Karin Sporre

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

karin.sporre@umu.se

+46 90 786 64 58

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Affiliated as professor emerita at Department of Applied Educational Science Section: Floor 3

Naturvetarhuset plan 3, huskropp NB, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 90187 Umeå

Genders, Sexualities and Religious Education

British Journal of Religious Education, Routledge 2025, Vol. 47, (1) : 1-4

Hess, Mary; Matemba, Yonah Hisbon; Segobye, Alinah; et al.

Children’s existential questions and worldviews: possible RE responses to performance anxiety and an increasing risk of exclusion

Journal of Religious Education, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 72 : 51-72

Osbeck, Christina; Kärnebro, Katarina; Lilja, Annika; et al.

Children's empowered inclusion in early childhood education for sustainability

International perspectives on educating for democracy in early childhood: recognizing young children as citizens, New York: Routledge 2023 : 260-278

Borg, Farhana; Sporre, Karin

Collaborative commentary: how do teachers support children as citizens?

International perspectives on educating for democracy in early childhood: recognizing young children as citizens, Routledge 2023 : 321-323

DeZutter, Stacy Lee; Borg, Farhana; Damjanovic, Victoria; et al.

Teachers’ perspectives on ethics education – expressed as opportunities and challenges

British Journal of Religious Education, Taylor & Francis Group 2023, Vol. 45, (3) : 240-250

Lilja, Annika; Franck, Olof; Osbeck, Christina; et al.

Conditions for development of a multidimensional ethical competence through group discussions in fiction-based ethics education

Education 3-13

Lilja, Annika; Lifmark, David; Osbeck, Christina; et al.

Bridging 'as is' and 'as if' by reading fiction in ethics education

Cambridge Journal of Education, Routledge 2023, Vol. 53, (1) : 63-77

Lyngfelt, Anna; Sporre, Karin; Lifmark, David; et al.

Powerful knowledge in ethics and existential questions: which discourses, for which pupils, in which contexts?

Powerful knowledge in religious education: exploring paths to a knowledge-based education on religions, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2023 : 21-42

Osbeck, Christina; Sporre, Karin; LIlja, Annika

Etiska teorier

Etik, berättelser och samtal: att använda skönlitteratur i etikundervisning, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2023 : 23-38

Sporre, Karin

Varying curricular responses to children’s existential questions in RE syllabi from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Bavaria and Berlin-Brandenburg

Journal of Religious Education, Springer Nature 2023, Vol. 71, (2) : 167-187

Sporre, Karin

Livsfrågor - om existens och mening - nu och då

Religioner, livsåskådningar och etik: för lärare årskurs 4-9 och gymnasiet, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2023 : 187-197

Sporre, Karin; Osbeck, Christina; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

'Constructing the test to the teaching' – and the complexities of assessing learning in ethics education

Journal of Beliefs and Values

Sporre, Karin; Osbeck, Christina; Lilja, Annika; et al.

Children’s existential questions – recognized in Scandinavian curricula, or not?

Journal of Curriculum Studies, Routledge 2022, Vol. 54, (3) : 367-383

Sporre, Karin

Taking the moral authorship of children and youth seriously in times of the Anthropocene

Ethics and Education, Taylor & Francis Group 2022, Vol. 17, (1) : 101-116

Sporre, Karin; Lotz-Sisitka, Heila; Osbeck, Christina

Responding to Voices of Children

Education in times of climate change, Geneva: Rhodes University 2022 : 96-99

Sporre, Karin; Osbeck, Christina

Fiction-based ethics education in Swedish compulsory school – reflections on a research project

Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, Karlstads universitet 2022, Vol. 12, (2) : 84-107

Sporre, Karin; Osbeck, Christina; Lilja, Annika; et al.

Skolutveckling genom didaktiskt klassrumsarbete i samverkan lärare och forskare

Skolutveckling i teori och praktik, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2021 : 283-291

Lilja, Annika; Franck, Olof; Lifmark, David; et al.

Vilka människor har mänskliga rättigheter?

Känsliga frågor, nödvändiga samtal: att lära om och av kontroverser, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2021 : 113-128

Sporre, Karin

Ethics education within religious and values education: studies in Sweden, Namibia, South Africa, California and Quebec

New directions in religious and values education: international perspectives, Peter Lang Publishing Group 2021 : 251-272

Sporre, Karin

Young people – citizens in times of climate change?: A childist approach to human responsibility

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, Cape Town: AOSIS 2021, Vol. 77, (3)

Sporre, Karin

Barns existentiella frågor idag - och för 50 år sedan

Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv, Malmö: Föreningen lärare i religionskunskap (FLR) 2020 : 29-39

Lilja, Annika; Buchardt, Mette; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Barn, kvinnor och passion

Kvinnligt religiöst ledarskap: En vänbok till Gunilla Gunner, Stockholm: Södertörns högskola 2020 : 219-228

Sporre, Karin

Ethics in compulsory education – Human dignity, rights and social justice in five contexts

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, Cape Town: AOSIS 2020, Vol. 76, (1)

Sporre, Karin

Ethics education in Swedish RE - and future content for ethics education in compulsory school

Facing the unknown future: religion and education on the move, Münster: Waxmann Verlag 2020 : 195-208

Sporre, Karin; Franck, Olof; LIlja, Annika; et al.

