Academic interests
Social science education, politics and democracy, knowledge forms in social science education, classroom research, mixed methods research.
Projects
Nora Elise Hesby Mathé is affiliated with the Nordic Centre of Excellence: Quality in Nordic Teaching (QUINT). She is co-PI of Quality in Social Science Teaching (QUISST) and currently works on a project titled 'Examining how students and teachers engage with knowledge domains in social studies'. This work is part of QUINT's LISA Nordic Study Linking Instruction and Student Achievement in Nordic Schools (LISA Nordic), a large-scale video study, investigating the quality of teaching in Nordic classrooms.
Courses taught
- Social science didactics (subject pedagogy) for BA courses PPU/PROF
- SDID 4001, 4002, 4009 - MA in Social science didactics
Supervision
Supervision of MA students in social science didactics
Co-supervisor of PhD candidates Eivind Larsen (2020 - ) and Jonas Henau Teglbjærg (2021 - ).
Background
Postdoctoral research fellow in the Nordic Centre of Excellence: Quality in Nordic Teaching (QUINT), the Department of teacher education and school research, University of Oslo.
PhD in social science didactics (2019) from the Department of teacher education and school research, University of Oslo.
Social science and English language arts teacher in upper secondary school (2010 - 2014).
MA degree in social science didactics (2010).
Roles
Vice chair of the Young Academy of Norway (2023 - 2024)
Member of the Young Academy of Norway
Section editor for social science education, Acta Didactica Norden
Member of the editorial board, Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (Nordic Journal for Youth Research)
Collaboration
Research collaboration with the Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University
Research collaboration with the Berkeley Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley
The Research Group TEPEC (Teachers’ Professional Development and Educational Change)
NATED - National Graduate School in Educational Research