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2023.09.19

New Ph.D.: Plugging numbers into a formula isn't physics 

When students view physics formulas only as mathematical tools, they fail to understand physics in …

Scientific litteracy

2023.09.11

Scientific language cannot be tested solely with pen and paper

Science is not merely a collection of terms and formulas but a practice. Assessing children's…

GENDER BIAS

2023.08.25

Are male students more talented?

In the sciences, talented students are perceived as those who ask quirky questions and are confiden…

Research

2023.07.03

Carl Winsløw is at the helm of CERME: We must handle our growing pains 

For the 13th time, leading European researchers in didactics of mathematics will gather at the CERM…

Research

2023.06.26

New Ph.D.-fellow: We should utilize the body to learn programming 

When working with computers, we must remember that we are human beings, says new Ph.D.-fellow…

History of Science

2023.06.07

Professor: We must revive and relive Niels Bohr's joy of science

Niels Bohr would have had difficulty settling into the much more fragmented approach to science we…

Research

2023.04.20

PhD fellow: Let's make taxonomy a tool to preserve endangered species 

Science is not value neutral. This also applies to something as fundamental as taxonomy, which can…

Research

2023.04.18

Study to explore how collaboration encourages children to tackle science

Persistence and courage are essential to succeed in science subjects. In a new project, researchers…

History of Science

2023.03.31

New professor wants to make history of physics useful for physics research 

The history of physics can help physicists understand their work and their place in society, says…

Research

2023.01.26

New research monograph: Not everyone can learn maths the same way

An international collection of new research focuses on how to address the major gateway of many…

Research

2022.12.02

Researcher: The future of learning technology is offline 

If learners are in more control of the technology they use for learning and the data they generate,…

Research

2022.10.28

Outcome of learning in the lab reaches far beyond subject matter 

Students can learn a plethora of skills in the lab, that are also useful once the lab coat is off.…

Research

2022.09.29

Deleted data and plagiarism: High school students have poor understanding of rules

High school students lack understanding of academic norms, study shows. We need to rethink our idea…

Physics

2022.09.13

Researcher: Cultural aspects of quantum theory are missing in physics classes 

Quantum mechanics is interpreted in many different – often unscientific – ways. This opens up…

Physics

2022.08.12

New associate professor: We need to make physics more inclusive 

Everyone should have the opportunity to learn, enjoy and be moved by physics, without having to loo…

Research

2022.06.16

In the 'international' classroom, it is the Danish students who thrive

International students are often perceived as deficit learners, not having their previous knowledge…

Research

2022.06.09

New PhD: Zoo and museums are missing unique opportunity to teach sustainability

The climate crisis requires sustainability communication, to inform people about the future we are…

Research

2022.05.17

The communication of evolution is riddled with cultural stereotypes

Communicating human evolution often has problems with both sexism and racism. And it's far from…

Research

2022.05.11

Richard Staley joins DSE and the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen

Department of Science Education and the Niels Bohr Archive welcome Richard Staley, professor in…

education

2022.02.17

How to choose the right programme of study

Are you interested in pursuing an education in the sciences, or in the humanities? Do you feel like…

Didactics of Mathematics

2022.02.01

What is lesson Study?

In the research group of didactics of mathematics Carl Winsløw and Britta Eyrich Jessen have been…

Didactics of Mathematics

2022.01.12

What traits of mathematical modelling are preserved when taught in school?

In a new publication by Britta Eyrich Jessen and Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (MATH, KU) they analyze well…

2021.12.20

Be data-aware!

Is data neutral, and why is it more important than ever to be data literate and data-aware? In…

2021.11.29

Joeri Witteveen from DSE receives Sapere Aude grant of DKK 6 million

The Sapere Aude grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark is exclusively awarded to excellen…

2021.10.25

Authentic Problems of Engineering: Research on Task Design

Karsten Schmidt from DTU and Carl Winsløw from IND have published a study of so-called “mathematics…

University pedagogy

2021.10.04

Does student agency benefit student learning?

