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.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Religious studies, history of religion Other subjects within education
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing 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
Kvia, Anne Siri
;
Aukland, Knut
(2024).
What is reflexivity? A scoping review of reflexivity and related concepts in Religious Education.
British Journal of Religious Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2024.2423351
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
Hansen, Simon Simchai ; Aukland, Knut (2023). Å utvikle etisk kompetanse med 3H-modellen: En studie av et etikkdidaktisk undervisningsdesign med VR. Nordidactica.
Olkvam, Hannah Johnson;
Aukland, Knut
(2023).
Er Jesus hvit? Fargeblindhet og antirasistisk religionsundervisning.
Prismet.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.10364
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).
Å lære hvordan: Forslag til et nytt mål utover å lære om og av religion.
Nordidactica.
Vol. 11.
https://journals.lub.lu.se/nordidactica/article/vi
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
; 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