Vad kan man lära sig i etik?: Reflektioner utifrån ett forskningsprojekt om etikundervisning i svenska grundskola

Människan och etiken: välgrundad moral i en polariserad tid., Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg 2019 : 102-118

Sporre, Karin

Foreword: why (re)search? And, human rights literacies?

Human rigths literacies: future directions, Cham: Springer 2019 : v-x

Sporre, Karin

Assessing ethical competence through national tests: an advantage or not?

Journal of Curriculum Studies, Routledge 2019, Vol. 51, (2) : 262-278

Sporre, Karin

Ethical competence: a comparison between the Swedish and the Icelandic curricula and some teachers' views

Education 3-13, Routledge 2018, Vol. 46, (5) : 506-516

Lilja, Annika; Franck, Olof; Osbeck, Christina; et al.

Possible competences to be aimed at in ethics education: ethical competences highlighted in educational research journals

Journal of Beliefs and Values, Routledge 2018, Vol. 39, (2) : 195-208

Osbeck, Christina; Franck, Olof; Lilja, Annika; et al.

Abilities, knowledge requirements and national tests in RE: the Swedish case as an example in the outcome-focused school and society of today

Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, Walter de Gruyter 2018, Vol. 70, (4) : 397-408

Osbeck, Christina; Franck, Olof; LIlja, Annika; et al.

Challenging life: existential questions as a resource for education

Religious Diversity and Education in Europe, 37

Ristiniemi, Jari; Skeie, Geir; Sporre, Karin

Introduction

Challenging life: existential questions as a resource for education, Münster: Waxmann Verlag 2018 : 13-18

Ristiniemi, Jari; Skeie, Geir; Sporre, Karin

Ethical concepts according to 12-year-olds: students' responses, national tests, and ethics education

Challenging life: existential questions as a resurce for education, Münster: Waxmann Verlag 2018 : 279-296

Sporre, Karin

Human Dignity and Human Rights: A Plea for Their Place and Importance in Values Education

Values, Human Rights and Religious Education: Contested Grounds, Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing Group 2018 : 257-273

Sporre, Karin

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

The RE classroom as a safe public space: critical perspectives on dialouge, demands for respect, and nuanced religious education

Location, space and place in religious education, Münster: Waxmann Verlag 2017 : 49-66

Osbeck, Christina; Sporre, Karin; Skeie, Geir

Global responsibilities and ethics education: to be assessed and if so how?

Assessment in ethics education: a case of national tests in religious education, Cham: Springer 2017 : 115-143

Sporre, Karin

Shifting Borders in Religious Education

Theological Journal, Tartu, Estonia: Usuteaduslik Ajakiri, Akadeemiline Teoloogia Selts 2016, Vol. 69, (1) : 3-8

Schihalejev, Olga; Sporre, Karin; Skeie, Geir; et al.

Shifting Borders in Religious Education

Theological Journal, 69:1

Schihalejev, Olga; Sporre, Karin; Skeie, Geir; et al.

Gender in research on religious education and values formation

Diversity and intersectionality: studies in religion, education and values, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group 2016 : 23-47

Sporre, Karin

Ethical competence and understandings of ethics in curricula from Namibia, South Africa, USA and Canada

International Seminar on Religious Education and Values Session XX July-August 2016: Values, Human Rights and Education73

Sporre, Karin

Ethical competence as displayed in the Swedish National Test 2013

NERA 2016 : Social Justice, Equality and Solidarity in Education, Helsinki, Finland, March 9-11, 2016

Sporre, Karin

Pupils’ Understanding of Ethical Concepts Relevant to the Public Domain

ECER, Dublin, Ireland, August 23-26, 2016

Sporre, Karin

In search of human dignity: essays in theology, ethics and education

Religious diversity and education in Europe, 29

Sporre, Karin

Perceived learning experiences regarding Education for sustainable development: within Swedish outdoor education traditions

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Oslo: NorDina, Naturfagssenteret 2013, Vol. 9, (2) : 187-205

Manni, Annika; Ottander, Christina; Sporre, Karin; et al.

Mapping what young students understand and value regarding sustainable development

International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 3, (1) : 17-35

Manni, Annika; Sporre, Karin; Ottander, Christina

Value conflicts and faith based schools: in contemporary Sweden

Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, Trondheim: Akademika forlag 2013, Vol. 26, (2) : 175-191

Sporre, Karin

’Dignity lives from being lived’: Human dignity and education – a tentative sketch

Religionsdidaktisk arbeid pågår: Religionsdidaktikk i Hamar och Karlstad, Vallset: Oplandske Bokforlag 2012 : 51-78

Sporre, Karin

Voices from South and North in dialogue: on diversity and education for the future

British Journal of Religious Education, Abingdon: Routledge 2012, Vol. 34, (1) : 87-100

Sporre, Karin

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Research projects

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2024

The Child and Curriculum. Existential Questions and Educational Responses

1 January 2016 until 31 December 2023

Children, sustainability and hope