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Åke Ingerman

Dean

Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional
Studies
Mail
ake.ingerman@gu.se
Visiting address
Läroverksgatan 15
41120 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

Professor

Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional
Studies
Telephone
+46 31-786 26 37
+46 766-18 26 37
Mail
ake.ingerman@gu.se
Fax
+46 31-786 22 44
Visiting address
Västra Hamngatan 25
41117 Göteborg
Room number
A1 141
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

About Åke Ingerman

Research interests My research aims towards developing the understanding of a multi-disciplinary knowledge content – pedagogical aspects of sicence and technology. The research primarily takes its starting point in pedagogical situations where students meet scientific and technological knowledge. My research has mainly used a phenomenographic appraoch and can broadly be described by three themes:

• The first and overarching theme concerns how the object of learning in science and technology is constituted in learning and teaching practices. • The second theme, which is conceptually oriented, concerns ways in which students experience and understand critical concepts of science and technology. • The third theme, which is a political component, aims at creating a collegiality within the science and technology community in order to develop education research in relation to the disciplines of science and technology and to support scholarly professional development.  

Teaching interests My main teaching is within graduate education. I also teach in teacher education and some pedagogy for higher education teachers in science and technology. Additionally, I supervise Ph D students concerning mathematics, science and technology education.  

Key words Technology education, physics education, higher education, phenomenography, variation theoy