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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.

Publications

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Søndergaard, B. D., Hansen, S., Scharup, J., Lindenskov, L. B. & Justesen, F. (2025). Working in a problem-based manner with mathematics and crafts gives meaning to mathematics at Danish vocational schools. In J. Chen, L. Smith, Y. B. Abouarabi, K. Wolff, Z. Simpson & A. Guerra (Eds.), Anchoring conversations (IRSPBL 2025) (pp. 654-661). Aalborg University Open Publishing. https://doi.org/10.54337/irspbl-2025
Solheim, R., W. Folkeryd, J., Geijerstam, Å. A., Liberg, C., Bremholm, J. & Kabel, K. (2025). Symposium: Nye skandinaviske perspektiv på tidlig skriveopplæring. Abstract from NNFF 10, København, Denmark. https://konferencer.au.dk/nnff10
Sølberg, J. & Højgaard, T. (2019). Development of a competency-based curriculum for science education in Denmark. Paper presented at European Science Education Research Association, Bologna, Italy.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. & Gildersleve, R. (2022). Unfixing the university: Higher education and the ontology of travel. 15-16. Abstract from Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Nørgård, R. T. & Barnett, R. (2022). A university of culture or a university for culture?. 6-6. Abstract from Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (2022). Academic knowledge as culture building. 7-7. Abstract from Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference, Uppsala, Sweden.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Cornér, S., Engen, D., He, F., Inouye, K., Leshem, S., Lokhtina, I., Löfström, E., McGinn, M., Sase, M. & Wisker, G. (2021). Remote doctoral supervision experiences: Challenges and affordances.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (2021). What is the meaning of societal impact? A discussion of the future sustainability of the PhD . 1-4. Paper presented at (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Leth Andersen, H., Szulevicz, T., Nørgård, R. T., Bearman, M., Ajjawi, R. & Pedersen, L. T. (2022). Wellbeing in higher education: From behavioural control to community building. Abstract from ICED 2022 - International Consortium for Educational Development, Aarhus, Denmark. https://medialib.cmcdn.dk/medialibrary/80234312-1C55-406C-86A7-410099EB2739/EAF8CD82-1FCA-EC11-84B2-00155D0B0901.pdf
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. & Gildersleve, R. (2022). Introduction: Understanding the Transformation of the University . In S. Bengtsen & R. Gildersleeve (Eds.), Transformation of the University : Hopeful Futures for Higher Education (pp. 1-9). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Transformation-of-the-University-Hopeful-Futures-for-Higher-Education/Bengtsen-Gildersleeve/p/book/9780367610265
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. & Gildersleve, R. (2022). Coda: Trust and Vision. In S. Bengtsen & R. Gildersleeve (Eds.), Tranformation of the University : Hopeful Futures for Higher Education (pp. 175-178). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Transformation-of-the-University-Hopeful-Futures-for-Higher-Education/Bengtsen-Gildersleeve/p/book/9780367610265
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (2023). Doctoral education in-the-world: (Dis)Connections between research and society. In B. Wolf, T. Schmohl, L. Buhin-Krenek & M. Stricker (Eds.), From splendid isolation to Global Engagement: Exploring Internationalization in Higher Education (pp. 43-55). wbv Media. https://doi.org/10.3278/9783763975693
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. & McAlpine, L. (2023). Nested leadership in research education. In D. Elliot, S. Bengtsen & K. Guccione (Eds.), Developing researcher independence through the hidden curriculum (pp. 211-220). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42875-3_19
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Nuriler, H., Gibson, A. G., Grant, B. & Barnett, R. (2023). Solidarity as crisis: Vulnerable humanities and the regrowth of the university. Abstract from SOLIDARITY AND THE UNIVERSITY, Gdansk , Poland.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S., Inouye, K., Alves, P., Burford, J., Castello, M., Elliot, D., Frick, L., Kobayashi, S., McAlpine, L., Meesters, P., Nuriler, H. & Skov, S. (2023). Transitions in the PhD. 1-3. Abstract from Education as a Hope in Uncertain Times, Thessaloniki , Greece.
Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (2023). Thingful learning: Towards an object-oriented pedagogy. In D. Scott (Ed.), On Learning : Vol. 2 : Philosophy, concepts and practices (pp. 245-259). UCL Press. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181119/1/On-Learning.pdf
Sloth, K. T. & Højsted, I. H. (2017). Combining two frameworks: a new perspective on mathematics teacher knowledge. In T. Dooley & G. Gueudet (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME10, February 1-5, 2017). (pp. 3410-3411). Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland, and ERME. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01949133/document
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2015). War in Contemporary Danish Children's Literature. Paper presented at The 22nd biennial congress of IRSCL, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2016). Brutalitet og sødme: isbjørneliv i danske børnebøger. In Å. M. Ommundsen et al. (Ed.), Modernitet, barndom, historie: festskrift til Harald Bache-Wiig (pp. 85-100). Novus forlag.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2016). Teaching of Literature through Textbooks. Paper presented at 15th Biennial Meeting, Chicago, United States.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2016). Biografier. Gyldendal.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2016). Billedbogen som legeplads. Weekendavisen, (3 Sektion. Bøger), 14-15.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2016). Bibelske fortællinger i nye forklædninger. Weekendavisen, 51(3. sektion (Bøger)), 2-3.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Kunst for børn. Weekendavisen, 8-9.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Husk tandbørsten. Weekendavisen, 14-15.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Alohomora! Weekendavisen, Bøger, 2.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Ung med de unge. Weekendavisen, Bøger, 12.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Changing concepts of literature and pedagogical methods in textbooks for literature teaching. Paper presented at The 11th conference of the International Association for Research in L1 Education, Tallinn, Estonia.
Skyggebjerg, A. K. (2017). Litteraturundervisning fra poetisk leg til prosaisk alvor. In J. Bremholm, J. Bundsgaard, S. S. Fougt & A. K. Skyggebjerg (Eds.), Læremidlernes danskfag (pp. 103-130). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

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