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Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionProfessor
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Avdelningen allmän didaktik och pedagogiskt arbeteOm Catarina Player- Koro
My main research interest includes critical sociological studies of educational technology and educational policy studies, with a special interest in teachers work and teacher education. I am currently active in research in the policy fields in studies on policy network formations, connecting public and commercial interests and actors within IT education policy an in investigating the policy effects of the implementation of career pathways for teachers, in Swedish schools.
Current research projects:
- Lärarkunskaper och läraridentiteter i den nya grundlärarutbildningen
- Förskollärares uppdrag att leda arbetslagets gemensamma arbete - i policy och praktik (VR projekt)
- Investigation of the influence of private actors on national policymaking in Sweden.
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Platformized Teacher Work – Obstacles and Diffractions in Assessment Work
Practices
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro
Framing Futures in Postdigital Education: Critical Concepts for Data-driven Practices, Eds. Anders Buch, Ylva Lindberg & Teresa Cerratto Pargman - 2024 -
Lärares professionella villkor: En studie av karriärstegsreformen och
lärarlönelyftet
Catarina Player-Koro
2024 -
Tracing Global Platformisation Locally: Differences and Inequalities in Teachers’ Digital Work in Publicly and Privately Owned
Schools
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, Thomas Hillman, Mona Lundin
Paper for The Nordic Education Research Association Conference "Digitalization and Technologies in Education Opportunities and Challenges" 15-17 March 2023, Oslo Norway - 2023 -
Critically Examining Education Digitalisation – Nordic Empirical, Conceptual and Methodological
Contributions
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, Mona Lundin, Thomas Hillman
Symposium for the Nordic Education Research Association Conference, "Digitalization and Technologies in Education Opportunities and Challenges", 15-17 March 2023, Oslo Norway - 2023 -
Teacher’s adaptation to cycles of digital platform procurement: tensions between local professional work and global imaginaries of efficiency and
governance
Catarina Player-Koro, Svea Kiesewetter, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Thomas Hillman, Kalliopi Moraiti
Paper for the Nordic Educational Research Association NERA, 1-3 June 2022, Reykjavik, Iceland - 2022 -
Pandemic Acceleration: Covid-19 and the emergency digitalization of European
education
Lucas Cone, Katja Brøgger, Mieke Berghmans, Mathias Decuypere, Annina Förschler, Emiliano Grimaldi, Sigrid Hartong, Malin Ideland, Thomas Hillman, Paolo Landri, Karmijn van de Oudeweetering, Catarina Player-Koro, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Linda Rönnberg, Danilo Taglietti, Lanze Vanermen
European Educational Research Journal - 2022 -
Production of knowledge of teachers’ professional work in the digital platforms infrastructures of schools – the problem of locating and defining the ethnographic
field
Catarina Player-Koro, Kalliopi Moraiti, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, 12-14 September 2022, Oxford, England - 2022 -
De-politicised effects with networked governance? An event ethnography study on education trade
fairs
Catarina Player-Koro, Anna Jobér, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
Ethnography and Education - 2022 -
Teachers’ (future) digital work within platform
infrastructures
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Thomas Hillman, Svea Kiesewetter, Mona Lundin, Kalliopi Moraiti, Tanya Osborne, Catarina Player-Koro, Lina Rahm, Neil Selwyn
Paper for "The Future of Work" - examining discourses and social practices. International and interdisciplinary conference, Sorbonne University, Paris, France November 25-26, 2021. - 2021 -
“I log in to several systems then I flip between them”: Teachers’ work in digital platform
infrastructures.
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Kalliopi Moraiti, Mona Lundin, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper for Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Odense, Denmark, 3-5 Nov 2021. - 2021 -
Pressed for Time? How Platform Infrastructures and Professional Demands condition Teachers’ Digital
Work
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, Thomas Hillman, Mona Lundin
European Conference on Educational Research - 2021 -
Helig statistik en del av
systemfelet
M Ideland, M Hultén, Petra Angervall, T Axelsson, Dennis Beach, M Dahlstedt, Marianne Dovemark, M Erlandsson, Martin Harling, Anna Jobér, J Lundberg, Catarina Player-Koro, Eva Reimers, H Sjögren, Ola Strandler, S Urban
Svenska Dagbladet - 2020 -
En hemlig skola röjer det
orimliga
M Ideland, M Hultén, Petra Angervall, Dennis Beach, M Dahlstedt, Marianne Dovemark, M Erlandsson, Martin Harling, Anna Jobér, J Lundberg, Catarina Player-Koro, Eva Reimers, H Sjögren, Ola Strandler, S Urban
Svenska Dagbladet - 2020 -
“Back to the future”: Socio-technical imaginaries in 50 years of school digitalization curriculum
reforms
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro
Seminar.net : Media, technology and lifelong learning - 2020 -
Med digital arbetskraft i
klassrummet
Neil Selwyn, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Thomas Hillman, Mona Lundin, Catarina Player-Koro
Bloggpost Medium - 2020 -
School data markets under formation: How platform infrastructure policies regulate public education and teachers’
work
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper for Network 21. Politics of Education and Education Policy Studies at the NERA 2020 congress in Turku, Finland on 4-6 March 2020 - 2020 -
Education recoded: policy mobilities in the international ‘learning to code’
agenda
Ben Williamson, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, Neil Selwyn
Journal of education policy - 2019 -
Transformation, Distribution and Translation of Teacher Education Policy in Examination Practices for Prospective Primary and Secondary
teachers
Ola Strandler, Catarina Player-Koro
European Conference on Educational research (ECER) 2019. “Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future?”. 2–6 September, Hamburg - 2019 -
Att stärka den akademiska kompetensen i grundlärarprogrammet och mastersprogrammet i didaktik. Utvecklingsprojekt vid Institutionen för Didaktik och Pedagogisk Profession vid Göteborgs
universitet.
