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- Nordén, Birgitta, Dr. 1952-
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Att öppna upp för delaktighet och naturvetenskap på förskolegården
- 2021. - Första
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Ingår i: <em>Möjligheter och utmaningar för förskola </em>. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144124773 ; , s. 65-84
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- "Då hade man kunnat göra lite tvärgrupper, kanske – en av oss, och en eller två av er, sådär – och att vi sysslar med olika saker, för det är ju begränsat med både tid och möjligheter, och var och en har sina intressen".- I detta kapitel belyses ambitionen att väcka intresse och motivation för att undervisa i hållbarhet, miljöfrågor och naturfenomen genom att öppna möjlighetsrum för barns delaktighet och lärande. Citatet ovan kommer från en diskussion mellan förskollärarna på Sjöstjärnan, där några pedagoger diskuterade möjligheten att skapa temagrupper för samarbete med att utveckla verksamheten på förskolans gård. Denna reflektion gjordes under arbetet med en aktion inom ramen för projektet ”Möjligheter för förskolan i en migrerande värld” som mellan 2016 och 2019 genomfördes i en förskola i Malmö. Detta var ett aktionsforskningsprojekt, vilket innebär att pedagoger och barn samarbetade med en grupp forskare. Projektet startade på en introduktionsavdelning för barn som är nya i Sverige, men kom senare att omfatta hela förskolan, där introduktionsavdelningen ligger. Syftet med projektet var att undersöka förutsättningar att förändra och att utveckla verksamheten på avdelningen, som präglades av stor språklig mångfald. Som en del i projektet genomfördes en aktion i syfte att se på förståelsen av utepedagogik och hållbart gårdsarbete. Aktionens fokus var hur pedagogernas handlingsutrymme i miljöundervisning på förskolans gård kunde ökas, liksom barnens möjligheter att bli delaktiga i undervisningen.
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- Nordén, Birgitta, Dr. 1952-
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Doing Agenda 2030: Transformative learning in professional school development perspectives.
- 2021
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Most Swedish higher education institutions are far from their commitment to equip students with adequate sustainability thinking according to UKÄ's evaluation in 2017. Static silo thinking has dominated, but some systematic efforts focus on different dimensions of sustainable development. Within the framework of Agenda 2030 meaningful cross-sectoral holistic and phenomenon-based knowledge formation is needed, combined with the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Nordén & Avery`s (2021) review in the special issue "South/North Perspectives on Global Learning for Sustainable Development" that the challenge for higher education, lacking competence in what of and how the UN SDGs can be implemented on advanced level - threatens the existence of the students' trust, risking being lost if they encounter ignorance in school contexts. Still, informal global and local networks for educators and students want to change and strengthen knowledge formation on sustainability (Sonesson & Nordén, 2020). Nordén (2016) has applications of theoretical approaches linked to transdisciplinary teaching, as a foundation for the research question focusing on empirical mapping of initial understanding of the SDGs analysed regarding teacher students' transformed prior knowledge conceptualized in interaction with teacher students' knowledge formation through previous education offered. The study meets the need to specifically understand and develop transformative learning in a professional and school development perspective, as a contribution to creating an in-depth transdisciplinary knowledge formation at the advanced level in teacher education. The study focuses on how transformative learning develops in practice, how the learners interpret and reinterpret their experience of the world around them to create new meaning and thus learning. In Mezirow's research theory and as a qualitative method here, transformative learning has been revised to the study of external learning; progression of existing frameworks of reference, development of new frameworks of reference, reformation of intellectual experience and changed perception and focused mainly on teacher students. Additional knowledge contributions are obtained through the project's design, when contingency, opportunities and application of SDGs in local-global learning contexts are described and analyzed with a phenomenographic approach. Extensive digital "on-site content" is developed in collaboration between faculties and sustainability developers at Malmö University and the IIIEE at Lunds university masters and MOOC programs. The analysis is deepened in knowledge formation on Agenda 2030 in interaction with theory and previous research to construct a theoretical model via participatory action research (Kemmis, 2009) in challenge-driven transdisciplinary teaching. The research is expected to result in urgent empirical and theoretical contributions to it the field of educational science research with a special focus on strengthening the teaching profession on advanced level, in the field of development of transformative learning, critical knowledge skills and subject didactics for the design of transdisciplinary Agenda 2030 transition in teacher education.
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- Nordén, Birgitta, Dr. 1952-, et al.
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Global Learning for Sustainable Development : A Historical Review
- 2021
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - Basel : MDPI. - 2071-1050. ; 13:6
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite continued efforts by educators, UN declarations and numerous international agreements, progress is still limited in handling major global challenges such as ecosystem collapse, accelerating climate change, poverty, and inequity. The capacity to collaborate globally on addressing these issues remains weak. This historical review of research on global learning for sustainable development (GLSD) aims to clarify the diverse directions that research on GLSD has taken, to present the historical development of the research area, and highlight emerging research issues. The review summarizes key findings of 53 peer-reviewed publications, published in English in the period 1994-2020 identified with the search terms "global learning" and "sustainable development", sustainability or GLSD, respectively. The review documented a gradually growing knowledge base, mostly authored by scholars located in the global North. Conclusions point to what we might achieve if we could learn from one another in new ways, moving beyond Northern-centric paradigms. It is also time to re-evaluate core assumptions that underlie education for sustainable development more generally, such as a narrow focus on formal learning institutions. The review provides a benchmark for future reviews of research on GLSD, reveals the emerging transformative structure of this transdisciplinary field, and offers reference points for further research.
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- Sonesson, Kerstin, et al.
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Challenges and Learning Outcomes in a Mutual Municipal Partnership on Education for Sustainable Development from Southern African/North European Perspectives
- 2021
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Ingår i: Book of Abstract: Vitalizing partnerships - Moving forward to a sustainable future. - : Sanord.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Two cities, Swakopmund and Malmö, in Namibia and Sweden have developed a strong mutual partnership on sustainable development. The collaboration started within The Municipal Partnership Programme at the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD), working with poverty reduction through local democracy development funded by SIDA. The municipal partnership aims to increase civil influence by strengthening local and regional political governance organization within certain core areas, e.g. equity/inclusion, transparency, possibility to demand accountability and/or citizen participation. During 2012-2014 the two cities collaborated on two projects; Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Eco Tourism. The aim of this study is to deepen the understanding of processes and learning outcomes of SDG 17 in a mutual municipal partnership in the ESD-project focusing experiences on challenges and solutions. Eight project team member i.e. municipal officials, teachers, museum- and marine pedagogues, as well as three senior municipal officials in the Project Steering Committee were interviewed using semi-structured questions in the second year of the ESD-project. A phenomenographic approach was applied to analyse the transcriptions of nearly six hours recorded interview material. The findings show the experience of various challenges the respondents faced, how the challenges were solved and the benefits of the learning outcomes. This were discussed also in longer terms to shed light on what South and North can learn from one another by being in a mutual partnership, focusing how work processes contribute to develop democratic governance locally in the municipalities.
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