Professor Dr. Maria Arvidsson

Biography

Maria Arvidsson is an Associate Professor at Linköping University, specializing in education change research. Her work focuses on children's rights in education, examining the obligations of schools to provide a historical and contemporary perspective on compulsory education. The concepts of compulsory schooling, school attendance, and school absence are central to her research. She investigates the rights to education for students who are unable to physically attend school, utilizing an AV1 robot to support their reintegration into the classroom. Her key research question revolves around how teachers can design instruction that allows students participating digitally via the AV1 robot to engage meaningfully in classroom settings. Maria has been actively teaching educational science courses within the Primary Teacher Program since the early 2010s, concentrating on issues related to democracy, human rights, and sustainable development. Additionally, she supervises degree projects for various educational programs, including the Preschool Teacher Program, Primary Teacher Program, Special Education Program, and Master’s Program in Educational Work, with a particular emphasis on early childhood learning.

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