Basic Education should prepare children for participation in democracy, and its practices should be characterized by intellectual freedom, equality, and democracy. However, schools also co-produce differences and inequalities—both in terms of children’s future opportunities and the communities they can access at school. How can we understand this inequality, and how can teachers, educators, and leaders address the fact that children have unequal participation opportunities in school life? How can they help ensure that the didactic and pedagogical sorting of students is as fair as possible?
The purpose of the Diversity, Access, and Equity in School Life focus area is to create a foundation for explorative, practice-oriented, and practice-involving research and development projects. These projects will examine whether and how primary schools can promote equal opportunities for a good childhood, quality education, and democratic participation for all children—regardless of their background.
We investigate diversity in school life through intersections between school management, didactics, general pedagogy, leisure pedagogy, and social pedagogy.
Focus Area Leaders
- Associate Professor Rikke Brown, University College Absalon
- Associate Professor Søren Sindberg Jensen, SDU
Participants
- Annette Kronborg, Associate Professor, Department of Law, SDU
- Christina Poulsen, External Professor, AU
- Helle Møller Winum, PhD Fellow, SDU, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education Programme, UC SYD
- Jakob Ditlev Bøje, Associate Professor, SDU
- Leo Komischke-Konnerup, Director of Education, Karisefonden
- Rune Lomholt, PhD student, SDU
- Livia Lund , Research Assistant, SDU
- Karoline Lund Nielsen, Research Assistant, SDU
Publications
- Brown, R., & Bøje, J. D. (2024). Invisible parenting? Middle-class choice within schools in Denmark. Education Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2024.2302659
- Brown, R., & Celik, N. (2023). Fritidspædagogiske potentialer i modtagelsen af flygtningebørn. Liv I Skolen, 25(4), 94-103.
- Jensen, S. S., Thomsen, M. R. K., & Nielsen, K. L. (2023). 'Danskhed' og 'Ukrainskhed' i skolen. Liv i Skolen, 25(4), 72-81.
- Jensen, S. S. (2023). Hvad er formålet med modtageindsatsen rettet mod de ukrainske børn og unge? Liv i Skolen, 25(4), 32-41.
- Thomsen, M. R. K., & Jacobsen, G. H. (2023). Idræt og boldspil i modtageklassen. Liv i Skolen, 25(4), 82-93.