The field of research must reassess how educators encounter student agency, whether it is grounded…

Accountability in Research

2021.09.13

Good friend or good student?

In the paper Good friend or good student? the authors argue that students who fail to report peers…

New Professor at DSE

2021.08.18

Department of Science Education welcomes Hans Halvorson

On July 1st, Hans Halvorson started in a position as Professor in History and Philosophy of Science…

University Mathematics Education

2021.08.11

How are undergraduate study programmes in mathematics structured and how do they evolve?

Professor Carl Winsløw, DSE, is co-author of the paper 'External Didactic Transposition in…

2021.06.25

Tenure-track assistant Professor or Associate Professor within university science education and/or digital university education

The Department of Science Education seeks applications for two positions with different profiles…

2021.06.07

Sabrina Vitting-Seerup new Research Assistant from May 15

Sabrina is affiliated with the research group Science Communication.

Greenland-USA Relations

2021.05.25

Science and diplomacy in Greenland-US relations

28th May 2021 Kristine Harper (DSE) is participating in a panel discussion organised by the…

2021.05.18

Why doesn’t your zoom lecture dance?

”So why, when it comes to education online, does so much seem deathly? Why doesn’t your zoom lectur…

New position

2021.04.19

New position in Science Education

The Department of Science Education seeks applications for one position – either a tenure-track…

2021.04.18

“Life in the time of Covid-19” is the focus of the QE Data Challenge co-organized by CDE staff

Associate professor Daniel Spikol and professor Morten Misfeldt participate in the organisation of…

2021.04.12

New European book on University Mathematics Education

The editors of the volume include Carl Winsløw from IND.

2021.04.01

CHAMELEON: New research network focusing on the key role of virtual laboratories

Assistant professor Jesper Bruun is a part of the new Marie Curie Innovative Training Network for…

2021.03.11

Mayu Aoki new PhD student at DSE from March 1

Mayu Aoki's PhD project is about arithmetic teaching in supplementary educational institutions for…

Educationbased research

2021.03.04

Who should get vaccinated first?

Mette Jensen and Carl Winsløw have just published a paper on how mathematics at advanced high schoo…

New employee at CDE

2021.02.17

New Associate Professor at Center of Digital Education

February 1 Daniel Spikol has taken up the position of Associate Professor of Computational Thinking…

Research integrity

2021.02.17

Research integrity has multiple meanings

Katrine Lindvig, Assistant professor at the Department of Science Education, UCPH, has together wit…

International position

2021.02.03

Danish president of ERME

The new president is Professor Carl Winsløw from Department of Science Education, University of…

New Head of Department

2021.01.07

New head of learning in science education

Associate Professor Jan Alexis Nielsen from the Department of Science Education at the Faculty of…

New position

2021.01.05

Postdoc of Learning Sciences and evaluation of digital education

DSE is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to investigate teaching through the lockdown period and…

2020.12.01

Marie Larsen Ryberg Postdoc at DSE

December 1, Marie Larsen Ryberg is taking up a position as post-doctoral researcher in the SMART…

2020.11.18

Jesper Bruun keynote speaker at FMSERA conference

On November 12th 2020, associate professor Jesper Bruun presented an opening keynote at the Finish…

2020.11.03

Rongrong Huo new PhD student at DSE

Rongrong started November 1 and will stay at DSE for the full period of her PhD.

History and Philosophy of Science

2020.10.12

Of elephants and errors: naming and identity in Linnaean taxonomy

In this article Joeri Witteveen, Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen and…

2020.09.07

Professor Carl Winsløw key note on university mathematics education

For the 2020 edition of the INDRUM conference, Professor Carl Winsløw from IND presents the keynote…

Vacant position

2020.07.07

Post Doc positions in Digitalization of Core Topic Teaching

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is seeking two postdoctoral researchers to investigate and…

Interdisciplinarity

2020.06.02

Different, Difficult, and Local: A Review of Interdisciplinary Teaching Activities

In this review Postdoc Katrine Lindvig and Professor Lars Ulriksen addresses a lacuna in the…

