Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

The department is one of four departments at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University and is built around the Master's degree programmes in Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies - danish, - mathematics, - material culture and - music education; ICT-based educational design; General education; and Educational philosophy. The department's researchers are part of a number of research units.

Programmes

The descriptions of the programmes are only available in Danish.

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Publications

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Holflod, K. & Hansen, E. A. (2025, Mar). Between preservation and transformation: looking back at the third cultural game jam in Aarhus. https://epic-we.eu/between-preservation-and-transformation-looking-back-at-the-third-cultural-game-jam-in-aarhus/

Kaasby, M. & Hornberger, N. (2025). Biliteracy Metaphor Analysis: Examining multilingual, multicultural pupils' interpretation of canon literature. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 24(2), 316-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2022.2105220

Caeli, E. N., Pedersen, C. S., Zambach, S., Misfeldt, M. & Bundsgaard, J. (2025). Computer Science Education in Secondary School: A Real-Life Approach to Teaching Students Technology-Critical Aspects of AI. In ITiCSE 2025: Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 727) https://doi.org/10.1145/3724389.3731271

Eriksson, E., Costa, C. E., Goncalves, M., Nunes, I., Groen, M., Niederer, S., Holflod, K. & Nørgard, R. T. (2025). Cultural Game Jams with Youth: A Multiple-Site Case Study. In N. Yamashita, V. Evers, K. Yatani & X. Ding (Eds.), CHI EA 2025 - Extended Abstracts of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-8). Article 666 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3706667

Bach, C. C., Gregersen, R. M., Højsted, I. H., Pedersen, M. K. & Jankvist, U. T. (2025). Design Implementation: the Transition from Design Principles to Implementation Principles. Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 5(1), 48-70. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-bja10025

Grønhøj, E. O., Wong, B. & Bundsgaard, J. (2025). Exploring young people’s perceptions and discourses of technology occupations through descriptive drawings and a questionnaire. Computer Science Education, 35(2), 267-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2024.2385876

Højgaard, T. (2025). Facilitating Students’ Development of Mathematical Competencies by Means of Textbook Design: A Danish Case Study. European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 6(2), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmse.6.2.127

Højgaard, T. & Sølberg, J. (2025). Forskere: Færre læringsmål garanterer ikke mere frihed til lærerne. Folkeskolen. https://www.folkeskolen.dk/fagplaner-faelles-mal-matematik/forskere-faerre-laeringsmal-garanterer-ikke-mere-frihed-til-laererne/4797144

Jensen, L. X., Christensen, I.-M. F., Stegeager, N., Stenalt, M. H., Nørgård, R. T. & Godsk, M. (2025). GenAI og danske tidsskrifter: Muligheder, retningslinjer og etiske problemstillinger. Abstract from Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Netværks Konference 2025, Kolding , Denmark.

Bülow, M. W. & Bang-Larsen, A. (2025). Generativ AI som dialogpartner i læremidler: – en undersøgelse af potentialer i læremiddelintegrerede bogbots. Unge Pædagoger, 86(2), 29-39. Article 4.

Christensen, M. V. & Kabel, K. (2025). Grammatikundervisning – på tværs af sprogfag. Sammenlignende Fagdidaktik, 8, 53-72. https://doi.org/10.7146/sammenlignendefagdidaktik.v2025i8.157362

Caeli, E. N. & Bundsgaard, J. (2025, Feb 20). Hvorfor gider piger ikke it? Teknologiens Mediehus. https://www.version2.dk/holdning/hvorfor-gider-piger-ikke-it

Caeli, E. N., Caviglia, F. & Bundsgaard, J. (2025). ICT Use, Self-efficacy, and the Future of Eighth-Grade Students: a Qualitative Study of Gender Differences. TechTrends, 69(1), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-024-01017-1

Jerg, K. & Thestrup, K. (2025). Kulturelle Mødesteder. BUKS - Tidsskrift for Børne- og Ungdomskultur, Årgang 41/2025(70), 153-168. Article 9.

Hansen, J. J. & Nørgård, R. T. (2025). Kursusdidaktik og Generativ AI på tværs af universiteterne.

Elkjær, M. & Mørup, M. (2025). Learning from errors: co-clustering students’ answer types in a digital learning environment to verify task design on linear equations. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2025.2516437

Nørgård, R. T. (2025). Legende videregående uddannelser: Hvorfor, hvordan og hands-on. Abstract from Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Netværks Konference 2025, Kolding , Denmark.

