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Monika Stapor

Monika Stapor

Job title
  • PhD Candidate
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 42, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 451 66 909
  • Office: +47 672 38 365
E-mail
  • monikaewa.stapor@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Monika Stąpor is a PhD candidate in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research examines the support and implementation of children’s home languages in early childhood education and care (ECEC), with a particular focus on the perspectives of Polish parents and educational professionals.

She currently works as a university lecturer in pedagogy at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her professional background includes experience as a pedagogical leader in ECEC and as a teacher of Polish language and culture across primary and secondary education, higher education, and heritage language schools in Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.

As part of her academic development, she has been a visiting researcher at the University of Valencia, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Iceland. She also collaborates with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, where she develops educational materials to support refugee children’s transition into Norwegian ECEC and school settings.

She holds master’s degrees in Multicultural and International Education from Oslo Metropolitan University and in Polish Philology and Teaching Polish as a Foreign and Second Language from Jagiellonian University. She has also completed further education in multicultural pedagogy, early childhood education, and organization and leadership.

Her academic interests include home language maintenance and support, family language policy, multilingualism in ECEC, language acquisition and second language teaching and learning.

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Stapor, Monika Ewa ; Hansen, Joakim Evensen; Garmann, Nina Gram (2025). Home language use in Norwegian early childhood education and care – Polish mothers’ perspectives. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (JMMD). Vol. 46.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2481199



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Research reports

Engebrigtsen, Ada; Stapor, Monika Ewa ; Andenæs, Kristian (2017). Small places large questions. Polish workers on short-term contracts and in low-paying jobs in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway: A study of the unmet need for legal aid. ISBN: 9788278946077. 58 p. NOVA.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5208



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Dissemination

Stapor, Monika (2025). Training on the Pre-Departure Orientation curriculum for refugee children aged 5-10. Training Workshop on the IOM PDO Curriculum for Children (for facilitators). International Organization for Migration - United Nations.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337798

Stapor, Monika (2025). Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO) Curriculum for Refugee Children (Ages 5–10): Presentation and Key Elements.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337803

Stapor, Monika (2025). Norweska edukacja od środka: Kurs „Wprowadzenie do norweskiego przedszkola i szkoły” dla nauczycieli–uchodźców z Ukrainy (Norwegian education from the inside - Course: “Introduction to the Norwegian kindergarten and school” for refugee teachers from Ukraine). 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference “Ukrainian as a Foreign Language in Poland”. The Institute of Slavic Studies Polish Academy of Sciences.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337795

Stapor, Monika (2025). Experiencing Multilingualism: Pedagogical Leaders’ Views of Home Language Support and Implementation in Norwegian ECECs. 4th International Conference on Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices . MultiLingNet, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5337796

Stapor, Monika ; Frei, Rina Kristin; Sandbakken, Mari ; Kilanowska, Jolanta ; Garmann, Nina Gram (2025). Naturglede og foreldresamarbeid i barnehagen.
https://doi.org/https://film.oslomet.no/64968575/1

Stapor, Monika Ewa (2025). Bringing Home Languages to Light: Perspectives from Polish Families and Professionals in Norwegian Kindergartens – presentation of a PhD Project. Språksterk and SAMBA Seminar. Språksterk and SAMBA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3875975

Stapor, Monika Ewa (2025). Szansa na nowy początek: „Wprowadzenie do norweskiego systemu edukacji – przedszkola i szkoły” – kurs dla ukraińskich nauczycieli w Norwegii (A New Beginning: "Introduction to the Norwegian Education System – Kindergartens and Schools" – A Course for Ukrainian Teachers in Norway). Ukraińskie wtorki (Ukrainian Tuesdays). The Polish Academy of Sciences.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3665910

Stapor, Monika Ewa (2025). Supporting Home Languages Use: Pedagogical Leaders’ Perspectives and Practices in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care. 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Kursaal Donostia.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3782903

Stapor, Monika Ewa (2024). The language practices, beliefs, and management of Polish families in Norway with children aged 3-6. Early Language Learning & Multilingual Education International Conference.. ELLME’24 and University of Granada.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3701494

Stapor, Monika Ewa (2024). Nurturing Multilingual Minds: Family Language Policies and Practices among Polish Families in Norway with Preschool-aged Children. Language policies and practices of diverse immigrant families in Iceland and their implications for education, Project Group Meeting. University of Iceland, School of Education.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5109608



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