Field of work
Åsta Birkeland is a core researcher at KINDknow - Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures, where she is a co-leader of WP 6 Conditions for children's exploration. Her research is in early childhood educationShe researches in the area of early childhood education and research in partnership with kindergartens is central
Kindergarten teacher education Master in Kindergarten knowledge Internationalization Leader of UTFORSK Project - Research and Educational Cooperation with Higher Education Institutions and Kindergartens in China.
Courses taught
- Cultural Understand and Comparative Education
- Intercultural Pedagogy and Glocal Practices
- Philosophy of Science and Methodology
Research areas
- Cultural formation ideals in cross-cultural perspectives
- Glocal teacher
- Conditions for children as explorers
Research groups
Publications
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Contradictory cultural formation ideals in a time of increased emphasis on individualization. A cross-cultural study of kindergarten practices in China and Norway
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Children’s explorative activities in kindergarten playgrounds: A case study in China and Norway.
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Building a Sustainable Future Through International ECE Partnership Programmes
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Temporal settings in Kindergarten: a lens to trace historical and current cultural formation ideals
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Disorienting Dilemmas - The Significance of Resistance and Disturbance in an Intercultural Program within Kindergarten Teacher Education