I teach and research science and mathematics, with a particular focus on curiosity, wonder, play, interdisciplinarity, and critical thinking in STEM education. My teaching spans early childhood teacher education, primary teacher education (early grades), and continuing professional development for educators in kindergarten and school settings.
Responsibilities
Teaching
- Curious Children (specialisation course in Early Childhood Teacher Education – BLU)
- Digital Competence in Early Childhood Education (Continuing and Further Education – CPD/EVU)
- Early Mathematics Education (Primary Teacher Education – GLU, early grades)
Supervision
- 1 PhD candidate
- 7 master’s students
REKOMP (Regional Scheme for Competence Development)
- Network leader for private kindergartens in Asker, with a focus on language, play, and learning
- Participant in the network for private kindergartens in Drammen, with a focus on inclusive learning communities
Research Group
- Co-leader and member of the research group Science Learning Lab
Collaboration with
- The Norwegian Centre for Science Education
- Norwegian science centers: North of Norway Science center, Inspiria and Oslo Sciene Center
Competences
- Natural science and science education
- Pedagogy
- Mathematics and mathematics education
- Biology/ecology (PhD in ecosystem services, pollination ecology)
- Teaching (taught: 9 years in higher education, 10 years in upper secondary school, 4 years in primary school)
- Natural science subjects in school and kindergarten. See the research interests above for more details.
CV
PhD
Publications
Please visit me at the below fo find my research and participation on other arenas:
Anne-Line Bjerknes - Google Scholar
Anne-Line Bjerknes (researchgate.net)
You can also find other publications (in Norwegian) at this link: Filter - Nasjonalt vitenarkiv