I teach and supervise pedagogy, pedagogical leadership and professional development/action research in ECEC teacher education, further leadership training programs and masterprograms.
I am particularly interested in topics such as pedagogical leadership, action learning/action research, education quality and
The research interest is currently directed towards pedagogical leadership, professional learning communities and self-studies.
In 2016, I defended my doctoral thesis at NTNU: Pedagogical as hybrid practices - a qualitative and interpretive shadowing study of pedagogical leaders in ECEC centres.
Responsibilities
- Leader of the national further leadership program for centre leaders at USN
- Leader of the further leadership program: Barnehage- og skolemiljø og ledelse
- Ph.d. course NORBARN: Responsible leadership of knowledge development - establishing change agents
- Leader of research group: Barnehageledelse og profesjon
- Member in research group: Kvalitative metoder i profesjonell praksis
- Coordinator in leadership network: International Leadership Research Forum (ILRF)
- Coordinator in national network for leadership research in early childhood education
Competences
- Status as an excellent teaching practitioner since 2023
- Pedagogical leadership
- Education quality
- qualitative methods
- action learning/action research