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Sofie Areljung

Senior lecturer in Educational work. My research interest lies in the interface of science, arts and early childhood education. 

Contact

E-mail
sofie.areljung@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 56 18

Works at

Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Applied Educational Science Units: Floor 3
Location
Naturvetarhuset, huskropp NB, Johan Bures väg 14 Umeå universitet, 90187 Umeå
Why and how teachers make use of drawing activities in early childhood science education
International Journal of Science Education
Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; Ottander, Christina; et al.
STEAM education: An opportunity to transcend gender and disciplinary norms in early childhood?
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood : 1-4
Areljung, Sofie; Günther-Hanssen, Anna
Expanding the notion of 'ownership' in participatory research involving teachers and researchers
International Journal of Research and Method in Education
Areljung, Sofie; Leden, Lotta; Wiblom, Lotta
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.
Naturvetenskapsverb
Skolverket 2020
Areljung, Sofie
Att rita i NO-undervisningen
Stockholm: Skolverket 2020
Areljung, Sofie
Capturing the world with verbs: preschool science education beyond nouns and objects
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 21, (1) : 70-82
Areljung, Sofie
The Risks of Reification: Using 'Professional Risk' to Understand Why and How Teachers Choose to Document (Some of) Children’s Ideas and Actions
Documentation in Institutional Contexts of Early Childhood: Normalisation, Participation and Professionalism, Wiesbaden: Springer 2020 : 187-204
Areljung, Sofie; Kelly-Ware, Janette P.
How does matter matter in preschool science?
Material practice and materiality: too long ignored in science education, Springer 2019 : 101-114
Areljung, Sofie
Why do teachers adopt or resist a pedagogical idea for teaching science in preschool?
International Journal of Early Years Education, Routledge 2019, Vol. 27, (3) : 238-253
Areljung, Sofie
Science-Arts as Verbs: New Figurations in Early Childhood
Why Science and Art Creativities Matter: (Re-)Configuring STEAM for Future-making Education, Brill | Sense 2019 : 148-165
Areljung, Sofie
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.
Potential for multi-dimensional teaching for 'emergent scientific literacy' in pre-school practice
Journal of Emergent Science, Vol. 15 : 20-27
Areljung, Sofie; Sundberg, Bodil
STEAM (STEM+Arts): A collective inquiry into potential and limitations of ‘A’ as aesthetics and art-forms in science and technology education vis-à-vis a sustainable future.
XVIII Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE), Malmö, Sweden, August 13-17, 2018
Colucci-Gray, Laura; Ostergaard, Edvin; Erik, Fooladi; 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, Vol. 14, (4) : 411-426
Due, Karin; Tellgren, Britt; Areljung, Sofie; et al.
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.
Utanför experimentlådan: kunskapsproduktion, tid och materia i förskolans naturvetenskapsundervisning
Doktorsavhandlingar i pedagogiskt arbete, 78
Areljung, Sofie
Navigating the risky terrain of children's working theories
Early years, Routledge 2017, Vol. 37, (4) : 370-385
Areljung, Sofie; Kelly-Ware, Janette
"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
Science verbs as a tool for investigating scientific phenomena: a pedagogical idea emerging from practitioner-researcher collaboration
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Oslo: Naturfagsenteret 2016, Vol. 12, (2) : 235-245
Areljung, Sofie
Relocalisations and renegotiations: framing a project about science in preschool
Narratives of doctoral studies in science education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher, Routledge 2016 : 19-30
Areljung, Sofie
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.
Toddlers exploring natural phenomena with teachers as co-researchers
25th conference of EECERA (European Early Childhood Education Research Association), Barcelona, Spain, 7th-11th September, 2015: abstract book : 329-
Areljung, Sofie
Att undersöka fysikaliska fenomen och kemiska processer utifrån vardagsverb
Nationell konferens om naturvetenskap och teknik i förskolan, Borås, 14-15 oktober, 2015.
Areljung, Sofie
Children and teachers exploring physical phenomena and chemical processes through everyday verbs
25th conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA)Barcelona, Spain, 7th-11th September 2015
Areljung, Sofie
Barns ”working theories” (provisoriska förklaringsmodeller) om naturen och den sociala världen – en riskabel terräng?
Nationell konferens för naturvetenskap och teknik i förskolan, Borås, 14-15 oktober, 2015.
Areljung, Sofie
Miljöer för naturvetenskap i förskolan
Naturvetenskap och teknik i förskolan, Luleå 15-16 oktober 2014
Areljung, Sofie
Creating environments for science in preschool: Five preschool educators and a researcher working on a design-based project
24th EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE "US, THEM & ME: Universal, Targeted or Individuated Early Childhood Programmes", Crete, Greece 7th—10th September 2014
Areljung, Sofie
“Traditional” Science Renegotiated?: Examining Teachers’ Understandings of Science for Preschool Practice
Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education (NFSUN)
Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina; Due, Karin
Analysing preschool teachers' talk about science activities: focusing perceptions of science for preschool from two different analytical perspectives
24th conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA), Crete, Greece, September 7-10, 2014
Due, Karin; Tellgren, Britt; Areljung, Sofie
Understanding Preschool Emergent Science in a Cultural Historical Context through Activity Theory
Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education (NFSUN) 2014: Inquiry-Based Science Education in Technology-Rich Environments Helsinki, Finland, 4th – 6th June 2014
Ottander, Christina; Due, Karin; Areljung, Sofie; et al.
Rummets makt: om normer i skolpraktikens olika rum
G14: Att utmana makten, Umeå, 26- 28 november 2014
Silfver, Eva; Areljung, Sofie; Hentschel, Linn; et al.
How does matter matter in preschool science?
Areljung, Sofie
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Research groups

Head of research
LITUM
Group member
Preschool
Umeå Science Education Research (UmSER)

Research projects

1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022
Drawing to learn and learning to draw in primary school science
1 September 2012 until 13 June 2017
Outside the science box : knowledge production, time, and matter in preschool science teaching
1 January 2012 until 31 December 2015
Science in pre-school