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Katarina Pajchel

Katarina Pajchel

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 projects

Completed research projects

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





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete