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Current course offerings

Each year, a variety of courses are offered. Some are open to external as well as internal candidates.

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Published Dec. 29, 2022 9:38 AM - Last modified Sep. 23, 2026 1:52 PM

Upcoming courses:

  • B1A. (2PRLU20-1). Course in teaching and teacher education. Theoretical perspectives (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Associate Professor Ana Lucia Lennert Da Silva. The course will be offered from November 2026 through January 2026 with seminars in Hamar, in addition to a seminar together with B1B in Lillehammer. PhD candidates at UTVIT must choose between B1A or B1B as the obligatory course in the B course component. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • B1B (2PRLU20-26). Pedagogy with diversity as a lens (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Associate Professor Synnøve Myklestad. The course will be offered from November 2026 through January 2027 with seminars in Lillehammer, in addition to a seminar together with B1A in Hamar. PhD candidates at UTVIT must choose between B1A or B1B as the obligatory course in the B course component. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • B.6 (2PRLU20-30) Writing for publication (2 ECTS). The course is taught in English. It will be offered digitally during the spring semester 2027. The course is targeted to PhD candidates who are interested in developing their academic writing for publication. Responsible for the course: Professor Rune Hausstatter, INN. More information about the course here.

Ongoing or completed courses:

2026-27

  • C1 (2PRLU30-1). Research methods in professionally oriented teacher education subjects (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Marte Monsen (qualitative part) and associate professor Bård Uri Jensen (quantitative part). The course will be taught from September to November with in-person sessions in Hamar. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. External PhD candidates or other who qualify may attend if there are available places. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you are interested.

2025-26

  • C13. Researching digital literacy practices (2PRLU30-13). Researching digital literacy practices is a methods course (2/4 ECTS) where we discuss methods, research design, and ethics in research on digital literacy and language practices including AI use from a social practices perspective.Dates: 20, 22, 23, 27 and 29 April. Registration deadline: 10 April. Responsible for the course: Professor Kristin Vold Lexander. Read more here.
  • B.32 Music Education and Social Theory (2PRLU20-34). Music Education and Social Theory is a fully digital PhD course (4 ECT) where we invite participants to critically explore and examine the role of music and education in addressing pressing social challenges. All digital course content available from 7 April. Interactive weekly online seminars: 6 May-3 June, 2026, Wednesdays at 10:00-14:00. Responsible for the course: Professor Live Ellefsen. Read more about the course here.
  • A.1 (2PRLU10). Theoretical scientific perspectives (8 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Live Weider Ellefsen. The course will be offered spring 2025 with seminars in Hamar during week 6, week 10, and week 15. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • C1 (2PRLU30-1). Research methods in professionally oriented teacher education subjects (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Marte Monsen (qualitative part) and associate professor Bård Uri Jensen (quantitative part). The course will be taught from September to November with in-person sessions in Hamar. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. External PhD candidates or other who qualify may attend if there are available places. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you are interested.
  • B.24 (2PRLU20-24) Digitalization and practices of inclusion (2 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Kristin Vold Lexander, with Associate Professor Jessica Hansen, Østfold University College. The course is taught in English and has a physical meeting in Hamar on 15 - 17 September 2025. On the first day of the course, there will be an open seminar with guest lectures by experts in the field. More information about the course here.
  • B28. Multicultural pedagogy in kindergarten, school, and teacher
    education (4 ECTS). The course will be organised as six half-day online seminars from November 2025 to February 2026, with lectures, discussions and presentations by the participants. The language of instruction is English.  Professor Jonas Yassin Iversen is responsible for the course. This is an elective course for PhD candidates at UTVIT. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Read more about the course here.
  • B1A. (2PRLU20-1). Course in teaching and teacher education. Theoretical perspectives (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Associate Professor Ana Lucia Lennert Da Silva. The course will be offered from November 2025 through February 2026 with seminars in Hamar, in addition to a seminar together with B1B in Lillehammer. PhD candidates at UTVIT must choose between B1A or B1B as the obligatory course in the B course component. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • B1B (2PRLU20-26). Pedagogy with diversity as a lens (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Hanne Riese. The course will be offered from November 2025 through February 2026 with seminars in Lillehammer, in addition to a seminar together with B1A in Hamar. PhD candidates at UTVIT must choose between B1A or B1B as the obligatory course in the B course component. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.

