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Christina Ottander

Professor in Science Education, and PhD in Plant Physiology. Many of the on-going projects build on teacher-researcher collaborations and include both development of teaching and research.

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E-mail
christina.ottander@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 71 24

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Affiliation
Professor at Department of Science and Mathematics Education
Location
Naturvetarhuset, huskropp A, plan 5, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Affiliation
Affiliated as professor at Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC)

My research interests concern socio-scientific issues, teachers’ professional development, and early years science education including didactic modelling for sustainable development. Many of the projects build on teacher-researcher collaborations and include both development and research. My teaching involves course work and supervision for graduate students, science didactics for teacher students, and supervision of degree projects. I am since 2013 Chair of the research committee in Umeå School of Education. I am member of the Swedish Research Council’s review panel, UVK-4, and in the editorial board of the journal Nordic Studies in Science Education.

Teachers’ conceptualisations of science teaching–obstacles and opportunities for pedagogical continuity across early childhood school forms
International Journal of Early Years Education, Routledge 2023, Vol. 31, (3) : 790-805
Due, Karin; Skoog, Marianne; Areljung, Sofie; et al.
Skogsanvändning och skogsbevarande som undervisningstema för elevers intresse för naturvetenskap och engagemang i samhällsfrågor
Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning (FobasNT) - konferens 2023, Norrköping, Sverige, 18-19 oktober, 2023
Hellgren, Jenny; Varg, Lina; Forsgren, Helen; et al.
Ett aktivt engagemang i samhället: Yrkeselevers perspektiv på medborgarbildning
Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 13-24
Knekta, Eva; Ledman, Kristina; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.
Medborgarbildningens förutsättningar ur olika perspektiv
Undervisning idag och för framtiden: Medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 53-61
Kärnebro, Katarina; Ledman, Kristina; Lindmark, Torbjörn; et al.
Att arbeta tillsammans i ett ULF-projekt
Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 63-65
Ledman, Kristina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.
Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram
Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023
Ledman, Kristina; Ottander, Christina
Mastering online searches: how students find science information
European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow, UK, August 22-25, 2023
Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina
Därför behövs ett FoU-projekt om medborgarbildning på yrkesprogram
Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 1-11
Ottander, Christina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.
Promoting continuity in science education through transition to secondary school: Findings from a formative intervention
NOFA9: Education, knowledge and Bildung in a global world: Book of Abstracts, Åbo Akademi University 2023 : 138-138
Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina
Pre-school teaching for creative processes in education for sustainable development – invisible animal traces, purple hands, and an elk container
Environmental Education Research, Routledge 2022, Vol. 28, (3) : 457-475
Caiman, Cecilia; Hedefalk, Maria; Ottander, Christina
Deliberation och kritik i förskolans undervisning för hållbar utveckling: ”så att det bli snällt där i världen”
Forskning om undervisning och lärande, Lärarstiftelsen, Lärarförbundets vetenskapliga råd, Lärarförlaget 2022, Vol. 10, (2) : 88-108
Hedefalk, Maria; Caiman, Cecilia; Ottander, Christina
The purpose of science education: Guidance provided by Swedish Science Syllabuses
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, (1) : 39-62
Knekta, Eva; Almarlind, Pia; Ottander, Christina
Digital science competence: secondary school students’ reasoning about filterbubbles and search engines
Eridob22: 13th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, August 29-September 2, 2022, University of Cyprus 2022 : 67-67
Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina
Science teaching in upper primary school through the eyes of the practitioners
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, (1) : 128-142
Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina
The role of science education in preparing students for future challenges: guidance provided by Swedish science syllabuses and national tests
NFSUN 2021, The Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education; Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities, Virtual via University College in Aarhus, Denmark, June 1-2, 2021
Almarlind, Pia; Knekta, Eva; Ottander, Christina
Why and how teachers make use of drawing activities in early childhood science education
International Journal of Science Education, Routledge 2021, Vol. 43, (13) : 2127-2147
Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; Ottander, Christina; et al.
Didactical dilemmas when planning teaching for sustainable development in preschool
Environmental Education Research, Routledge 2021, Vol. 27, (1) : 37-49
Hedefalk, Maria; Caiman, Cecilia; Ottander, Christina; et al.
Didaktisk modellering för scientific literacy. SSI-inramning av kemilaboration om dricksvatten.
NFSUN 2021: Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities
Ottander, Christina; Berglund, Ammie; Löfgren, Robil; et al.
Teaching about waterin preschool, preschool-class, and primary school: Stepping stones towards science literacyor more of the same?
NFSUN 2021: Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities
Sundberg, Bodil; Ottander, Christina; Areljung, Sofie; et al.
The role of science education: A content analysis of Swedish steering documents
Fjärde nationella konferensen i pedagogiskt arbete; pedagogiskt arbete i en global tid, Umeå University, August 19-20, 2019
Almarlind, Pia; Knekta, Eva; Ottander, Christina
Kemilaboration inramad som en samhällsfråga med naturvetenskapligt innehåll (SNI): elev-och lärarperspektiv
Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning: Bidrag från konferensen FobasNT18 13 – 14 mars 2018 i Norrköping, Linköping: Linköpings universitet 2019 : 49-70
Berglund, Ammie; Ottander, Christina
I don't want to make them activists - but help them become responsible citizens
