Join the Dodd this Thursday in welcoming visiting art education scholars from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden to discuss research and art. 

Art-based methods, research and education

Tarja Karlsson Häikiö holds PhD in Art History and Visual Studies. Her dissertation was based on the thesis Children's Aesthetic Learning Processes; Atelier artist in preschool and school. Her research continues focusing on early childhood. She is Professor in Visual and material culture at the Pedagogical unit: Visual Arts and Sloyd Education at HDK-Valand, Academy of Art and Design at the Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg, where she works as a researcher and art teacher educator.

Why ethical questions matter - example from my ongoing PhD research

Katarina Jansson Hydén has gained two master’s degrees, one in visual arts didactics and another in art history at HDK-Valand. Since 2016, she has held a permanent position as a university junior lecturer in visual didactics at the artistic faculty of HDK-Valand, Arts and Crafts, and the Design University of Gothenburg. She is also a PhD candidate. Her work has involved experiences of working with the teacher education in visual art as well as teaching art history, visual art analysis and visual art didactics in subject program courses.