Academic interests
Children’s play, esthetic experience, esthetic learning prosesses, education, educational philosophy, very young children (0-3 years), care
Courses taught
I teach pedagogy in the Early Childhood Education programme.
In the year of study 2023/2024 I teach the following subjects:
- Children's development, play and learning 1 (BULL 1)
- Advanced subjekt Early childhood studies (SBS)
- Arts, culture and creativity (KKK)
- Bachelor thesis (BA)
- Regional arrangements for competition development (REKOMP)
- class coordinator (3rd year part time, 20 BLU-D)
Background
- Master in Early Childhood Education (University College Oslo and Akershus, HiOA) - 2017
- Bachelor in Theatre and Drama-communication with subjects dramaturgy, direction, oral storytelling, puppet theatre (University College Oslo and Akershus, HiOA) - 2014
- Minor degree Theatre and Pedagogics of drama in interaction with young children (University College Oslo, HiO) - 2005
- Children- and youth worker
Positions held
- Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education at Østfold University College since 2018
- Part-time teacher at Department of Early Childhood Education, University College Oslo and Akershus (HIOA) - 2017/2018
- 21 years experience from kindergarten as educational leader, teacher, drama educator and children- and youth worker.
Research