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Maria Åström is a Senior Lecturer specializing in Science Technology Education at the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on large-scale assessment instruments, particularly the content of science items that support learning in compulsory schools. She completed her thesis titled "Defining Integrated Science Education Putting Test" in 2008 and has actively participated in various educational research projects, notably from 2013 to 2015 assessing the reliability of master's theses in teacher education. Åström is currently involved in a funded research project from 2024 to 2026 aimed at improving laboratory practices in physics for secondary school teachers. Her teaching responsibility includes overseeing science education courses for primary and secondary teacher education programs. Additionally, she supervises student thesis examinations. Noteworthy contributions to educational discourse include participation in the 21st Century Educational Research Congress and the European Conference on Educational Research, where she discussed developing subject-specific didactic models and assessment practices across different Nordic countries. Åström also presents at conferences focusing on multimodality in science education and the progression of subject-didactics in teacher education.
Administered by the Department of Political Science; focus on International Administration and Global Governance (IAGG).