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New perspectives after international internship

Preschool teacher students Fanny Löfmark and Isabelle Hägg chose to do their business education (VFU) at a school in western Uganda. An experience that involved both challenges, lessons learned and broader perspectives.

Examines students' study motivation

What is it that motivates students in their school work and can you find keys to unlock the individual's driving forces? These are questions that a new project at Luleå University of Technology hopes to find the answers to.

Collaboration strengthens the school's scientific foundation

For two years, Ulrika Bergmark, assistant professor at Luleå University of Technology, has worked as a flexite scientist at Piteå municipality. A form of collaboration where the university's research is moved out into society with the aim of building bridges between academia and school activity.

Regulations make it difficult for newly arrived students

Young people who have fleed to Sweden find it difficult to enter the national high school programs because they are not given enough time to meet the eligibility requirements. This according to new research at Luleå University of Technology. In Sweden, 30,000 newly arrived students each year attend a so-called language introduction program, in preparation for the national upper secondary education.

Workshop for more men in preschool

The gender segregation of the enrolled children in the country's preschool activities is broadly distributed evenly. Even so, only four percent of the preschool teachers are men. As part of the work to increase diversity in preschool, Luleå University of Technology organized a workshop entitled "Do we need more men in preschool?"

School's key to successful integration

School's plays a crucial role in the integration of refugees and immigrants into society and the democratic process. Challenges exist but with the right conditions there are great social benefits to be had.

Collaboration for accessibility

The right to communication and participation are regulated in a number of policy documents and the lack of this is since 2015 reason for discrimination. Against this background, a day with the aim of spreading knowledge, experience and above all inspire the communication support were recently organized.

Involved in important Anthology

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Cooperation for broadened recruitment of teachers

A new collaboration between Luleå University of Tecnology and the foundation Teach for Sweden aims to broaden recruitment and attracting new teachers to the profession. Special focus is placed on students with higher education in mathematics and science.

Christer Fuglesang lectured for teachers

Sweden's first and only astronaut Christer Fuglesang visited Luleå University Monday evening. The lecture revolved around his experiences on the ISS and was specifically targeted at teachers, student teachers and teacher educators.

Make room for silence

Quiet environments are increasingly in demand in today's schools, while the spoken word is valued higher than quiet reflection in the national curriculum. A paradox in line with an increasingly extroverted contemporay time.

Communication important for dance assessment

Assessment of dance at secondary schools benefit from good communication with students and collegial conversations in the teacher group. The governing documents that form the basis for the assessments will however open the door to interpretation.

National tests impairs teaching poetry

Requirements for measurable results and focus on national tests is problematic for poetry teaching. This according to new research from Luleå University of Technology.

Åsa Lindman – Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year 2016 is Åsa Lindman, a Postdoctoral researcher in Economics. – It feels great! I am very happy and value it very high, says Åsa Lindman.

Exstudent praised by the Swedish Academy

Johan Aasa received his teaching degree from Luleå University of Technology in 2002. After graduation he worked for eleven years at the High School in Luleå before he moved to Stockholm in 2013. Recently, he was awarded the Swedish Academy Swedish Teacher Award.

Teacher Abilities developed in new project

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Large numbers of applicants to teacher training

Interest in teacher education at Luleå University of Technology only continues to grow. This year, the number of first-choice applicants to teacher training was ten percent more than the year before.

Distance education can counteract the shortage of teachers

Basic Teacher Education at Luleå University of Technology is since the fall of 2015 given at a distance. Despite some initial concerns, the new study form has been shown to be successful and popular. Distance adjustment may even be a way of countering the shortage of teachers.

Political scientist became the Teacher of the Year

Jens Nilsson, PhD student in political science at Luleå University of Technology, was recently awarded the price for the Teacher of the Year 2015 – after only four years of teaching.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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