13th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Bologna, Italy, August 26-30, 2019
Hellgren, Jenny; Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina
Using third generation activity theory to understand teachers’ boundary work across early childhood school forms: an example focusing science teaching (dis)continuities
The 8th Nordic ISCAR, Nordic Conference on Cultural and Activity Research : Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in Research and Practice: A Nordic Approach, Trondheim, Norway, June 18-20, 2019
Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.
Opportunities for Education for Sustainability through multidimensional preschool science
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, UiO: University Library 2019, Vol. 15, (4) : 358-369
Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina
The role of children’s drawings in science teaching: A comparison across preschool, preschool class and early primary school
XVIII Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education, Malmö, Sweden, August 13-17, 2018
Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; Ottander, Christina; et al.
Inte som i skolan - pedagoger positionerar naturvetenskap i förskolan: Preschool teachers talk about science – Positioning themselves and positioning science
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, University of Oslo Library 2018, Vol. 14, (4) : 411-426
Due, Karin; Tellgren, Britt; Areljung, Sofie; et al.
Teachers’ views of development of student action competence after a TPD on Socio-Scientific Inquiry-Based Learning (SSIBL)
XVIII Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education, Malmö, Sweden, August 13-17, 2018
Hellgren, Jenny; Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina
Opportunities for and obstacles to science in preschools: views from a community perspective
International Journal of Science Education, Routledge 2018, Vol. 40, (17) : 2061-2077
Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.
Designing an ice cream making device: a design-based science learning approach
Science Education International, Vol. 29, (3) : 149-162
Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina
"Drawing the leaves anyway": teachers embracing children's different ways of knowing in preschool science practice
Research in science education, Springer 2017, Vol. 47, (6) : 1173-1192
Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina; Due, Karin
Socio-scientific inquiry-based learning: taking off from STEPWISE
Science and technology education promoting wellbeing for individuals, societies and environments, Cham: Springer 2017 : 477-502
Levinson, Ralph; The PARRISE Consortium,
Young students’ aesthetic experiences and meaning making processes in an outdoor environmental school practice
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol. 17, (2) : 108-121
Manni, Annika; Ottander, Christina; Sporre, Karin
Emotions and values: a case study of meaning-making in ESE
Environmental Education Research, Vol. 23, (4) : 451-464
Manni, Annika; Sporre, Karin; Ottander, Christina
Teachers’ design of socio-scientific inquiry based teaching and learning sessions
ESERA 2017 Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland, 21-25 August, 2017
Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina
To organize an effective TPD culture: workshop for headmasters, education managers and policy makers
Science and society in education. Promoting Responsible Research and innovation through Science Education. Teacher conference, Dublin, 20 Aug, 2017
Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina
Designing an ice cream making device: An attempt to combine science learning with engineering
Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education (NFSUN) 2017: Science competencies for the future. Trondheim, June 7-9, 2017.
Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina
An attempt to combine science learning with engineering in a middle school science classroom
ESERA 2017, European Science Education Research Association, Dublin City University, Ireland, August 21-25, 2017
Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina
On the issue of 'Research in Didactics of Biology': Definitions and demarcations
10th ERIDOB Conference, European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, Haifa, Israel. June 30 - July 4, 2014
Gericke, Niklas; Ottander, Christina
Undervisning utifrån samhällsfrågor med naturvetenskapligt innehåll
Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina
Känslor, värderingar och etik i undervisning av SNI
Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina
Planera för undervisning genom SNI
Skolverket 2016
Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina
Samhällsfrågor med naturvetenskapligt innehåll - en tillbakablick
Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina
Focus of socio-scientific issues in science teachers’ professional competence development in Sweden
International Symposium on STEM Education (ISSE) 2016 Lahti, Finland, June 6th to 8th, 2016
Popov, Oleg; Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina
Conclusions
Narratives of doctoral studies in science education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher, Oxon: Routledge 2016 : 179-188
Simon, Shirley; Ottander, Christina; Parchmann, Ilka
Narratives of Doctoral Studies in Science Education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher
Routledge Research in Higher Education
Simon, Shirley; Ottander, Christina; Parchmann, Ilka
Editorial introduction: pathways followed by doctoral students on their research journey
Narratives of doctoral studies in science education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher, Routledge 2016 : 1-16
Simon, Shirley; Parchmann, Ilka; Ottander, Christina
Understanding preschool emergent science in a cultural historical context through Activity Theory
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Vol. 24, (4) : 567-580
Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.
Förskolans naturvetenskap i praktiken
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2016
Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.
In-service and pre-service teacher education in IBSE: the ESTABLISH approach
Nuovo cimento della societa italiana de fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, Vol. 3
Ješková, Zuzana; Kireš, Marian; McLoughlin, Eilish; et al.
Teachers' intentions for outdoor learning: a characterisation of teachers' objectives and actions
International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol. 13, (2) : 208-230
Ottander, Christina; Wilhelmsson, Birgitta; Lidestav, Gun
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