Charlotte Aksland

Charlotte Aksland is a Senior Lecturer at the Primary School Teacher Training Institute (GFU) at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), specializing in science didactics. She teaches and supervises students at bachelor's and master's levels, focusing on biology didactics, nature-based learning, elementary science education, and science concept development.

• Master's degree in Science Education from the University of Oslo (UiO)
• Extensive teaching experience in upper secondary schools (science, biology, chemistry)

Her research emphasizes student-active learning approaches, particularly through projects like Flipped classroom in science (FiNa), which explores digital flipped teaching methods, and the Research-based teacher education in science (TRELIS) project. She also leads the Critical thinking in primary school (CTS) initiative, a multidisciplinary effort by OsloMet and the Norwegian Agency for Education to integrate critical thinking into primary curricula using children's literature and news.

Key trends in her publications include:

• Advancing critical thinking via socio-scientific issues and sustainability topics
• Enhancing science education through flipped learning and nature-based environments
• Investigating pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for outdoor education
• Improving research assignments and thesis supervision in teacher training

Her work bridges research and classroom practice, focusing on scalable pedagogical strategies for science and sustainability education. She collaborates with institutions like the University of Oslo and VIA University College Aarhus on projects related to teacher development and educational reform.