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Olson, Maria, ProfessorORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0003-1776-478X
Biography [eng]

I am a professor in Subject education at the Department of Teaching and Learning. My main area of ​​expertise is democracy and citizenship in relation to education, school and civil society - in a national, Nordic and (EU) perspective. The focus is on both formal school and education systems, and on educational and teaching contexts that take place outside of this. The aim has repeatedly been to develop and communicate research-based mapping, guiding principles and concrete tools to work for the continued existence of democracy and citizenship in today's and tomorrow's society.

Since my doctoral dissertation, I have been part of several international research projects in the academia, but also in collaboration with various authorities, organisations and companies. The focus has often been on inclusion, diversity, values, coexistence and human development in and for society both a practical and theoretical light. My subject didactic focus is on the social studies subjects, especially social science and religious education.

Biography [swe]

Jag är professor i ämnesdidaktik vid Institutionen för ämnesdidaktik. Mitt huvudsakliga kompetensområde är demokrati och medborgarskap i relation till utbildning, skolan och civilsamhället - i ett nationellt, ett nordiskt och ett (EU)perspektiv. Fokus riktas mot både det formella skol- och utbildningsväsendet, och de utbildnings- och undervisningssammanhang som pågår utanför detta. Syftet har återkommande varit att att utveckla och kommunicera forskningsbaserad kartläggning, vägledande principer och konkreta redskap för att verka för demokratins och medborgarskapandets fortbestånd i dagens och morgondagens samhälle.

Sedan disputationen har jag varit del av flera internationella forskningsprojekt i akademin, men också i samverkan med olika myndigheter, organisationer och företag. Fokus har ofta vilat på inkludering, mångfald, värden, samexistens och mänsklig utveckling i såväl praktiknära som teoretisk belysning. Min ämnesdidaktiska spets är de samhällsorienterande ämnena, framför allt samhällskunskap och religionskunskap.

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Andersson, E. & Olson, M. (2014). Political Participation as Public Pedagogy: The Educational Situation in Young People’s Political Conversations in Social Media. Journal of Social Science Education, 13(4), 115-126
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Political Participation as Public Pedagogy: The Educational Situation in Young People’s Political Conversations in Social Media
2014 (English)In: Journal of Social Science Education, E-ISSN 1618-5293, Vol. 13, no 4, p. 115-126Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article we argue that young people’s political participation in the social media can be considered ‘public pedagogy’. The argument builds on a previous empirical analysis of a Swedish net community called Black Heart. Theoretically, the article is based on a particular notion of public pedagogy, education and Hannah Arendt’s expressive agonism. The political participation that takes place in the net community builds up an educational situation that involves central characteristics: communication, community building, a strong content focus and content production, argumentation and rule following. These characteristics pave the way for young people’s public voicing, experiencing, preferences and political interests that guide their everyday political life and learning – a phenomenon that we understand as a form of public pedagogy.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bielefeld: Bielefeld University, 2014
Keywords
education, public pedagogy, social media, young people, political participation, agonism, net community
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Educational Sciences Pedagogy
Research subject
Education
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urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-51720 (URN)10.2390/jsse-v13-i4-1366 (DOI)2-s2.0-84941949099 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2014-12-29 Created: 2016-08-22 Last updated: 2023-10-04Bibliographically approved
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