Lisa Asp-Onsjö, Catarina Player-Koro, Malin Brännström, Ola Strandler
institutionsrapport - 2019 -
Policy networks in education: The role of education trade fairs in the governance of
education
Anna Jobér, Catarina Player-Koro, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
Paper for the Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, 9-11 September 2019, Oxford, England - 2019 -
The marketization of educational research in Sweden – does it really matters who the research funder
is?
Marianne Dovemark, Catarina Player-Koro
Konferenspaper - 2019 -
Om examensarbetet på
grundlärarprogrammet
Lisa Asp-Onsjö, Malin Brännström, Catarina Player-Koro, Ola Strandler
Vetenskaplighet i högre utbildning. Franck, Olof (red.) - 2019 -
Network ethnography as an approach for the study of new governance structures in
education.
Catarina Player-Koro
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education - 2019 -
Digitization of Schools and Education. The case of
Sweden
Catarina Player-Koro
Understanding Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in the Digital Age A Question of Democracy. Carlsson, Ulla (red.) - 2019 -
Skolans digitalisering - läroplan och
styrning
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro
Digital kompetens för lärare. Anna-Lena Godhe, Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi (red.) - 2019 -
Lärarutbildningen och den digitala
kompetensen
Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi, Catarina Player-Koro, Eva Wennås Brante, von Otter Ann-Marie, Anna-Lena Pihl, Olof Franck
Vetenskaplighet i högre utbildning - Erfarenheter från lärarutbildningen. Franck, O. (red.) - 2019 -
Becoming a primary education teacher - pedagogic discourses in the teacher education program’s examination
practice
Catarina Player-Koro, Lena Sjöberg
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy - 2018 -
Skolans digitalisering. Ett kritiskt
perspektiv
Catarina Player-Koro
Medie- och informationskunnighet (MIK) i den digitala tidsåldern. En demokratifråga Kartläggning, analys, reflektioner - 2018 -
Event Ethnography and practices of assemblage - A methodological approach for the study of governmental interventions in education - .
The trading of the ‘new’ curriculum about computer programming in
schools.
Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the Rethinking Educational Ethnography 2018, Budapest - 2018 -
ICT teaching methods in the view of teachers being captured by the Totally Pedagogised
Society
Catarina Player-Koro, Anne Kjellsdotter
Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford - 2018 -
Tensions between professional practice and academia in Teacher
Education
Catarina Player-Koro, Ola Strandler, Lisa Asp-Onsjö, Malin Brännström
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Bolzano - 2018 -
Hidden private power in the world of education – the case of Ifous
Ltd.
Catarina Player-Koro, Marianne Dovemark
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Bolzano - 2018 -
The re-forming of teachers’ professional knowledge through the Swedish career services for teachers’
reform.
Catarina Player-Koro, Eriksson Anita
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Bolzano - 2018 -
Selling tech to teachers: Education trade shows as policy
events.
Catarina Player-Koro, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Neil Selwyn
Journal of Education Policy - 2018 -
First-teachers in Mathematics - A study of the implementation and identification of specifically skilled mathematics
teachers.
Catarina Player-Koro, Anita Eriksson
Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Oslo - 2018 -
Editorial: Rethinking Educational Ethnography: Methodological Quandaries and
Possibilities
Audra Skukauskaite, Liudmila Rupšienė, Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia - 2017 -
The Influence of Private Actors on the Education of Teachers in Sweden. A Networked Ethnography Study of Education Policy
Mobility.
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia - 2017 -
IT-mässan som utökat lärarkollegium eller marknadsplats i nyliberalismens
tjänst?
Catarina Player-Koro, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
Flip the system - Förändra skolan från grunden. Jelmer Evers, René Kneyber, Per Kornhall (red.) - 2017 -
Methodological considerations when researching IT education policy
networks.
Catarina Player-Koro, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt
Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen. - 2017 -
Selling technology to teachers: education trade shows as a policy network
event.
