About
Knut Aukland teaches and does research within religion didactics and religion education in teacher education. His research portfolio also includes study of religion and Indian culture and history. Within religion education his research interests include educational design research, VR and 360degree images in education, teachers on Facebook, theory, religion and education in India. He has also done ethnographic research in India on hinduism, jainism, pilgrimage, and religion and science. Aukland has one MPhil from University of Oslo, one Masters from University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Bergen.
Research groups
Research projects
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Practical placement in the Global South
The purpose of the project is to enhance practical placement in the Global South to achieve a more stable and permanently increased number of students, based on a more quality-assured collaboration with the Global South.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Aukland, Knut
(2024).
A methodological turn in RE.
British Journal of Religious Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2024.2319805
Aukland, Knut
; Andersland, Inge; Smith-Gahrsen, Martin; Lindhardt, Eva Mila;
Kvia, Anne Siri
; Hansen, Simon Simchai
(2023).
VR in RE and moral education: report from a conference symposium at the NCRE 2022.
Journal of Beliefs and Values.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2023.2207149
Olkvam, Hannah Johnson;
Aukland, Knut
(2023).
Er Jesus hvit? Fargeblindhet og antirasistisk religionsundervisning.
Prismet.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.10364
Hansen, Simon Simchai; Aukland, Knut (2023). Å utvikle etisk kompetanse med 3H-modellen: En studie av et etikkdidaktisk undervisningsdesign med VR. Nordidactica - Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education.
Aukland, Knut
(2022).
Kunnskapsproblemet og utforsking med ulike metoder: Å lære om vis-a-vis å lære hvordan.
Prismet.
Vol. 73.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.9699
Aukland, Knut
(2021).
Bridging the research–practice gap on Facebook: a study of online communication between RE teachers and researchers.
British Journal of Religious Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2021.1920366
Aukland, Knut
(2021).
Å lære hvordan: Forslag til et nytt mål utover å lære om og av religion.
Nordidactica - Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education.
Vol. 11.
https://journals.lub.lu.se/nordidactica/article/vi
Aukland, Knut
; Tandberg, Håkon Naasen
(2020).
Lærergrupper på Facebook II: RLE-lærergruppa og andre møteplasser.
Prismet.
Vol. 71.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.7877
Tandberg, Håkon Naasen;
Aukland, Knut
(2020).
Lærergrupper på Facebook I: RLE-lærergruppa og religionslærerens profesjonsfaglige utvikling.
Prismet.
Vol. 71.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.7876
Aukland, Knut
(2019).
Hindu Pilgrimage and Modern Tourism.
Brekke, Torkel (Ed.).
The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism. p. 125-140.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198790839.003.0008
