Erfaringskonferansen våren 2023: Beyond borders, building bridges in early childhood education: Values, Democracy and Play

Erfaringskonferansen vil være en møteplass for å rette oppmerksomheten på hvordan lokale, nasjonale og internasjonale perspektiver kan bidra til å styrke kvaliteten i barnehagelærerutdanninger og barnehagefelt, gjennom likeverdig utforsking, utveksling og samarbeid.


19 Apr

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An overall goal related to quality in higher education is to create a culture for internationalisation where mobility and collaboration are integrated parts of study programs. The education of ECEC-teachers shall promote intercultural dialogue and interpersonal understanding.

By crossing borders and building bridges we want to gain valuable and extended knowledge and experience about diverse pedagogical traditions and values, pedagogical philosophy, ECEC/kindergarten-pedagogy and didactics.  

Programme


Wednesday April 19th 2023


09.00

Welcome

Kristin Danielsen Wolf, vice-dean for Early childhood Education Program and Marianne Olsen Santana, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway


09.04

Superiors and ethical perspectives

Introduction by Solveig Nordtømme og Hilde Therese Løvig-Larsen, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway

  • Norwegian ambitions for student mobility in higher education – why and how, from Lene Krogh Baldersheim, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse - HK dir)
  • Playful actions and resistance - children’s contribution to democratic relations, from Professor Emerita Berit Bae
  • Build Bridges but Beware of the Sharks: An Outsider's Perspective on Nordic Childhoods and Early Education, from Professor Emerita Judith Wagner, Whittier College USA
  • The danger of getting lost in translation from Jon Kaurel, senior advisor, Utdanningsforbundet, Norway

10.20 - break


10.35

Perspectives from the field of kindergarten/ECEC

Introduction by Marita Skakstad Hatland og Rut Berle, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway

  • A SENSE OVER TIME. Educational services in Bassa Reggiana, identity of a project for children from Patrizia Benedetti, kindergarten in Italia
  • Presentation  from Katrine Gundersen, Nystrand Kindergarten i Porsgrunn, Norway
  • "Practice in Nicaragua: Perspectives, diversity and communication" from Siri Lærum and Marlene Gravdahl Reek, Strømsø Barnehage, Drammen

11.20 - break for lunch


12.20

Perspectives from students at education for ECEC-teachers

Introduction by Janne Ekholdt Hilleren og Maria Heiland 

  • Perspectives and reflections from internship in Bassa Reggiana from Leonora Gyldenblom and Laila Stene, both students from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Vestfold, in dialogue with Hilde Løvig-Larsen and Solveig Nordtømme
  • Film-presentation from Lars Erik Skredtveit, Maren Muffetangen, Marielle Solheim and Elin Thörnblom from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Porsgrunn, with experiences from exchange to kindergartens at Pestalozzi-Fröbel Haus in Berlin, Germany 2023
  • Experiences from internship exchange in Odense, Denmark from Trine Lauvlid Nordby and Fride-Iren Aasvik, students from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Notodden and Drammen
  • Experiences from an international outdoor study program at the USN from student Karen Louise Gustavsen and teacher Ann Christin Ferrari at Outdoor education study at USN, campus Vestfold

13.20 - break


13.40

Perspectives from researchers and teachers in higher education for ECEC-teachers

Introduction by Therese Breen og Kjerstin Jensen  

  • Outdoor Education & Learning as a New Perspective for Italian ECEC Teachers: Research, Professional Training and Open Space Design from Michela Schenetti, Associate Professor, Ph.D, Bologna University, Italy
  • Presentation from Hr. Jochen Knopp, principal at Pestalozzi Fröbel Haus, Berlin, Germany
  • Proximity and distance. A broader perspective on pedagogy, from Solveig Nordtømme and Hilde Therese Løvig-Larsen, University of South-Eastern Norway

14.30 - break


14.50

Exploration and reflection over today’s perspectives

Kristin Danielsen Wolf leading the dialogue with colleagues and participants from the day: senior adviser Jon Kaurel, professor Alison Clark, professor Judith Wagner, PhD Terese Wilhelmsen, et al.  


15.20

Ending & greetings from ECEC-teacher education at USN

Rut Berle and Kristin Danielsen Wolf, USN

 

The programme is subject to changes.