Magdalena Kersting

Magdalena Kersting

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Making an IMPRESSion: mapping out future directions in modern physics education

    Kersting, Magdalena, Blair, D. G., Sandrelli, S., Sherson, Jacob Friis & Woithe, J., 2024, In: Physics Education. 59, 1, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Many Roles of Metaphors in Learning and Doing Physics

    Kersting, Magdalena & Sampieri-Cábal, R., 2024, Physics Education Today : Innovative Methodologies, Tools and Evaluation. p. 131-138 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. Published

    Developing and implementing an Einsteinian science curriculum from Years 3 to 10: Part A: Concepts, rationale and learning outcomes

    Kaur, T., Kersting, Magdalena, Blair, D. G., Adams, K., Treagust, D., Santoso, J., Popkova, A., Boublil, S., Zadnik, M., Ju, L., Wood, D., Horne, E. & McGoran, D., 2023, 35 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  6. Published

    Developing and implementing an Einsteinian science curriculum from Years 3 to 10: Part B: Teacher upskilling: response to training and teacher's classroom experience

    Kaur, T., Kersting, Magdalena, Adams, K., Blair, D. G., Treagust, D., Popkova, A., Boublil, S., Santoso, J., Ju, L., Zadnik, M., Wood, D., Horne, E., McGoran, D., Scott, S. & Venville, G., 2023, 40 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  7. Published

    From the cosmos to the classroom

    Kersting, Magdalena & Eriksson, U., 2023, In: CERN COURIER. 63, 6, p. 27-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  8. Published

    Studying the quality of inquiry-based teaching in science classrooms: A systematic video study of inquiry-based science teaching in primary and lower-secondary schools

    Kersting, Magdalena, Karlsen, S., Ødegaard, M., Olufsen, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Lunde, M. L. S., 2023, In: International Journal of Science Education. 45, 17, p. 1463–1484

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Virtual reality in astronomy education: reflecting on design principles through a dialogue between researchers and practitioners

    Kersting, Magdalena, Bondell, J., Steier, R. & Myers, M., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    What Is the Role of the Body in Science Education? A Conversation Between Traditions

    Kersting, Magdalena, Amin, T. G., Euler, E., Gregorcic, B., Haglund, J., Hardahl, L. K. & Steier, R., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science & Education.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 2022
  12. Following in the Footsteps of Einstein: Modernising Physics Education Using History and Philosophy of Science

    Kersting, Magdalena, Jan 2022, In: HPSST newsletter. January 2022

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  13. Published

    A case for conceptual approaches in general relativity education

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2022, In: Astronomy Education Journal. 2, 1, 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Combining Design-Based Research and the Model of Educational Reconstruction in Astronomy Education

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2022, Proceedings for the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education: Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education. Bhandare, A., Penteado, E., Sanderson, R., Makwela, T., Deacon, N., Maji, M., Rollinde, E., Cresta, F. & Sule, A. (eds.). IAU Office of Astronomy for Education, p. 225-227

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  15. From conceptual change to scientific imagination: An interdisciplinary workshop at the crossroads of hps and science education research

    Alstein, P., Kersting, Magdalena, Rijken, S. & Verbugt, L., 2022, In: HPSST newsletter. p. 7-18

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  16. Published

    Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole?

    Kersting, Magdalena & Ruggiero, M. L., 2022, In: Frontiers for Young Minds. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  17. 2021
  18. A Growing Body of Knowledge: On Four Different Senses of Embodiment in Science Education

    Kersting, Magdalena, Haglund, J. & Steier, R., 2021, In: Science & Education. 30, p. 1183–1210 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Bend it like dark matter!

    Woithe, J. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, In: Physics Education. 56, 3, 035011.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Diskusjon - tettere på naturfag i klasserommet

    Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M., Kersting, Magdalena, Karlsen, S., Lunde, M. L. S., Olufsen, M. & Sæleset, J., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 209-223

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Elevdeltakelse i et aldersblandet klasserom

    Karlsen, S., Kersting, Magdalena & Lunde, M. L. S., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 181-190

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  22. En studie av kvalitet i naturfagundervisning

    Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 15-23

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  23. Exploring participant engagement during an astrophysics virtual reality experience at a science festival

    Kersting, Magdalena, Steier, R. & Venville, G., 2021, In: European Journal of Science Education. 11, 1, p. 17-34 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Forskningsdesign og metode

    Lunde, M. L. S., Sæleset, J., Kjærnsli, M., Kersting, Magdalena, Karlsen, S., Olufsen, M. & Ødegaard, M., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 35-43

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  25. Hva kan vi forske på? Om å utvikle forsbare spørsmål i klasserommet

    Lunde, M. L. S., Karlsen, S. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 159-166

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  26. Hvordan fremme fantasi og kreativitet i naturfag

    Kersting, Magdalena, Ødegaard, M. & Sæleset, J., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 191-205

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  27. Hvordan lykkes med å integrere nettbrett i praktiske forsøk?

