Alfredo Jornet Gil

Academic Interests
My research focuses on cultural, technological, and affective aspects of learning across formal and informal settings, with an emphasis on creativity and pedagogical innovation. Mostly using design-based and participatory ethnography methods, I have conducted research in such diverse contexts as arts-based education, science learning in and outside classrooms, or professional design, with the overall goal of better understanding how people with different backgrounds and interests learn and develop when they work together to imagine and achieve new shared goals. More recently, I work promoting and investigating open-schooling pedagogical innovations as a means to address the needs of school and societal transformation in the current context of environmental crisis and threat to democracy.
Higher education and academic employment history
- 2018-present. Associate Professor of Pedagogy at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo.
- 2015-2017. Visiting researcher at the University of Victoria, British Columbia (Canada).
- 2015-2018. Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oslo (Norway).
- 2012. Visiting PhD student at Griffith University (Australia)
- 2011-2014. Research fellow (PhD candidate) at InterMedia, University of Oslo (Norway)
- 2009-2010. Research assistant at the Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø (Norway)
- 2009. Research assistant at the Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia (Spain)
- 2003-2009. Litentiate in Psychology by the University of Valencia (Spain)
Grants and awards
- 2019 Nomination to best 2018 paper, Design Studies journal
- 2018 Nomination to best paper at the EARLI SIG 10 & 21 Conference.
- 2015 - 2018 Fripro Mobility Grant, co-funded by the National Research Council of Norway and the Marie Curie Actions COFUND.
- 2012 6-months overseas research grant to visit Griffith University (Australia) by the National Research Council of Norway.
- 2011 Springer best paper award at the ReLIVE conference, Open University (Milton Keynes, UK).
Teaching
Currently, I teach and supervise at multiple courses within the teacher education program https://www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/studies/programmes/teacher-education-programme/ as well as the master degree programs https://www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/studies/programmes/master/.
I also teach qualitative research methods at the faculty's PhD program.
Editorial Work
I have co-edited several special issues and books, and I am co-editor of the international journal Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Publications
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Tasquier, Giulia; Knain, Erik & Jornet, Alfredo (2022). Scientific Literacies for Change Making: Equipping the Young to Tackle Current Societal Challenges. Frontiers in Education. ISSN 2504-284X. 7, p. 1–20. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.689329.
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Damsa, Crina I. & Jornet, Alfredo (2021). The Unit of Analysis in Learning Research: Approaches for Imagining a Transformative Agenda. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. ISSN 2210-6561. Full text in Research Archive
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Jornet, Alfredo; Guarrasi, Ivana & Rajala, Antti (2020). LCHC’s expanding bio-geographies: A glimpse to the future(s) through the case of the Re-generating CHAT project. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 27(2), p. 185–200. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2020.1768271. Full text in Research Archive
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Damsa, Crina I. & Jornet, Alfredo (2020). The unit of analysis in learning research: Approaches for imagining a transformative agenda. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. ISSN 2210-6561. p. 1–3. doi: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2020.100407.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2019). Living the Praxis of Method, or How I Learned Letting Worldly Practices Organize My Professional Gaze as Scholar. In Richards, Janet C. & Roth, Wolff-Michael (Ed.), Empowering Students as Self-Directed Learners of Qualitative Research Methods. Brill|Sense. ISSN 978-90-04-41955-1. p. 190–204. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.1163/9789004419551_015. Full text in Research Archive
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Jornet, Alfredo & Damsa, Crina I. (2019). Unit of analysis from an ecological perspective: Beyond the individual/social dichotomy. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. ISSN 2210-6561. p. 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100329. Full text in Research Archive
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Dionne, Patricia & Jornet, Alfredo (2019). Conceiving work as (an) activity: Epistemological underpinnings from a cultural-historical perspective. In Bendassolli, Pedro F. (Eds.), Culture, Work, and Psychology. Invitations to dialogue.. Information Age Publishing. ISSN 978-1-64113-632-7. p. 37–57.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2019). Experience as Emerging Concept in Contemporary Learning Sciences. In Peters, Michael A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer. ISSN 978-981-287-532-7. p. 1–5. doi: doi%3A10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_670-1.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Mike, Cole (2018). Introduction to symposium on Vygotsky and Spinoza. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 25(4). doi: 10.1080/10749039.2018.1538379.
