About
Maria Brennhovd is assistant professor i pedagogics at the department of Early Childhood Education since 2017. She teaches topics within mentoring/counselling, leadership, pedagogy and is involved in work with exchange/internationalization and in the initiative Mentoring for newly qualified teachers. She is a course leader for mentoring/counselling education and Bachelor's assignment abroad and leader of a pilot on practical exchange earlier in the course of study. She has led and participated in many different projects within what is now called Collective Competence Development in Kindergarten, in partnership with kindergartens. Her research interests include mentoring, leadership, diversity, internationalization, the physical environment of kindergartens and parental cooperation.
Maria is a qualified kindergarten teacher from DMMH, holds a Master's degree in Kindergarten Pedagogy from HiOA, Mentor/Counselling education from Diakonhjemmet University College, Coaching education from OsloMet and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from OsloMet. She has over 20 years of experience of working in various positions in the kindergarten field, such as educational leader, support teacher for children with special needs, professional supervisor and advisor in the municipality.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Brennhovd, Maria
(2025).
Fotografi som redskap for refleksjon i gruppeveiledning.
NORDVEI: Nordisk tidsskrift i veiledningspedagogikk.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/https://boap.uib.no/index.php/nord
Evenstad, Randi;
Brennhovd, Maria
(2023).
Much More Than Refurnishing! How Leadership Matters When Transforming Physical Environments for Play.
Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF).
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v20.317
Brennhovd, Maria
; Johannessen, Charlotte
(2023).
Å miste foreldresamarbeidet? Personalets kompetanse i samarbeid med foreldrene.
Johannessen, Charlotte U; Thun, Cecilie (Ed.).
Organisering, arbeidsdeling og profesjonalitet i barnehagen. p. 81-101.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4025669
Evenstad, Randi;
Brennhovd, Maria
(2020).
"Vi må finn på ka vi ska gjør!" Hvilke transformative muligheter og invitasjoner til symbolsk lek finner barna i barnehagens innemiljø?.
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Storli, Rune (Ed.).
Barnehagens fysiske inne- og utemiljø. Inspirasjon til lek.. p. 47-63.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4099356
Becher, Aslaug Andreassen
;
Brennhovd, Maria
(2010).
Pedagogisk dokumentasjon - en arbeidsmåte for vurdering,utvikling og forandring i barnehagen.
Kvello, Øyvind (Ed.).
Barnas Barnehage 1 - Målsettinger, føringer og rammer for barnehagen. p. 258-275.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5211928
