Christina Ottander

Professor in Science Education, and PhD in Plant Physiology. Many of the on-going projects build on teacher-researcher collaborations and include both development of teaching and research.

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christina.ottander@umu.se

+46 90 786 71 24

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Professor at Department of Science and Mathematics Education

Naturvetarhuset, huskropp A, plan 5, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Affiliated as professor at Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC)

My research interests concern socio-scientific issues, teachers’ professional development, and early years science education including didactic modelling for sustainable development. Many of the projects build on teacher-researcher collaborations and include both development and research. My teaching involves course work and supervision for graduate students, science didactics for teacher students, and supervision of degree projects.

The role of wonder in science PRACTISEs. A Delphi study of different stakeholders’ views

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil

Bridging the gaps? Exploring science teaching continuity across early years transitions through semantic profiles

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil

Open schooling: Collaboration between schools and society to promote students’ relevant and meaningful biology learning

ERIDOB2024. 14th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology. Lyon, France, July 1st-5th

Scheersoi, Annette; Kwella, Hannah; Schilbert, Jana; et al.

The pedagogical potentials of wonder for supporting students’ engagement and learning in science

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Sundberg, Bodil; Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

Teachers’ conceptualisations of science teaching–obstacles and opportunities for pedagogical continuity across early childhood school forms

International Journal of Early Years Education, Routledge 2023, Vol. 31, (3) : 790-805

Due, Karin; Skoog, Marianne; Areljung, Sofie; et al.

Skogsanvändning och skogsbevarande som undervisningstema för elevers intresse för naturvetenskap och engagemang i samhällsfrågor

Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning (FobasNT) - konferens 2023, Norrköping, Sverige, 18-19 oktober, 2023

Hellgren, Jenny; Varg, Lina; Forsgren, Helen; et al.

Ett aktivt engagemang i samhället: Yrkeselevers perspektiv på medborgarbildning

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 13-24

Knekta, Eva; Ledman, Kristina; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Medborgarbildningens förutsättningar ur olika perspektiv

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: Medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 53-61

Kärnebro, Katarina; Ledman, Kristina; Lindmark, Torbjörn; et al.

Att arbeta tillsammans i ett ULF-projekt

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 63-65

Ledman, Kristina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram

Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023

Ledman, Kristina; Ottander, Christina

Mastering online searches: how students find science information

European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow, UK, August 22-25, 2023

Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

Därför behövs ett FoU-projekt om medborgarbildning på yrkesprogram

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 1-11

Ottander, Christina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Promoting continuity in science education through transition to secondary school: Findings from a formative intervention

NOFA9: Education, knowledge and Bildung in a global world: Book of Abstracts, Åbo Akademi University 2023 : 138-138

Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

Pre-school teaching for creative processes in education for sustainable development – invisible animal traces, purple hands, and an elk container

Environmental Education Research, Routledge 2022, Vol. 28, (3) : 457-475

Caiman, Cecilia; Hedefalk, Maria; Ottander, Christina

Deliberation och kritik i förskolans undervisning för hållbar utveckling: ”så att det bli snällt där i världen”

Forskning om undervisning och lärande, Lärarstiftelsen, Lärarförbundets vetenskapliga råd, Lärarförlaget 2022, Vol. 10, (2) : 88-108

Hedefalk, Maria; Caiman, Cecilia; Ottander, Christina

The purpose of science education: Guidance provided by Swedish Science Syllabuses

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, (1) : 39-62

Knekta, Eva; Almarlind, Pia; Ottander, Christina

Digital science competence: secondary school students’ reasoning about filterbubbles and search engines

Eridob22: 13th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, August 29-September 2, 2022, University of Cyprus 2022 : 67-67

Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

Science teaching in upper primary school through the eyes of the practitioners

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, (1) : 128-142

Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

The role of science education in preparing students for future challenges: guidance provided by Swedish science syllabuses and national tests

NFSUN 2021, The Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education; Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities, Virtual via University College in Aarhus, Denmark, June 1-2, 2021

Almarlind, Pia; Knekta, Eva; Ottander, Christina

Why and how teachers make use of drawing activities in early childhood science education

International Journal of Science Education, Routledge 2021, Vol. 43, (13) : 2127-2147

Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; Ottander, Christina; et al.

Didactical dilemmas when planning teaching for sustainable development in preschool

Environmental Education Research, Routledge 2021, Vol. 27, (1) : 37-49

Hedefalk, Maria; Caiman, Cecilia; Ottander, Christina; et al.

Didaktisk modellering för scientific literacy. SSI-inramning av kemilaboration om dricksvatten.

NFSUN 2021: Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities

Ottander, Christina; Berglund, Ammie; Löfgren, Robil; et al.

Teaching about waterin preschool, preschool-class, and primary school: Stepping stones towards science literacyor more of the same?

NFSUN 2021: Science Education in the light of Global Sustainable Development – Trends and possibilities

Sundberg, Bodil; Ottander, Christina; Areljung, Sofie; et al.

The role of science education: A content analysis of Swedish steering documents

Fjärde nationella konferensen i pedagogiskt arbete; pedagogiskt arbete i en global tid, Umeå University, August 19-20, 2019

Almarlind, Pia; Knekta, Eva; Ottander, Christina

Kemilaboration inramad som en samhällsfråga med naturvetenskapligt innehåll (SNI): elev-och lärarperspektiv

Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning: Bidrag från konferensen FobasNT18 13 – 14 mars 2018 i Norrköping, Linköping: Linköpings universitet 2019 : 49-70

Berglund, Ammie; Ottander, Christina

I don't want to make them activists - but help them become responsible citizens

13th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Bologna, Italy, August 26-30, 2019

Hellgren, Jenny; Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina

Using third generation activity theory to understand teachers’ boundary work across early childhood school forms: an example focusing science teaching (dis)continuities

The 8th Nordic ISCAR, Nordic Conference on Cultural and Activity Research : Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in Research and Practice: A Nordic Approach, Trondheim, Norway, June 18-20, 2019

Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.

