Anna-Lena Godhe - new professor at HLK

On March 1, Anna-Lena Godhe was appoonted Professor of Pedagogy at the School of Education and Communication (HLK) at Jönköping University (JU). Anna-Lena will carry out research and teaching at HLK.

Anna-Lena was originally a high school teacher in the subjects of English and Swedish as a second language. Shehas worked at several high schools in Malmö. She completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Gothenburg (GU) where she defended her PhD in Applied IT in 2014. Anna-Lena then became employed at Malmö University (MAU) in the Department of Communication, Language and Media.

From 2016–2018, she received a fixed-term position at the Department of Pedagogy, Communication and Learning at GU as an assistant lecturer. At the end of 2020, Anna-Lena started an externally-funded research project on digital competence in practice, from preschool up to adult education. The project was a collaboration between the city of Malmö and MAU and meant that Anna-Lena was employed by the municipality for two years to do research.

Awarding with cooperation

In her appointment at HLK, Anna-Lena will be doing both research and teaching. Her research has mainly been about the digitization of teaching.

“Right now, I am running a research project on digital competence in practice where I have interviewed and done observations both in preschool, primary school and upper secondary school. Some aspects that have been brought to my attention I would like to proceed with. Right now, I am writing applications based on what I find most interesting and hope to get funds for more research projects,” she says.

Anna-Lena finds it rewarding to collaborate with practising teachers, including preschool teachers. She hopes to gradually build up a network of contacts in Jönköping and the surrounding area. She already has some contacts that will be included in an application for funds to the Institute for Educational Research.

Anna-Lena will primarily teach within the educational science core that is common to all teacher training courses. It concerns, for example, the history and organization of schools, schools core values, curriculum theories, assessment, scientific theory and research methodology. Previously, she has mainly taught assessment.

Professor’s Introduction

Her first weeks at JU and HLK have felt good for Anna-Lena.

“I have been treated very nicely, but it is still a big adjustment to start at a completely new university! I try every day that I'm here to attach some names to some faces and try to remember them, but it's not easy,” she says.

On May 9, a professor’s introduction will be held at HLK for Anna Lena Godhe. She will talk about her research and then there will be a mingle with a question and answer session.

Register for the professor’s introduction here. External link, opens in new window.