Curiosity as a motivator Johanna Elam is not taken aback by different opinions. On the contrary, she feels right at home with different points of view. With great curiosity…
Learning to teach the natural sciences How can future teachers learn to teach the natural sciences, with a science centre as a tool? That is one of the questions that doctoral…
Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2013 This year’s Conferment of Doctoral Degrees was held 25 October. Twenty-one of the new Doctors were from Faculty of Science, and their doctorates were conferred…
New Courses to Promote Exchange In 2008, the Faculty of Science intensified its work to promote national and international exchange activities at the third-cycle level. This work will continue, but…
A Tool for Analysing Children’s Mathematical Competencies Math curricula are increasingly focusing on mathematical competencies, whereas instructions on how to develop these competencies are largely missing. In her recently presented doctoral thesis,…
Recreating historical craftsmanship Doctoral student Joakim Seiler wants to develop the professional role of the gardener. One way of doing this is by looking back hundreds of years.
Sharing knowledge about plants Most people with an interest in gardening know that perennials can be propagated by dividing them up. But someone who knows much more about the…
A blog as a tool Traditional tools meet the latest technology in the work of craftsmanship doctoral students Roald Renmælmo and Tomas Karlsson. Their research area is pre-industrial carpentry, with…
The chairman who makes enough time Research student, chairman of the Scientific Doctoral Student Council, motorcycling enthusiast, pianist and drummer in a piping band. Sebastian Ibstedt’s solution for making enough time:…
