Ellen Karoline Henriksen

Academic Interests

• Physics Education
• Science education
• Science teacher education
• Science teacher competence development
• Quantum physics and general relativity in school science
• First-year students' challenges in higher education in science
• Young poeple's educational choices

Higher education and employment history

• Professor of Physics education at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo, since 2014 (previously senior lecturer, then associate professor, in the same department since 1999).
• Since 2017, 20 % position as professor at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Oslo Metropolitan University
• PhD from the University of Oslo, Norway, in 1999 in Science Education (title of thesis: “Museums and scientific literacy. The case of an exhibition on radiation and the environment”).
• Cand. scient degree (corresponding to M. Sc) from the University of Oslo, 1993, in biophysics  (title of thesis: “Induction and repair of DNA damage in UV-irradiated lymphocytes")
• Studies in physics, geology and history of science, University of Glasgow, 1987-1988

Research projects

IMPEL - Interactive engagement and motivation in physics learning

ReleQuant - General relativity and quantum physics in upper secondary school

European research project IRIS (Interests & Recruitment In Science)

Norwegian research project "Lily" (Vilje-con-valg)

Teaching

2018 - FYS 5810 - Physics education in practice 
2018 - FYS3810 - Physics education research and practice

2014 - 2018 With colleagues: Developed and implemented an in-service continued education package in science for secondary School teachers (30 credit points) 

2009-2013 With colleagues: Developed and implemented an in-service continued education package in physics for upper secondary teachers (60 credit points)  

2003 –  With colleagues: Developed and implemented/taught two physics/science courses in the science teacher education programme at the University of Oslo: “Science in practice” (10 credit points) and “Experiments in physics teaching” (10 credit points)

2005-2008 With colleagues: Developed and implemented two web-based in-service courses for lower secondary science teachers (“Astronomy” and “Electricity”)

1994 -              Contributed in various in-service courses for teachers (primary through upper secondary school) at the University of Oslo and elsewhere 

1991 -              Popular science lectures and outreach aimed at visiting pupils/students at the University of Oslo. Guest lectures at upper secondary schools.

Administrative experience, membership in academic and professional committees, etc

• 2013 - Member of the Board (since 2017 secretary), European Science Education Research Association (ESERA)
• 2013 - Leader of the Physics Education research section, Department of Physics, Univ. of Oslo
• 2013 -2017 Member of the appointments board of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• 2009 - 2013 Member of the governing board, Department of Physics (UiO)
• 2009 - 2012 Leader of the EU-funded IRIS research consortium with 6 academic member institutions in 5 European countries
• 2012 - Member of the international scientific committee for the Swedish National Graduate School in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Research
• 2011 Member of the organizing committee of the conference “Visions for Teaching and Teacher Education”, Oslo, May 2011
• 2007 - 2012 Member of the advisory board for the National Research School in Science Education