Nørgård, R. T. & Holflod, K. (2025). Meeting in the middle: Cultural co-creation, transformative partnerships, and ecosystems for public good. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 57(2), 112-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2024.2384722

Højgaard, T. & Sølberg, J. (2025). Meningsfulde mål. Matematik, 1, 12-15.

Østergaard, W., Meidell Sigsgaard, A.-V., Heiden, T., Wulff, L. & Worm, C. (2025). Multilingualism in Danish pre-service teachers’ writing assignments: Between theory and practice. In A. R. Warren, J. Y. Iversen & B. Straszer (Eds.), Teacher education for working in linguistically diverse classrooms: Nordic perspectives (pp. 99-126). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15147416

Holflod, K. (2025). On Meeting in Shared Playful Spaces: learning to play together in social education and teacher education. In H. M. Skovbjerg (Ed.), 12 Perspectives on Playful Learning in Social Education and Teacher Education (pp. 26-35). Playful Learning DK. https://playful-learning.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Skovbjerg-et-al.-2025-12-perspectives-on-playful-learning-in-social-education-and-teacher-education.pdf

Dalsgaard, C. & Prilop, C. N. (2025). Partnerskaber mellem elever og AI: Nye arbejdsmetoder med generativ AI. Læring og Medier, 17(31), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.7146/lom.v17i31.150410

Gunnes, T., Kirkebøen, L. J., Lindenskov, L. B. & Rønning, M. (2025). Small- and large-group instruction and a didactic method in mathematics for low-performing adolescents: results from a randomized field experiment. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 127(3), 613-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12581

Gjessing, E. (2025). 'Smart smutvej': - en vej til ny skolearkitektur udenom det pædagogiske personale. Unge Pædagoger, 86(1), 28-43. Article 3.

Laursen, H. P. & Daugaard, L. M. (2025). Such tiny signs on a piece of paper. Engagement with language and literacy in a multilingual preschool class. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 25(2), 463-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984231175341

Højgaard, T. (2025, Mar 5). Tænk i tid frem for antal. Alinea.

Ahl, L. M., Helenius, O., Færch, J. V., Koichu, B., Misfeldt, M., Aguilar, M. S. & Jankvist, U. T. (2025). The Current State of Implementation Research in Mathematics Education. Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 5(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-00501001

Kabel, K., Hanghøj, T. & Storgaard, L. C. (2025). The shaping of an idea as temporal, multimodal, and collaborative activity: exploring how students develop a board game in L1. Language and Education, 39(3), 680-698. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2362906

Pedersen, M. K., Misfeldt, M. & Jankvist, U. T. (2025). Upper secondary students’ ways of operationalizing the ‘for all’ statement in examining differentiability of a function using CAS. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 80, Article 101274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2025.101274

Schilhab, T. & Esbensen, G. L. (2025). Wild animals connect us with nature: About awe, eco-pedagogy and natureconnectedness. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Article 1523831. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1523831

Koichu, B., Misfeldt, M., Aguilar, M. S. & Jankvist, U. T. (2024). About implementability. Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 4(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-00402001

Knudsen, L. E. D. & Sattrup, L. (2024). Æstetisk dannelse. In O. Løw & E. Jensen (Eds.), Om dannelse: I skole og læreruddannelse (pp. 149-164). Akademisk Forlag.

Knudsen, L. E. D., Wiberg, M., Petersen, K. B. & Haastrup, L. (2024). Afterword. Teacher ethics and teaching quality in Scandinavian schools: new reflections, future challenges, and global impacts. In L. E. D. Knudsen, M. Wiberg, K. B. Petersen & L. Haastrup (Eds.), Teacher Ethics and Teaching Quality in Scandinavian Schools: New Reflections, Future Challenges, and Global Impacts (pp. 227-228). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003407775-19

Gregersen, R. M. (2024). Analysing Instrumented Justification: Unveiling Student’s Tool Use and Conceptual Understanding in the Prediction and Justification of Dynamic Behaviours. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 10(1), 47-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40751-024-00134-z

Pio, F. (2024). Åndsvidenskabelig pædagogik: En strømning der blev belyst med mørkelygten. Tidsskrift for professionsstudier, 19(37), 78-85. https://tidsskrift.dk/tipro/article/view/144691/188004

Højgaard, T. (2024). An example of competency-oriented teaching: Reasoning in grade 8.

Ejersbo, L. R. & Andersen, Wahl, M. (2024). Anna, Bo, Cecilie og Dan er i matematikvanskeligheder: Hvordan støtter lærerne bedst i vanskeligheder i forhold til at lykkes med den krævede matematik for mellemtrinnet. Matematik: tidsskrift for regne- og matematiklærere, 52(3), 55-59. Article 3.

