Lennart Rolandsson

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Education

Telephone:
+46 18 471 24 12
E-mail:
lennart.rolandsson@edu.uu.se
Visiting address:
Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala

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ORCID:
0000-0001-6012-6834

Short presentation

My interest lies in how, why, and what teachers teach in problem-solving, computational thinking, technology, and programming, given that the curriculum is gaining new content due to societal changes such as AI in schools and programming. With simple instructions, students can find solutions effortlessly, which impacts the content of the teaching. Much of my work is based on practice-based research as I aim to highlight teachers' values, perspectives, and didactic questions.

Keywords

  • didaktik
  • programmering
  • professionsutveckling
  • didaktiska modeller

Biography

In my doctoral dissertation (Rolandsson, 2015), I investigate programming teachers' intentions and what they believe they enact in their teaching.

Rolandsson, L. (2015). Programmed or Not: A study about programming teachers’ beliefs and intentions in relation to curriculum

Research

Since the 1970s, significant funds have been invested in computers and information technology so that the Swedish school system can meet society's need for technical competence. Recently (autumn 2018), programming was introduced as a mandatory element in compulsory school. A key issue is teachers' subject-specific and subject-didactic knowledge.

The school subject of programming is an interesting object of study when considering gender, curriculum theoretical discussions, and teachers' professional development. Statistics from the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) point to a subject that has not attracted girls to the extent that would be natural. This has been the case for a long time.

Today, I am working on a Nordplus project, 'Co-designing Computational Thinking and Mathematics Curriculum Framework for Nordic-Baltic Preservice Teacher Education', where we compare how teachers in Nordic schools and teacher educators at Nordic universities teach computational thinking. Previously (until 2022), I worked on 'Didactic models for teachers' professional development in programming and sustainable development' (RG) and 'Införande av programmering i skolans matematik - när algebraiskt tänkande interagerar med datalogiskt tänkande' (RG).

Latest: Integrating programming in Swedish school mathematics: description of a research project

In other countries, Computational Thinking (CT) is used to describe and discuss my subjects. In Sweden, a different path has been chosen, as CT is integrated into mathematics and technology. Therefore, there is a need to better understand how teachers integrate CT and problem-solving into mathematics and technology. In an article from 2015, I explore, together with Swedsoft, how one can understand CT (Hur skall det svenska utbildningssystemet möta framtidens utmaningar? Helhetssyn på svensk utbildning om digitalisering och programmering). Follow me on Research Gate.

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Here is a film that illustrates a situation where students (do not) solve problems when they are programming."

Lennart Rolandsson

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