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen. - 2017 -
First teachers" in mathematics. A survey study of the Career Step Reform in Swedish
schools
A Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen - 2017 -
Professional skills in policy and practice: the Swedish career services for teachers reform
(CST).
A Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Copenhagen - 2017 -
Becoming a Primary Teacher – Pedagogic discourses in the Teacher Education Programme's Examination
Practice
Catarina Player-Koro, L Sjöberg
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Copenhagen - 2017 -
A policy ethnographic approach on what constitutes ’first teachers’ professional skills in policy and educational
practice.
Anita Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford - 2017 -
Att bli grundlärare (F-6): pedagogiska diskurser i Grundlärarutbildningens
bedömningspraktik.
Catarina Player-Koro, L Sjöberg
Paper presented at the National conference in educational work, Gothenburg - 2017 -
Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and
technology.
A Al Lily, Catarina Player-Koro
Information Development - 2017 -
Education policy-making networks: the case of the digitization of
schools
Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, Ben Williamson, Neil Selwyn
Nordic Educational Research Association 2017, Copenhagen. March 23-25, 2017 - 2017 -
The contemporary faith in educational technology – a critical
perspective
Catarina Player-Koro
Tidsskrift for professionsstudier - 2016 -
Networked ethnography as a way to investigate the influence of private actors on national policymaking in
Sweden.
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Dublin. - 2016 -
The role of Conferences in Educational Policy making in Sweden through the digitalisations of
schools
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Paper presented at Rethinking Educational Ethnography: Researching on-line communities and interactions; University of Klaipeda - 2016 -
Teaching and Learning in Technology Rich Schools: Traditional Practices in a New
outfit
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Education Applications & Developments II - 2016 -
One Laptop on Each Desk: Teaching Methods in Technology Rich
Classrooms.
Catarina Player-Koro, Martin Tallvid
Seminar.net : Media, technology and lifelong learning - 2015 -
ICT enabled innovation in technology rich
schools?
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Seminar.net : Media, technology and lifelong learning - 2015 -
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TECHNOLOGY RICH SCHOOLS: TRADITIONAL PRACTICES IN NEW
OUTFITS
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
The proceeds of the 2015 Education and New Developments (END) Conference, Porto, Portugal, June 27-29 2015 - 2015 -
Traditional teaching with digital
technology.
Catarina Player-Koro, Martin Tallvid, Berner Lindström
Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 - 2014 -
The Impact of Performativity on Prospective Teachers Learning Strategies and Professional
Development.
Anita Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presented at the 2014 European Conference od Educational Research (ECER) - 2014 -
Changing teacher education in Sweden: Using meta-ethnographic analysis to understand and describe policy making and educational
changes
Dennis Beach, Carl Bagley, Anita Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies - 2014 -
Changing teacher education in Sweden by inauthentic and ideological policy
processes
Dennis Beach, Carl Bagley, Anita Eriksson, Catarina Player-Koro
Paper presentation at the 2014 Oxford Ethnography Conference, New College Oxford, Sept 15-18 2014 - 2014 -
'Roll-out neoliberalism' through one-to-one laptop investments in Swedish
schools
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Networked Together: Designing Participatory Research in Online Ethnography. Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Rethinking educational ethnography: researching on-line communities and interactions, Naples June 6-7, 2013 / Edited by Paolo Landri, Andrea Maccarini, Rosanna DeRosa (2014). - 2014 -
Exploring the effects of the learning context: Comparing and contrasting on- and off-line qualifications providing programmes and courses for upper-secondary level and higher education
matriculation
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Rethinking Educational Ethnography Conference: Researching on-line communities and interactions; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen 3-4 June 2014 - 2014 -
Roll out neoliberalism: one-to-one laptop investments in municipality schools in
Sweden
Catarina Player-Koro, Dennis Beach
Paper presented at the Rethinking Educational Ethnography Conference, Naples, Italy, June 6th to 7th, 2013 - 2013 -
Hype, hope and ICT in teacher education: a Bernsteinian
perspective
Catarina Player-Koro
Learning Media and Technology - 2013 -
Utvärderingsstudie av Jönköping kommuns satsning på informations-, och kommunikationsteknik i de kommunala gymnasieskolorna för att utveckla elevers lärande - Delrapport oktober
2012
Catarina Player-Koro, Christina Björkenvall Starrost, Berner Lindström
IPKL, GU - 2012 -
Authoritative knowledge in initial teacher education: studying the role of subject textbooks through two ethnographic studies of mathematics teacher
education
Dennis Beach, Catarina Player-Koro
Journal of Education for Teaching - 2012 -
Factors influencing teachers' use of ICT in
education
Catarina Player-Koro
Education Inquiry - 2012 -
Reproducing Traditional Discourses of Teaching and Learning Mathematics: Studies of Mathematics and ICT in Teaching and Teacher
Education
Catarina Player-Koro
2012