Berndsen, M., Haastrup, L. & Ucini Jørgensen, I. (2024). Artografiske bevægelser: Mod at blive artograf i en materiel kulturdidaktisk praksis. Nordic Journal of Art & Research, 13(3), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.5469

Bremholm, J., Kabel, K. & Bundsgaard, J. (2024). At skrive verden frem: Genrer og semantiske universer i børns tidlige skoleskrivning . Acta Didactica Norden, 18(3), 1-25. Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.11366

Wiberg, M. (2024). Bildung: A paradoxical concept. In J. Baldacchino & H. Saeverot (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Continental Philosophy of Education (pp. 81-93). Bloomsbury Academic.

Hyldgaard, K. (2024). Blufærdighed – modstand i seksualundervisningen. Nogle indledende bemærkninger. Lamella – Tidsskrift for teoretisk psykoanalyse, 7(9), 87-105. Article 5. https://tidsskrift.dk/lamella/article/view/145803/188996

Heger, S. (2024). Børn vil gerne skrive sammen med voksne forbilleder. Dansk: medlemsblad for Dansklærerforeningens folkeskolesektion, (2).

Lindenskov, L. B. & Søndergaard, B. D. (2024, Feb 25). Brøker på erhvervsskoler.

Hanghøj, T., Kabel, K. & Hannibal Jensen, S. (2024). Brug af digitale spil i dansk og engelsk: Resultater fra et systematisk review med implikation for praksis. Sprogforum, 30(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.7146/spr.v30i1.145743

Ratnayake, I. G., Ahl, L. M., Prytz, J. & Jankvist, U. T. (2024). Changing mathematics education practice: a systematic review of mathematics education implementation research in the Nordic countries. Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education, 4(2), 215-242. https://doi.org/10.1163/26670127-bja10021

Østergaard, M. K. (2024). Characterizing students’ beliefs about mathematics as a discipline. LUMAT, 12(1), 48-63. https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.12.1.2113

Holflod, K., Nørgård, R. T. & Eriksson, E. (2024). Community, Socialisation, and Empowerment in Cultural Game Jams with Youth Citizens. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Games Based Learning (1 ed., Vol. 18, pp. 395-402). Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. https://doi.org/10.34190/ecgbl.18.1.2812

Højgaard, T. (2024). Competencies and fighting syllabusism. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 115(3), 459-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-023-10285-2

Groth, C. & Schilhab, T. (2024). Conclusions. In Embodied Learning and Teaching Using the 4E Cognition Approach: Exploring Perspectives in Teaching Practices (pp. 181-191). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003341604-25

Rožman, M., Fraillon, J., Dexter, S., Bundsgaard, J. & Schulz, W. (2024). Contextual framework. In J. Fraillon & M. Rožman (Eds.), International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023 Assessment Framework (pp. 53-66). The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).