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Tenenberg, Josh; Roth, Wolff-Michael; Chinn, Donald; Jornet, Alfredo; Socha, David & Walter, Skip (2018). More than the code: Learning rules of rejection in writing programs. Communications of the ACM. ISSN 0001-0782. 61(5), p. 66–71. doi: 10.1145/3132699.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Erstad, Ola (2018). From learning contexts to learning lives: Studying learning (dis)continuities from the perspective of the learners. Digital Education Review. ISSN 2013-9144. p. 1–25. Full text in Research Archive
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Campbell, Chris; Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2018). Collaborative design decision-making as social process. European Journal of Engineering Education. ISSN 0304-3797. p. 1–18. doi: 10.1080/03043797.2018.1465028.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Roth, Wolff-Michael (2018). Imagining design: Transitive and intransitive dimensions. Design Studies. ISSN 0142-694X. 56, p. 28–53. doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2018.02.002.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2018). From object-oriented to fluid ontology: a case study of the materiality of design work in agile software development. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). ISSN 0925-9724. 27, p. 37–75. doi: 10.1007/s10606-017-9297-6.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Roth, Wolff-Michael (2017). Design {Thinking | Communicating}: A Sociogenetic Approach to Reflective Practice in Collaborative Design. In Christensen, Bo T.; Ball, Linden J. & Halskov, Kim (Ed.), Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation. CRC Press. ISSN 9781138748446. doi: 10.1201/9781315208169-18.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2017). Theorizing with/out 'Mediators'. Integrative Psychological and Behavioural Science. ISSN 1932-4502. Published ahead of print, p. 1–21. doi: 10.1007/s12124-016-9376-0.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Talking back to the future: Anatomy of reflection as collective practice. Proceedings (International Conference of the Learning Sciences). ISSN 1814-9316. 1, p. 138–145.
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Damsa, Crina I. & Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Revisiting learning in higher education—Framing notions redefined through an ecological perspective. Frontline Learning Research. ISSN 2295-3159. 4(4), p. 39–47. doi: 10.14786/flr.v4i4.208. Full text in Research Archive
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Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Talking bak to the future: Anatomy of reflection as collective practice. In Looi, Chee-Kit; Polman, Joseph; Cress, Ulrike & Reimann, Peter (Ed.), Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2016. International Society of the Learning Sciences. ISSN 978-0-9903550-9-0. p. 136–144.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Roth, Wolff-Michael (2016). Perezhivanie—A Monist Concept for a Monist Theory. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 23(4), p. 353–355. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2016.1199703.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Perezhivanie in the Light of the Later Vygotsky’s Spinozist Turn. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 23(4), p. 315–324. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2016.1186197.
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Jornet, Alfredo; Roth, Wolff-Michael & Krange, Ingeborg (2016). A Transactional Approach to Transfer Episodes. The Journal of the Learning Sciences. ISSN 1050-8406. 25(2), p. 285–330. doi: 10.1080/10508406.2016.1147449.
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Arnseth, Hans Christian; Jornet, Alfredo & Krange, Ingeborg (2015). Learning in a material world: Reflection in science education as embodied practice. In Lindwall, Oskar; Häkkinen, Päivi; Koschman, Timothy & Ludvigsen, Sten Runar (Ed.), Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference 2015. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). ISSN 978-0-9903550-6-9. p. 595–596.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2015). Situational awareness as an instructable and instructed matter in multi-media supported debriefing: A case study from aviation. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). ISSN 0925-9724. 24, p. 461–508. doi: 10.1007/s10606-015-9234-5.
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El Kadri, Michele; Roth, Wolff-Michael; Mateus, Elaine & Jornet, Alfredo (2015). Towards a more symmetrical approach to the zone of proximal development in teacher education. Revista Brasileira de Educação. ISSN 1413-2478. 22(70), p. 668–689. doi: 10.1590/S1413-24782017227034.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Steier, Rolf (2015). The matter of space: Bodily performances and the emergence of boundary objects during multidisciplinary design meetings. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 22(2), p. 129–151. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2015.1024794.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Roth, Wolff-Michael (2015). The joint work of connecting multiple (Re)presentations in science classrooms. Science Education. ISSN 0036-8326. 99(2), p. 378–403. doi: 10.1002/sce.21150.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2014). Toward a Theory of Experience. Science Education. ISSN 0036-8326. 98(1), p. 106–126. doi: 10.1002/sce.21085.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Jahreie, Cecilie Flo (2013). Designing for hybrid learning environments in a science museum: Inter-professional conceptualisations of space. In Childs, Mark & Peachey, Anna (Ed.), Understanding learning in virtual worlds. Springer. ISSN 978-1-4471-5369-6. p. 41–64. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5370-2_3.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2013). Situated Cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. ISSN 1939-5078. 4(5), p. 463–478. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1242.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael & Jornet, Alfredo (2017). Understanding educational psychology: A late Vygotskian, Spinozist approach. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39868-6. 321 p.
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Cortez, Arturo; Choudry, Sophina; Esteban-Guitart, Moisès; Ferholt, Beth; Guarrasi, Ivana & Jornet, Alfredo [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Special Issue: “advancing funds of identity theory”. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 28(2), p. 93–96. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2021.1930056.
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Ferholt, Beth; Guarrasi, Ivana; Jornet, Alfredo; Nardi, Bonnie; Rajala, Antti & Stetsenko, Anna [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Our commitment at this time of continuing struggle against oppression and structural inequalities. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 28(1), p. 1–3. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2021.1888301.