2024-25

  • A.1 (2PRLU10). Theoretical scientific perspectives (8 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Live Weider Ellefsen. The course will be offered spring 2025 with seminars in Hamar during week 2, week 6, and week 10. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • B1. (2PRLU20-1). Course in teaching and teacher education. Theoretical perspectives (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Professor Jonas Yassin Iversen. The course will be offered spring 2025 with seminars during week 13 and 17. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. External Phd candidates, or others who fulfill the admission requirements, may attend the course if space allows. Please contact Tove Knudsen if you would like more information.
  • B.6 (2PRLU20-30) Writing for publication (2 ECTS). The course is taught in English, and consists of a week of physical workshops in Hamar from 21 - 25 October 2024. The course is targeted to PhD candidates who are interested in developing their academic writing for publication. Responsible for the course: Professor Rune Hausstatter, INN. More information about the course here.
  • B.31 (2PRLU20-32) Inclusive and equitable education in light of newer theories from indigenous research (4 ECTS). The course is taught in English as a three-day digital seminar from 8 - 10 April 2025, and a digital seminar with presentations later in the spring. Responsible for the course from HINN: Professor Anne Lindblom; from Sámi Allaskuvla: Associate Professor Ylva Jannok Nutti. More information about the course here.
  • B.32 Music education and social theory (4 ECTS).  All digital course content available from 10 March. Interactive weekly online seminars: 29 April -27 May, 2025. Responsible for the course: Professor Live Weider Ellefsen, INN. More information here.
  • C1 (2PRLU30-1). Research methods in professionally oriented teacher education subjects (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad (qualitative part) and associate professor Espen Stranger-Johannessen (quantitative part). The course will be taught in English in autumn 2024 with in-person sessions in Hamar. This is an obligatory course for PhD candidates at PROFF. 

2023-24

 

  • BUK4015 Introduction to Critical Realism (3/1 ECTS): In this interdisciplinary PhD course, we present and discuss the philosophy and meta-theory of critical realism. The course is developed in collaboration with the International Association of Critical Realism (IACR), in connection with the IACR international conference in Lillehammer 2018. Responsible for the course:  Associate professors Lene Nyhus, Leigh Price and Eirin Annamo, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Department of Pedagogy, Lillehammer. Location: Lillehammer. Type of seminars: Both digital and in-person. Dates and times: May 15th and 16th, 2024. More information here.
  • B1B (2PRLU20-26). Pedagogy with diversity as a lens (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Hanne Riese. The subject runs as three two-day gatherings from June to December 2023 with gatherings in Lillehammer.
  • B.24 (2PRLU20-24) Digitalization and practices of inclusion (2 ECTS). Responsible for the course: fSubject responsible associate professor Kristin Vold Lexander. Lecturers: Associate Professor Jessica Hansen, Østfold University College and Professor Jim Cummins, University of Toronto. The course is taught in English and has a physical meeting in Hamar on 27–28. September 2023. More informatioon about the course here.
  • B28. (2PRLU20-27). Multicultural pedagogy in kindergarten, school, and teacher education (2/4 ECTS). Responsible for the course: associate professor and postdoctoral fellow Jonas Y. Iversen in collaboration with, among others, professor Hannah Ragnarsdóttir, University of Iceland/HINN. The course is in English and consists of digital collections via Zoom. An additional goal is to contribute to professional fellowship between PhD scholars from PROFF, the University of Iceland and other Norwegian and international educational institutions working on the topic of multicultural pedagogy. More information about the course here
  • B29 (2PRLU20-28). Theoretical Perspectives on Professionalism and Teacher Education in Early Childhood. (4 ECTS, elective). Responsible for the course: Professor Camilla Eline Andersen in collaboration with Professor Jayne Osgood, Middlesex University, London /HINN. Dates to be announced. The course is in Norwegian and English and combines meetings in Hamar with Zoom. Use the registration form here. More information here.
  • C1 (2PRLU30-1). Research methods in professionally oriented teacher education subjects (6 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad (qualitative part) and associate professor Espen Stranger-Johannessen (quantitative part). The course will be taught in English in autumn 2023 with four two-day sessions in Hamar.
  • C2 (2PRLU30-2). Qualitative methods with an emphasis on interviews and action research (4 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad. The course started in June and runs with a mix of online and physical collections at Hamar autumn 2023.
  • C6 (2PRLU30-7 / 2PRLU30-11) Research methods in studies of literacy and literacy teaching  (2/4 ECTS). Responsible for the course: Professor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad in collaboration with Professor Christina Olin-Scheller, Karlstad University/HINN.