2020.05.12

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Higher Education Research

The Department of Science Education, Section for Science and Mathematics Education Research and…

2020.04.28

Postdoc of Higher Education Research

A two-year, full-time position as a postdoctoral researcher in Higher Education Research is…

2020.03.26

Jan Alexis Nielsen, DSE, has co-edited a book on socioscientific issues in science teacher education

Jan Alexis Nielsen, DSE, together with Maria Evagorou (University of Nicosia) and Justin Dillon…

2020.03.10

DSE part of European funded project on professional development for mathematics teachers

Department of Science Education (UCPH), Midtsjællands Gymnasium and Matematiklærerforeningen are…

2020.03.05

Sara Presutti visits DSE

Sara Presutti, PhD-student in Didactics of Mathematics at the Haute Ecole Pédagogique de Lausanne i…

2020.02.05

Winsløw plenary in Brasilia

Summer workshop in mathematics with Danish plenary

2020.02.04

Postdoctoral Researcher in Science Communication

A one-year, full-time position as a postdoctoral researcher in science communication is available a…

2020.01.08

New PhD student in physics education at DSE

Muhammad Aswin Rangkuti started January 1st.

2020.01.07

Four guests interested in history and didactics of quantum mechanics

The research group Didactics of Physics is privileged to receive four guests in the beginning of…

Philosophy of Science

2019.12.17

How humans evolved a sense of right and wrong

In the article "Biological Markets, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Morality”, Joeri Witteveen…

2019.11.21

The HPS section at IND will be hosting the annual meeting of the Danish HPS committee in 2020

The annual meeting will be held March 26-27, 2020 at University of Copenhagen. Deadline for…

Didactics of Mathematics

2019.10.28

Analysis of mathematics textbooks based on praxeological reference models

Dyana Wijayanti has developed an original approach to analytical comparison of textbook contents.

2019.08.15

TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme - Deadline October 1 2029

The deadline for the third call for proposals is 1 October 2019.

EU-project

2019.08.12

New European Math project at DSE

A new European project has been granted to the DidMat group, in collaboration with a number of othe…

2019.08.05

Postdoc in Science Education

The Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen is looking for a postdoc to…

2019.03.01

TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme

TALENT is a doctoral programme co-funded by the European Union, with 74 PhD scholarships in the…

New position

2019.01.31

New position: Research assistant in science education

We are looking for a highly motivated and independent research assistant to join the Section for…

New position

2019.01.21

New position: Post Doc with focus on IT

The Department of Science Education seeks a postdoc to focus on the use of IT in vocational…

2019.01.14

Key note by Winslow in Zagreb

Carl Winslow from IND will give an invited key note talk at the international workshop on “Enhancin…

2019.01.03

New position: Professor of Digital Education

DSE and DIKU seeks an excellent scholar for a full professorship in digital education with joint…

2018.11.09

Associate Professor of Science Education - three year position

The Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, seeks an excellent scholar for a…

2018.11.07

PhD fellow in Science Education

The Department of Science Education, The Section for Science and Mathematics Education Research and…

2018.09.04

Ricardo Karam is invited speaker at the V Brazilian School of Physics Education (V EBEF)

The conference had approximately 150 attendants consisting mainly of physics lecturers of Brazil’s…

2018.08.07

TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme

Department of Science Education participates in TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme co-funded by…

Department of Science Education

2018.07.06

New positions: Assistant Professor of Science or Mathematics Education

The Department of Science Education, Section for Science and Mathematics Education Research and…

The Niels Bohr Archive and the Department of Science Education

2018.07.05

New position: Professor of History of Science

The Niels Bohr Archive and the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark…

2018.04.18

Professor Aldo Aoyagui visits DSE

Aldo is affiliated with the research group Evaluation and learning in natural sciences teaching and…

Didactics of Mathematics

2018.01.03

Professor Carl Winsløw, DSE contributes to an international workshop on mathematics education for non-mathematic students

Carl Winsløw presents an invited key-note lecture at ”International Workshop on Mathematical…

