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Katarina Pajchel

Katarina Pajchel

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: B429
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 489 93 453
  • Office: +47 672 37 132
E-mail
  • katarina.pajchel@oslomet.no
Affiliation

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.

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

  • Empowered

    The research project aims to develop innovative practices, methods and tools that promote ‘digital empowerment’ in schools and teacher education.

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Karlsen, Niklas; Henriksen, Ellen Karoline ; Pajchel, Katarina (2025). Assessing Teachers’ Knowledge of How to Use Computer Programming in Science and Technology Education. Journal of Science Education and Technology. Vol. 34.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10145-5

Frågåt, Thomas; Pajchel, Katarina ; Mifsud, Louise (2025). Applying Computational Thinking to Enhance Learning About Electricity: A Norwegian Case Study. Cakmakci, Gültekin; Tasar, Mehmet Fatih (Ed.). Connecting Science Education with Cultural Heritage. p. 113-126. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90944-3_9

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. Vol. 67.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2025.2480547

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.

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). 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

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

Ukkonen, Aino ; Yadav, Aman; Pajchel, Katarina ; Xenofontos, Constantinos (2024). Elementary Teachers Assessing Computational Thinking. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE). Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.70725/844708cswcsk

Ukkonen, Aino ; Pajchel, Katarina ; Mifsud, Louise (2024). Teachers’ understanding of assessing computational thinking. Computer Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2024.2365566



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Research reports

Pajchel, Katarina (2010). Searches for Supersymmetry in Multi-lepton Final States with the ATLAS Detector and Related Challenges. 286 p. Det Matematisk Naturvitenskapelige Fakultet.

Pajchel, Katarina (2009). Multi-lepton SUSY searches with the ATLAS detector. 4 p. ATL-PHYS-PROC-2009-095.

Pajchel, Katarina ; Bugge, Lars; Ould-Saada, Farid (2009). Searches for SUSY in trilepton final states at ATLAS. 39 p. ATL-PHYS-INT-2009-024.

Aad, G.; Bugge, Lars; Buran, Torleiv; Cameron, David; Gjelsten, Børge Kile; Huse, Torkjell; Lund, Esben; Ould-Saada, Farid; Pajchel, Katarina ; Pylypchenko, Yuriy; Read, Alexander Lincoln; Røhne, Ole Myren; Samset, Bjørn Hallvard; Stapnes, Steinar; Strandlie, Are; Taga, Adrian; al., N.N. et (2008). Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics. 1852 p. CERN.

Pajchel, Katarina ; Bugge, Lars; Ould-Saada, Farid (2008). Searches for SUSY in trilepton final states at ATLAS. 39 p. CERN.

Ferrag, Samir; Nielsen, J.L.; Pajchel, Katarina ; Read, Alexander Lincoln; Ould-Saada, Farid (2006). An RPM-based distribution kit for ATLAS production. 22 p. CERN-ATL-COM-SOFT-2006-010.



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Dissemination

Mifsud, Louise ; Juuti, Kalle; Frågåt, Thomas; Rehder, Mads Middelboe; Pajchel, Katarina (2025). There is no consensus around the definition of computational thinking – what next. NERA 2025. Nordic Educational Research Association .

Pajchel, Katarina ; Karlsen, Niklas; Sollid, Per Øyvind ; Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen ; Swensen, Håkon (2024). Workhop - Programmering i naturfaglærerutdanning. TRELIS sluttkonferanse: Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag - TRELIS.

Ukkonen, Aino ; Yadav, Aman; Pajchel, Katarina ; Xenofontos, Constantinos (2024). Elementary Teachers Assessing Computational Thinking. SITE Interactive Online 2024 Conference. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Pajchel, Katarina ; Karlsen, Niklas (2024). Forskningsbasert lærerutdanning med fokus på programmering i lærerutdanning. TRELIS sluttkonferanse: Perspektiver på forskningsbasert lærerutdanning i naturfag - TRELIS. TRELIS og Naturfagsenteret.

Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen ; Pajchel, Katarina (2024). Computational thinking in teacher education for primary and lower secondary school. CCSEs juleseminar 2024. CCSE - Center for Computing in Science Education.

Mifsud, Louise ; Juuti, Kalle; Pajchel, Katarina ; Schrøder, Vibeke; Sundtjønn, Trude ; Aalbergsjø, Siv Gundrosen (2024). MASCOT - Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking - Overview and some key findings. Digitalisering i utdanning. OsloMet.

Rehder, Mads Middelboe; Juuti, Kalle; Pajchel, Katarina ; Frågåt, Thomas; Mifsud, Louise (2024). Computational Thinking in Nordic Teacher Education and Schools. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE). Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.6120

Pajchel, Katarina ; Swensen, Håkon ; Brevik, Birger ; Sollid, Per Øyvind (2023). Development of Pre-Service Teachers' TPACK in the Context of Programming in Science Education. ESERA 2023. European Science Education Research Association (ESERA).

Pajchel, Katarina ; Mifsud, Louise ; Andreasen, Kristina Johnsdatter ; Ukkonen, Aino ; Frågåt, Thomas (2023). Plugged and unplugged practices in the assessment processes of CT in science classrooms. NERA 2023. The Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA).

Frågåt, Thomas; Pajchel, Katarina ; Mifsud, Louise (2023). Utilizing Computational Thinking to Enhance Learning in Electricity – a Case Study. ESERA 2023. European Science Education Research Association.



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