The aim of this focus area is to strengthen subject-specific didactic research within the Danish subject in primary and lower secondary education. We do this by conducting research for schools—to professionalize Danish language teaching and enhance Danish teachers' professional judgment—and with students, teachers, school leaders, and other stakeholders in and around the school. Our research focuses on Danish didactic topics rooted in practice.
Current Topics
- Exams in Danish – Danish in Exams
- Curricula and Renewal of the Danish Subject
- Journal for Research in the Didactics of the Danish Subject
Focus Area Leaders
- Senior Lecturer Dorthe Carlsen, Research, UC SYD
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Associate Professor Jens Jørgen Hansen, Design, Media, and Educational Sciences, SDU
Participants
- Associate Professor Helle Rørbech, DPU
- Associate Professor Marianne Oksbjerg, University College of Northern Denmark (UCN)
- Senior Lecturer Martin Blok Johansen, VIA University College
- Professor and Center Leader Nikolaj Elf, Center for Basic Education Research, SDU
- Associate Professor Sofia Esmann Busch, University College Absalon
- Research Director Thomas Illum Hansen, UCL Business Academy and University College
- Senior Lecturer Tom Steffensen, Copenhagen University College
Publications
- Carlsen, D., Reusch, C., Lorentzen, R. F., & Oksbjerg, M. (2024). Hvad karakteriserer elevers læsepraksisser i danskundervisningen med digitale fagportaler? Acta Didactica Norden. 18(3), 3. . https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.10782
- Elf, N. (2024). Fra 'sprog og litteratur'-dyaden til andre helhedsforståelser. In A. Siggrell, A. Ohlsson, P. Strand, & M. Sundby (Eds.), Femtonde nationella konferensen i svenska med didaktisk inriktning: Språk och litteratur – en omöjlig eller skön förening? (Vol. Studia Rhetorica Lundensia; Bind 8, (Nationella nätverket för svenska med didaktisk inriktning (SMDI); Bind 15), pp. 27-52). Nationella nätverket för svenska med didaktisk inriktning. https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/189007418/SMDI_15_-_webb.pdf
- Hansen, J. J. (2025). Design principles as mirrors and vehicles in a dynamic and changing practice: a framework for developing writing instruction. I I.-M. Fahlgren Christensen, L. Markauskeite, N. Bonderup Dohn, D. Ripley, & R. Hachmann (red.), Creating design knowledge in educational innovation: theory, methods, and practice (s. 149-161). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003391432-16
- Hansen, J. J. (2024). Fagspecifik literacy i danskfaget: udvikling og afprøvning af en fagspecifik literacy-model. Acta Didactica Norden, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.10799
- Laursen, H. P., Kabel, K., & Rørbech, H. (2024). Tekster og tekstuelle praksisser i bevægelse: Digital teknologi, mobilitet og materialitet. Acta Didactica Norden, 18(3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.11430
- Steffensen, T., & Hansen, T. I. (2024). Hvad fanger elevers interesse i undersøgende litteraturundervisning? Et casestudie af otte overbygningselevers interesseudvikling i løbet af en halvårlig intervention. Acta Didactica Norden, 18(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.10890
- Debatindlæg: Fem skoleforskere: Regeringen ønsker forsøg med mere praktiske prøveformer - men hele området er underbelyst. Skolemonitor, 6. februar 2024.