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Arnold Pears
PhD, Professor
Group Leader
Research Interests
- Theories of knowledge construction in Computing
- Research driven curriculum design and educational practice
- Wireless and pervasive systems to support learning of Computing
Senior Researchers
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Anders Berglund, PhD
Research Interests
- How students learn computer science
- Methodological rigour, particularly in qualitative research approaches
- How computing is understood by students in various social and cultural contexts
- Improve teaching of computing to diversified student cohorts
Åsa Cajander PhD, Associate Professor
Research Interests
- How to assess professional competences
- Coaching as a learning strategy
- Life Long learning
- Action Research as a methodological framework
Mats Daniels PhD, Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Learning in international open ended group project settings
- How to promote and assess students development of professional skills
- Quality assessment of educational programs
Academic Sites
Anna Eckerdal PhD, Associate Professor
- How students learn computer programming
- Threshold concepts in Computer Science
- Informal learning and lifelong learning related to computing education
- MOOCs in Computing Education
Lars-Åke Nordén PhD
- Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 education
- Self-efficacy in CS among Teachers
Aletta Nylén PhD
- Development of professional competencies
- Teaching and learning communication in Computer Science
- MOOCs in Computing Education
Michael Thuné PhD, Professor
- How students learn computer programming
- Students' sense making in Scientific Computing
Neena Thota PhD
- How students learn computer programming
- The contextual and cultural situatedness of learning computer science
- Methodological frameworks for research
- Educational technologies
PhD Students
Fayiq Alghamdi
Virginia Grande
Research Interests
- Inclusive teaching
- Gender and diversity in computing education
- Professional competences
- MOOCs
- Child-Computer Interaction for Education
Academic Sites
Kristina von Hausswolff
Anne-Kathrin Peters
- How students develop a professional and disciplinary identity within the area of Computing and the role of education
- Learner's epistemology and conception of learning
- Perspectives on the discipline of Computing