærmingen til programmeringskompetanse for naturfaglærerstudenter.
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Pajchel, Katarina; Mestad, Idar; Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria (Ed.).
Fra forskningsfronten til klasserommet. Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069548-24-08
Swensen, Håkon
;
Sollid, Per Øyvind
;
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Brevik, Birger
(2024).
Unyttige roboter: Teknologisom inngang til programmering for naturfaglærerstudenter.
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Pajchel, Katarina; Mestad, Idar; Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria (Ed.).
Fra forskningsfronten til klasserommet. Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag. p. 209-234.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/
Ukkonen, Aino; Yadav, Aman; Pajchel, Katarina ; Xenofontos, Constantinos (2024). Elementary Teachers Assessing Computational Thinking. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE). Vol. 32.
Karlsen, Niklas;
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline
;
Pajchel, Katarina
(2024).
Programmering i naturfaglærerutdanningen: Lærerstudenters syn på egne kunnskaper og kompetansebehov.
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Pajchel, Katarina; Mestad, Idar; Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria (Ed.).
Fra forskningsfronten til klasserommet. Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069548-24-09
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline
;
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie
;
Pajchel, Katarina
; Mestad, Idar; Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria
(2024).
Fra forskningsfronten til klasserommet. Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag.
ISBN: 9788215069555.
351 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://www.idunn.no/doi/book/10.18261/97882150695
Karlsen, Niklas;
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline
;
Pajchel, Katarina
(2024).
Assessing Teachers’ Knowledge of How to Use Computer Programming in Science and Technology Education.
13 p.
Journal of Science Education and Technology.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10145-5
Høiby, Torill;
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie
;
Pajchel, Katarina
(2024).
Faglige nettverk som utviklingsarena for naturfagundervisningen.
Henriksen, Ellen Karoline; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Pajchel, Katarina; Mestad, Idar; Eklund, Gunilla Brita Maria (Ed.).
Fra forskningsfronten til klasserommet. Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag. p. 283-303.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069548-24-13
Ukkonen, Aino;
Pajchel, Katarina
;
Mifsud, Louise
(2024).
Teachers’ understanding of assessing computational thinking.
Computer Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2024.2365566