    Kersting, Magdalena, Karlsen, S. & Lunde, M. L. S., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 167-180

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  28. Hvordan vurdere undervisningskvalitet i naturfag?

    Lunde, M. L. S., Sæleset, J., Karlsen, S., Kjærnsli, M., Kersting, Magdalena, Olufsen, M. & Ødegaard, M., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 25-34

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  29. Kjennetegn på undervisning som skårer høyt på kunnskap og læringsmiljø

    Ødegaard, M. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 109-118

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  30. Kjennetegn på utforskende undervisning i naturfag

    Karlsen, S., Kersting, Magdalena, Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M., Olufsen, M., Lunde, M. L. S. & Sæleset, J., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 47-67

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  31. Læreres tilrettelegging for faglig fordypning i naturfag

    Karlsen, S., Kersting, Magdalena & Ødegaard, M., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 137-156

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  32. Spaces without and within

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, In: New Philosopher. 33, p. 121-123

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  33. Standing on the shoulders of giants: How historical perspectives on gravity can inform modern physics education

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools. Kersting, M. & Blair, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  34. Teaching Einsteinium Physics in Schools: An Essential Guide for Teachers in Training and Practice

    Kersting, Magdalena (ed.) & Blair, D. G. (ed.), 2021, 1 ed. Routledge.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  35. Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI

    Ødegaard, M. (ed.), Kjærnsli, M. (ed.) & Kersting, Magdalena (ed.), 2021, 1 ed. 24 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  36. The difficult birth of gravitational wave astronomy

    Blair, D. G. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools. Kersting, M. & Blair, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  37. The interplay between nature and ourselves

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, In: New Philosopher. 32, p. 112-114

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  38. The invisibility of time dilation

    Hughes, T. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, In: Physics Education.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Ulike dilemmaer knyttet til utforskende undervisning i naturfag

    Kersting, Magdalena, Karlsen, S., Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M., Olufsen, M., Lunde, M. L. S. & Sæleset, J., 2021, Tettere på naturfag i klasserommet: Resultater fra videostudien LISSI. Ødegaard, M., Kjærnsli, M. & Kersting, M. (eds.). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, p. 69-86

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  40. Using the language of gravity to teach about space, time, and matter in general relativity

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2021, Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools. Kersting, M. & Blair, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  41. ‘I loved exploring a new dimension of reality’ – a case study of middle-school girls encountering Einsteinian physics in the classroom

    Kersting, Magdalena, Schrocker, G. & Papantoniou, S., 2021, In: International Journal of Science Education. 43, 12, p. 2044-2064 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. 2020
  43. Gravity and warped time—clarifying conceptual confusions in general relativity

    Kersting, Magdalena, Toellner, R., Blair, D. G. & Burman, R., 2020, In: Physics Education.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Visualizing Four Dimensions in Special and General Relativity

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2020, Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences. Sriraman, B. (ed.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 2003-2038 36 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  45. 2019
  46. Einsteinian Physics in the Classroom: Integrating Physical and Digital Learning Resources in the Context of an International Research Collaboration

    Choudhary, R., Kraus, U., Kersting, Magdalena, Blair, D., Zahn, C., Zadnik, M. & Meagher, R., 2019, In: The Physics Educator. 1, 4, 1950016.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Free fall in curved spacetime—how to visualise gravity in general relativity

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2019, In: Physics Education. 54, 9 p., 035008.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Imagining with improvised representations in CSCL environments

    Steier, R., Kersting, Magdalena & Silseth, K., 2019, In: International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. 14, 1, p. 109-136

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Metaimagining and Embodied Conceptions of Spacetime

    Steier, R. & Kersting, Magdalena, 2019, In: Cognition and Instruction. 37, 2, p. 145-168

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Navigating four dimensions – upper secondary students’ understanding of movement in spacetime

    Kersting, Magdalena, 2019, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1287, 8 p., 012007.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  51. 2018
  52. General relativity in upper secondary school: Design and evaluation of an online learning environment using the model of educational reconstruction

    Kersting, Magdalena, Henriksen, E. K., Bøe, M. V. & Angell, C., 2018, In: Physical Review Physics Education Research. 14, 18 p., 010130.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Understanding Curved Spacetime: The Role of the Rubber Sheet Analogy in Learning General Relativity

    Kersting, Magdalena & Steier, R., 2018, In: Science & Education. 27, p. 593–623

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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