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Sophina, Choudy; Arturo, Cortez; Beth, Ferholt; Ivana, Guarrasi; Jornet, Alfredo & Mara W, Mahmood [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2021). Scholarship and research in crisis contexts. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 28(3), p. 195–199. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2021.1991379.
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Cole, Michael; Ferholt, Beth; Jornet, Alfredo; Nardi, Bonnie; Rajala, Antti & Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Acknowledging changes and the challenges ahead. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 26(4), p. 283–285. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2019.1701682.
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Jornet, Alfredo; Booker, Angela; Cole, Michael; Ferholt, Beth; Nardi, Bonnie & Rajala, Antti [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Scholarly work and/as passion. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 26(2), p. 97–101. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2019.1630443.
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Jornet Gil, Alfredo; Arnseth, Hans Christian & Smørdal, Ole (2019). Makerspaces in the Making: Reconfiguring Cultures of Facilitation across the Kindergarten and the Science Museum. In Blum-Ross, Alicia; Kumpulainen, Kristiina & Marsh, Jackie (Ed.), Enhancing Digital Literacy and Creativity. Makerspaces in the Early Years. Routledge. ISSN 9780367197889.
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Nardi, Bonnie; Booker, Angela; Cole, Michael; Ferholt, Beth; Jornet, Alfredo & Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer A. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Emotion and Affect Across Varied Contexts and Genres. Mind, Culture, and Activity. ISSN 1074-9039. 25(4), p. 279–280. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2018.1546874.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Erstad, Ola (2018). From learning contexts to learning lives. .
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Jornet, Alfredo; Arnseth, Hans Christian & Smørdal, Ole (2018). Making Collaborating. A Cultural-Historical approach to pedagogical innovation.
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Jornet, Alfredo; Arnseth, Hans Christian & Smørdal, Ole (2018). Makerspace-Making. Tensions and opportunities in design-based inquiry across kindergarten and museum.
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Damsa, Crina I.; Jornet, Alfredo; Froelich, Dominik E. & Gegenfurtner, Andreas (2017). The unit of analysis in learning research: Approaches for imagining a transformative research agenda.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2017). Reflection as primarily social: A Vygotskian perspective.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2017). Reading dramatically: Affect and intellect in primary school from the lenses of perezhivanie.
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Jornet, Alfredo & Roth, Wolff-Michael (2017). Psychogenic dimensions of drama in arts-based education.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2017). Arts Based Education, Embodiment, and Social change: A case of action research at an elementary school.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Intersubjective speech field and anticipation: Two Vygotskian categories for the study of classroom conversation.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2016). Talking Back to the Future: Anatomy of Reflection as Collective Practice.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2014). Making connections in science inquiry: A sociocultural and pragmatist perspective.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2014). Fostering and analyzing connections across science inquiry activities: Research methods in the MIRACLE project.
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Pierroux, Palmyre; Krange, Ingeborg; Silseth, Kenneth; Jornet, Alfredo & Arnseth, Hans Christian (2014). Field Trips to Science Museums: A Study of Students’ Sense-Making when Interacting with Exhibits.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2014). On learning and experience: Lessons from Dewey and Vygotsky. Pedagogisk profil. ISSN 0805-5610.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2012). Integrating physical experiences and digital visualizations in collaborative inquiry learning across contexts.
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Bakken, Sven Magne; Haavie, Jon; Isdal, Edith; Toussaint, Jeremy; Nesnass, Richard & Krange, Ingeborg [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2012). Varmepumpespill - installasjon i utstillingen EnergiTivoli.
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Jornet-Gil, Alfredo & Jahreie, Cecilie Flo (2011). Designing for immersive learning environments across schools and science museums. Multiprofessional conceptualizations of space.
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Jornet-Gil, Alfredo (2011). Meaning making trajectories across contexts. Learning science through mixed reality representations in the school and the museum.
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Krange, Ingeborg & Jornet, Alfredo (2010). MIRACLE: Mixed Reality Interactions across Contexts of Learning.
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Jornet-Gil, Alfredo; Eisemann, Martin & Choliz, Mariano (2009). Pattern of use of mobile phone in Norwegian adolescents: A cross-cultural comparison between Spanish and Norwegian teenagers.
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Jornet-Gil, Alfredo & Choliz, Mariano (2009). Sevaral questionnaires to measure psychological variables related with abuse of mobile phone.
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Jornet-Gil, Alfredo & Choliz, Mariano (2009). The test of dependence of the mobile phone: Psychometric properties and psychological implications.
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Jornet, Alfredo (2015). The bodily and contextual foundations of conceptual coherence and continuity: Case studies from the teaching and learning of science inquiry. Akademika Forslag. ISSN 1501-8962. Full text in Research Archive