PhD student, Harita Raval has been elected as a new PhD representative in the CIVIS Student Council, thanks to her keen interest in international cooperation. Her term is for one year – something she is greatly looking forward to.
Francesco Vallerossa defended his dissertation entitled "Learning Aspect in Italian as a Third Language: Transfer Patterns among Multilingual Learners in the Swedish Context" in February 2023. Now he has been awarded the DILLE Prize for his achievement.
For a few days in March, Professor Nathalie Sinclair visited colleagues in the mathematics education section. She was here to talk about her ground-breaking research in mathematics education, and to continue developing already established collaborations with the department.
For a few days in March, Professor Kari-Mette Walmann Hidle visited the Department of Teaching and Learning. She has previously established collaboration with Maria Olson through research conferences and networks within the Nordic educational environment.
The PhD Student Council Board of 2023 at the Department of Teaching and Learning has been granted almost SEK 10,000 to create a conducive environment for scholarly writing. The purpose of the activity was to promote collaboration between the departments PhD students and support them in their continued work. A total of 11 PhD students from different disciplines participated in the writing session, and all were equally motivated to advance their research by sharpening their writing skills. Despite the challenges of coordinating each other in different groupings and some other practicalities, the activity was very successful. The "retreat" turned out to contribute to highly productive writing, thanks to the structured format and supportive environment. And the participants expressed a great interest in organizing similar activities in futures semesters.
Abraham Kumsa Beyene was born and raised in the Oromia regional state, in Ethiopia, where he has been working as a mathematics teacher at upper secondary school, teacher education college and university. In his thesis he investigates, and compares, obstacles to students´ learning of the limit concept in Sweden and Ethiopia.
The PhD Student Council at the Department of Teaching and Learning has secured funding for this semester's social activities. In their ongoing mission to cultivate a more cohesive and vibrant community, they have been continuously hosting various social gatherings and activities throughout the year.
In mid-July, Paola Valero delivered a keynote lecture at the annual research conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME). The theme this year was "Mathematics education for global sustainability".
Nothing went as planned when Francesco Beccuti arrived in Stockholm during the outbreak of Covid-19. Despite this, an international collaboration developed beyond expectations!
In mid-September, the IMMPACT project sent out a survey to all first-year students in mathematics and physics in Sweden. The researchers want to find out who is applying, why they applied, and whether they feel welcome in the programme.
Ilona Södervik work as a university lecturer at the Centre of University Pedagogics at the University of Helsinki. She is visiting Cecilia Lundholm and the Department of Teaching and Learning for a few weeks this summer. The purpose is manly to join a seminar and talk about her research.
During spring semester, the PhD Council at the Department of Teaching and Learning received 10 000 SEK for exciting end-of-semester activities. On May 4th a dinner was held at Hermans in Stockholm, which was very appreciated by all the PhD students.