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Name	Job title	Email	Phone	Building
Berndsen, Mette	PhD Fellow	metteberndsen@edu.au.dk	+4587151129	A, 307c
Blomhøj, Morten	Professor	blomhoej@edu.au.dk	+4521560754	A, 309c
Boie, Mette Alma Kjærsholm	Part-time Lecturer	mebo@edu.au.dk	+4525566626
Bols Slåttvik, Anja	PhD Student	absl@edu.au.dk	+4587151174	1483
Bülow, Morten Winther	PhD Student	mobu@ps.au.dk		1483
Bundgaard, Mette Amalie Fischer	PhD Student	mafb@edu.au.dk	+4587151134	A, 311c
Bundsgaard, Jeppe	Professor	jebu@edu.au.dk	+4531192607	A, 307f
Bussenius, Laura Østergaard	PhD Student	labu@edu.au.dk	+4587151158	1483
Caeli, Elisa Nadire	Postdoc	elisa@edu.au.dk	+4593508366	A, 301d
Caviglia, Francesco	Associate Professor	caviglia@edu.au.dk	+4541663378	1483, 652
Dalsgaard, Christian	Associate Professor	cdalsgaard@edu.au.dk	+4521664955	1483, 648
de Thurah, Thomas Fabricius Cranil	PhD Student	thth@edu.au.dk	+4587151142	A, 303a
Ejersbo, Lisser Rye	Emeritus	lre@edu.au.dk	+4561342694	A, 105
Færch, Julie Vangsøe	PhD Student	jvaf@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Fougt, Simon Skov	Associate Professor	sifo@edu.au.dk	+4593521980	A, 301c
Gerster Johansen, Stine	PhD Student	sgj@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Haastrup, Lisbeth	Associate Professor	liha@edu.au.dk		A, 307c
Hansen, Em Achilleus	Research Assistant	emach@edu.au.dk	+4587150794	1483, 645
Hauer, Kristiane	Part-time Lecturer	hauer@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Heger, Stine	Research Assistant	stine.heger@edu.au.dk	+4525580656	A, 303a
Heiden, Thomas	Part-time Lecturer	trhe1@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Hejsel, Tina	PhD Student	th@edu.au.dk	+4587151159	1483
Højgaard, Tomas	Associate Professor	tomas@edu.au.dk	+4520567003	A, 309a
Holflod, Kim	Postdoc	kimh@edu.au.dk	+4587151195	1483
Holst, Finn	Part-time Lecturer	fh@edu.au.dk		A, 105
Hudlebusch, Tina	Administrator	tihu@edu.au.dk	+4523382444	A, 311a
Jankvist, Uffe Thomas	Professor	utj@edu.au.dk	+4587162941	A, 301b
Kaasby, Mia	PhD Student	kaas@edu.au.dk		1483
Kabel, Kristine	Associate Professor	kabel@edu.au.dk	+4593521760	A, 307d
Knudsen, Lars Emmerik Damgaard	Associate Professor	lada@edu.au.dk	+4530226763	A, 307b
Laraignou, Anders Simmelkiær	PHD	ansl@edu.au.dk
Lauridsen, Anja Rousing	PhD Student	arla@edu.au.dk	+4587151206
Laursen, Helle Pia	Associate Professor	heen@edu.au.dk	+4587163874	A, 307f
Lindenskov, Lena	Emeritus	lenali@edu.au.dk	+4526306681	A, 105
Lindhardt, Eva	PhD Fellow	evli@edu.au.dk	+4587151132	A, 311c
Megerlig, Kenneth R. Madsen	PhD Fellow	megerlig@edu.au.dk		A, 311c
Neubert, Katja	Member of Administrative Staff	kane@edu.au.dk	+4593508312	B, 331
Nørgård, Rikke Toft	Associate Professor	rtoft@edu.au.dk	+4520466756	1483, 650
Norup, Maiken	PhD Student	mano@edu.au.dk	+4587151146	1483
Olsen, Lise	PhD Fellow	lo@edu.au.dk	+4587151181	A, 309b
Østergaard, Maria Kirstine	Postdoc	mko@edu.au.dk	+4587151162	A, 301d
Pedersen, Alex Young	PhD Student	ayp@edu.au.dk	+4587152038	1483
Pedersen, Cecilie Svane	Research Assistant	csp@edu.au.dk		A, 303a
Percy-Smith, Victoria Sofie	PhD Fellow	vps@edu.au.dk	+4587151201	A, 307b
Ravn, Malis	PhD Fellow	mrav@edu.au.dk	+4553835456	A, 303a
Rørbech, Helle	Associate Professor	hero@edu.au.dk	+4593521225	A, 305a
Schilhab, Theresa	Associate Professor	tsc@edu.au.dk	+4587163612	A, 307c
Sørensen, Kristin Meulengracht	Part-time Lecturer	krim@edu.au.dk		1483
Stausbøll, Nana Emilie Krogh	PhD Student	nans@edu.au.dk		1483, 645
Stovgaard, Mikkel	Associate Professor	stovgaard@edu.au.dk	+4587163827	A, 307e
Tannert, Morten	Postdoc	mota@edu.au.dk	+4587151163	1483
Thestrup, Klaus	Associate Professor	kthestrup@edu.au.dk	+4521551302	1483, 654

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Associate Professor

M hero@edu.au.dk
H A, 305a
P +4593521225
P +4593521225

Department administrator

Natasja Thandi Kappel Pedersen

Administrator

M nape@edu.au.dk
H A, 308a
P +4593521343
P +4593521343

Revised 13.02.2024

Lisbeth Hartmann

Danish School of Education

Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

Programmes

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Educating for Viable Futures

EMBodied EDucation (EMBED)

Philosophy of education

Publications

Staff

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Department administrator

Natasja Thandi Kappel Pedersen

Department of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education

About the department

Programmes

Masters's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Danish)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Math)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Material culture)

Master's degree programme in

Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Music education)

Master's degree programme in

General education

Master's degree programme in

ICT-based educational design

Master's degree programme in

Philosophy of Education

Research units

Educating for Viable Futures

EMBodied EDucation (EMBED)

Philosophy of education

Publications

Staff

Contact

Head of department

Helle Rørbech

Department administrator

Natasja Thandi Kappel Pedersen

Department of
Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, and General Education