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Hennie Kesak is a part-time Lecturer in Pedagogy at Linnaeus University's Department of Education (Faculty of Social Sciences) since autumn 2019. Previously, they held a managerial role in a municipality's education administration (20% position) overseeing multilingualism initiatives, including mapping newly arrived students and organizing mother tongue education. Their research focuses on intercultural pedagogy, educational leadership, and systemic challenges faced by newly arrived students in Swedish schools. Key interests include organizational dynamics, teacher collaboration, and identity formation among immigrant students.
Education includes a teaching qualification from the Netherlands (1982), followed by master's degrees in Intercultural Pedagogy (focused on leadership) and Pedagogy (educational leadership). Teaching responsibilities span leadership courses, special education programs, and preschool teacher training. Current projects include the 'School success for newly arrived students' initiative addressing inclusion and the 'Teacher Academy for a Future in Flux' exploring teaching profession sustainability.
Research emphasizes how school discourses, leadership, and collaboration impact immigrant students' integration. Notable publications analyze multilingualism's role in identity construction and systemic obstacles in upper secondary schools. Affiliated with the Research in Inclusion, Democracy and Equity (RIDE) group, focusing on special and social pedagogy.