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Research presentation

Lena O Magnusson

Lena O Magnusson

Research presentation

Lena O Magnusson

Senior lecturer
Head of Art Education

Research subject: Art education
Research domain: Educational Sciences

Lena O Magnusson holds a PhD in Arts Education from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a senior lecturer in visual arts and arts education. Magnusson leads the research group ECE (Early Childhood Education); she is also engaged in the research group ROLE (Research On Learning Environments). Her main research area concerns young children and preschool education, focusing on digital technology, STEAM education, literacy, learning environment, visual art pedagogy and visual culture. Another area of interest is research on aesthetic [learning] processes, aesthetic forms of expression, and their capacity in teacher education.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Magnusson currently has two ongoing research projects. First, a newly started Swedish Research Council-funded project, STEAM teaching in preschool, run between 2023–2026 and is a collaboration between University of Gävle, Stockholm University and Umeå University. Read more about the STEAM project. In 2023, the four-year project FRAFFÖR ends. Magnusson is one of two researchers in the study focusing on implementing innovative and functional preschools. The project is part of the research program Learning Environments of Tomorrow.

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Conference papers

Magnusson, L., Ilje-Lien, J. & Kaihovirta, H. (2023). Re-visioning the artographer: undisciplined polyphonic voices as echoes for the future. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2022). 'The rug is my best place' – in the entangled intersection of children's and educators' views of the educational environment in preschool. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. & Åkerblom, A. (2021). Photography, time, place and space in early childhood education. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2021). STEAM, STEM and the atelier of preschool – a meta-approach. . External link [More information]
Magnusson, L. & Åkerblom, A. (2020). The visual construction of childhood in Swedish preschool institutions through the photographic gaze of children. Nordic childhoods in contemporary times. [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2019). I rörelse med en balaklava – att dela estetiska erfarenheter i högre utbildning. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. & Bäckman, K. (2019). STEM and STEAM - in the intercept of teacher's perspective and children's perspective. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2019). Visual research data and diffractive readings. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2018). Digitalization - play and aesthetics in preschool. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2018). “– It was good because you had to think a lot” – making movies as an intervention among fifth graders. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2018). Photographic agency and agency of photographs – three-year-olds and cameras. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2017). Aesthetic expression and democratic voices - three year olds and digital cameras. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2017). Att utveckla seende och att göra synligt – treåringar och fotografi. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2017). Children's perspectives, ethics and theory. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2016). Aesthetic aspects and photographic consequences in young children's use of digital cameras in preschool. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2016). Aesthetic aspects and photographic opportunities in young children´s use of digital camera. . External link [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2015). Det teoretiska perspektivets potential - eller, teorierna och materialets möjlighet. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2015). Digitalkameran som möjlighet - estetiska aspekter av små barns användande av digitalkameror i förskolan. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2015). Estetiska tilltal och estetiskt fokus : fotografiska sam-handlingar mellan treåringar och digitalkameror. Bildlärarutbildningarnas nätverkskonferens. [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2013). Att höra, se och synliggöra – att vara tre år och få tillgång till en fotografisk visuell röst. . External link [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2013). Between the known and the unknown : What can be hidden in-between the child's and the adult's perspectives on everyday life in the Swedish preschool. . [More information]
Magnusson, L. (2013). Kameran kan titta: visuella händelser i förskolan. . [More information]
Published by: Camilla Haglund Page responsible: Annika Elm Updated: 2023-05-04
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