2017.10.30

Marianna Bosch and John Monaghan visit DSE

Within one week, the department will receive independent visits by two of the world’s leading…

2017.09.28

PhD fellow in Study Culture and Study Practices of First-year University Students

Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD…

2017.09.11

MERIA project releases handbook

MERIA has just released a handbook on “Inquiry Based Mathematics Education” which is expected to…

2017.08.25

Professor Carl Winsløw from IND has been elected chair of the Board of the JSPS Alumni Club in Denmark

The Club unites former recipients of research grants from JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion…

2017.08.09

Ricardo Karam re-elected as a director of the IHPST Council (2017-2019)

The International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) was formed in 1987. The…

2017.08.02

Vacant position as Associate Professor in Higher Education Research

The Department of Science Education seeks an excellent scholar for an associate professorship in…

2017.03.05

Lecturer Thomas Britz visits The Research Group on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Studies

In spring 2017, the Research Group on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Studies welcome…

2017.02.07

Caio Nagayoshi is visiting IND for 3 months

Caio Nagayoshi, PhD student from the University of São Paulo, is visiting IND for three months to…

2017.02.01

The Department of Science Education (IND) marks its tenth anniversary on February 1 2017

TheDepartment of Science Education (IND) was established February 2007, building on the Center for…

2017.01.12

The Research Group on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Studies initiates a Danish Network for History and Philosophy of Computer Science

In 2017, The Research Group on History and Philosophy of Science and Science Studies initiates a…

2016.12.07

Vacant position as Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science at Department of Science Education

Application deadline January 10, 2017.

2016.10.24

Shaping the future of the European schools

As president of the 2016 baccalaureate committee of the European Schools, Carl Winsløw (IND)…

2016.10.17

Professor Carl Winsløw gives keynote at conference in Oslo

Professor Carl Winsløw will deliver a keynote lecture at the yearly MatRIC konference in Oslo, held…

2016.10.14

Ricardo Karam gives seminar at the University of Lisbon

Ricardo will talk about different uses of complex numbers in physics in the series “Seminários…

2016.10.12

Professor Jens Dolin holds opening key-note at a conference at the Royal Society in London

The one day conference was held 12 October and seeked to stimulate new thinking, and inspire…

2016.08.09

Assistant Professor Ebru Z. Mugaloglu is visiting DSE for one year

Ebru Z. Mugaloglu is an assistant professor of science education at Bogazici University, Istanbul.

2016.08.02

Ricardo Karam, DSE is guest editor of thematic issue in German journal for physics teachers

The German journal Unterricht Physik publishes both theoretical and practical papers on a wide rang…

2016.06.02

History of Physics Professor visits IND

Professor Ricardo Lopes Coelho visits IND June 13-17. He will primarily be working with Ricardo…

2016.04.05

Professor Carl Winsløw co-chair of INDRUM conference

INDRUM is the largest conference ever held in Europe, devoted solely to university level mathematic…

2015.12.09

Professor Carl Winsløw, chairman of the European Baccalaureate 2016

On its ordinary meeting December 2-4, the Board of Governors of the European Schools approved to…

2015.10.02

Vacant position: Professor mso of History and Philosophy of Science

Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark invites applications for a…

2015.09.01

Fabiana Kneubil for a 1-year postdoc at IND

Dr. Fabiana Kneubil was granted a fellowship from the Brazilian governmental agency CAPES for a…

2015.07.31

New EU project ‘Hypatia’ about gender and science education

The Department of Science Education is part of the Horizon 2020-funded project Hypatia to ensure…

2015.07.01

Andrea diSessa as Velux Visiting Professor for three months at IND

The Velux Fonden Visiting Professor Programme has made it possible for IND to invite Professor…

2015.05.12

Ricardo Karam has been elected as a director of the IHPST Council (2015-2017)

As a director of the group Ricardo Karam is responsible for contributing the groups perspectives…

2014.12.01

Keynote by Carl Winsløw at Oberwolfach

Professor Carl Winsløw from IND gives the opening key note lecture at a workshop at The…