Opportunities for Education for Sustainability through multidimensional preschool science

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, UiO: University Library 2019, Vol. 15, (4) : 358-369

Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina

The role of children’s drawings in science teaching: A comparison across preschool, preschool class and early primary school

XVIII Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education, Malmö, Sweden, August 13-17, 2018

Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; Ottander, Christina; et al.

Inte som i skolan - pedagoger positionerar naturvetenskap i förskolan: Preschool teachers talk about science – Positioning themselves and positioning science

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, University of Oslo Library 2018, Vol. 14, (4) : 411-426

Due, Karin; Tellgren, Britt; Areljung, Sofie; et al.

Teachers’ views of development of student action competence after a TPD on Socio-Scientific Inquiry-Based Learning (SSIBL)

XVIII Symposium of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education, Malmö, Sweden, August 13-17, 2018

Hellgren, Jenny; Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina

Opportunities for and obstacles to science in preschools: views from a community perspective

International Journal of Science Education, Routledge 2018, Vol. 40, (17) : 2061-2077

Sundberg, Bodil; Areljung, Sofie; Due, Karin; et al.

Designing an ice cream making device: a design-based science learning approach

Science Education International, Vol. 29, (3) : 149-162

Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina

"Drawing the leaves anyway": teachers embracing children's different ways of knowing in preschool science practice

Research in science education, Springer 2017, Vol. 47, (6) : 1173-1192

Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina; Due, Karin

Socio-scientific inquiry-based learning: taking off from STEPWISE

Science and technology education promoting wellbeing for individuals, societies and environments, Cham: Springer 2017 : 477-502

Levinson, Ralph; The PARRISE Consortium,

Young students’ aesthetic experiences and meaning making processes in an outdoor environmental school practice

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol. 17, (2) : 108-121

Manni, Annika; Ottander, Christina; Sporre, Karin

Emotions and values: a case study of meaning-making in ESE

Environmental Education Research, Vol. 23, (4) : 451-464

Manni, Annika; Sporre, Karin; Ottander, Christina

Teachers’ design of socio-scientific inquiry based teaching and learning sessions

ESERA 2017 Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland, 21-25 August, 2017

Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina

To organize an effective TPD culture: workshop for headmasters, education managers and policy makers

Science and society in education. Promoting Responsible Research and innovation through Science Education. Teacher conference, Dublin, 20 Aug, 2017

Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina

Designing an ice cream making device: An attempt to combine science learning with engineering

Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education (NFSUN) 2017: Science competencies for the future. Trondheim, June 7-9, 2017.

Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina

An attempt to combine science learning with engineering in a middle school science classroom

ESERA 2017, European Science Education Research Association, Dublin City University, Ireland, August 21-25, 2017

Vaino, Katrin; Vaino, Toomas; Ottander, Christina

On the issue of 'Research in Didactics of Biology': Definitions and demarcations

10th ERIDOB Conference, European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, Haifa, Israel. June 30 - July 4, 2014

Gericke, Niklas; Ottander, Christina

Undervisning utifrån samhällsfrågor med naturvetenskapligt innehåll

Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina

Känslor, värderingar och etik i undervisning av SNI

Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina

Planera för undervisning genom SNI

Skolverket 2016

Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina

Samhällsfrågor med naturvetenskapligt innehåll - en tillbakablick

Ottander, Katarina; Ottander, Christina

Focus of socio-scientific issues in science teachers’ professional competence development in Sweden

International Symposium on STEM Education (ISSE) 2016 Lahti, Finland, June 6th to 8th, 2016

Popov, Oleg; Ottander, Christina; Ottander, Katarina

Conclusions

Narratives of doctoral studies in science education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher, Oxon: Routledge 2016 : 179-188

Simon, Shirley; Ottander, Christina; Parchmann, Ilka

Narratives of Doctoral Studies in Science Education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher

Routledge Research in Higher Education

Simon, Shirley; Ottander, Christina; Parchmann, Ilka

Editorial introduction: pathways followed by doctoral students on their research journey

Narratives of doctoral studies in science education: making the transition from educational practitioner to researcher, Routledge 2016 : 1-16

Simon, Shirley; Parchmann, Ilka; Ottander, Christina

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Research groups

Head of research

Umeå Science Education Research (UmSER)

Group member

Natural science, technology, and gender

Research projects

1 January 2023 until 31 December 2026

The pedagogical potential of wonder for supporting students’ engagement and learning in science

1 January 2023 until 31 December 2026

Critical thinking, social belonging and democratic participation: Vocational students civic Bildung and the enacted curricula

22 November 2021 until 31 October 2024

Multiplayers – a H2020 project (MULTIPLIERS)

1 December 2020 until 30 June 2023

Promoting students’ key competences for making evidence-based decisions on controversial socio-scientific issues (EVIDENCE)

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2023

Didactical modeling for education for sustainable development in preschool

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022

Didactical modeling for education for sustainable development in preschool

1 January 2018 until 31 December 2021

Didactic modelling of inquiry-based SSI education to develop functional scientific literacy.

1 January 2017 until 31 December 2021

Teacher Professional Development (TPD) of inquiry-based science education of socio-scientific issues (SSIBL) and how it affects teaching and students’ development of scientific literacy

1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020

Bridging the gaps: Science learning continuity across early years transitions.

1 January 2014 until 31 December 2017

PARRISE - Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education (FP7-Science in Society)

Published: 27 Nov, 2017

New Professors at the Faculty inaugurated in 2017