Daniel Alvunger
Associate Professor, dean
Department of Education and Teachers' Practice
Faculty of Social Sciences
24055, Hus Radix, Kalmar
I am dean for the Faculty of Social Sciences and a teacher and researcher in Education.
Teaching
The main parts of my teaching are within the upper secondary teacher programme and the vocational teacher programme where I teach educational history (with an emphasis on vocational educational history), curriculum theory and didactics, vocational learning and development work and evaluation.
Research
My research is focused on the following areas:
- Education policy and curriculum making as social practice, i.e. the relationship between transnational education policy, national educational reforms and implications in local school and teaching contexts. On local arenas, it concerns teachers’ professional agency and how teachers interpret, transform and enact the curriculum in practice and how different forms of knowledge are expressed in teaching.
- The knowledge base and organisation of teacher education, for example partly how different discourses shape and frame the understanding of the teaching profession and how various actors make meaning of the content of teacher education, partly how empirically oriented analyses can be used to develop teacher education practice.
- Leadership theory (teacher leadership) and school development– leadership practice and relations between different actors involved in local school development work, primarily school leaders and teacher leaders, and sub-systems in the local school organisation.
I am part of the research group SITE (Studies in Curriculum, Teaching and Evaluation) at Linnæus University but also engaged in various international networks and contexts:
- Associate editor of The Curriculum Journal (run by British Educational Research Association)
- Network 3 Curriculum in European Educational Research Association
Commissions
A large part of my work is co-operation with municipalities and international institutions. I am also advisor to authorities in questions regarding educational reforms (National Agency for Education and the Swedish Agency for Public Management).
My ongoing research projects
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Project: Digital Competence in Teacher Training in the Nordic Countries (Dicomten) The purpose of this project is to establish a new Nordic network about the promotion, practice and development of…
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Project: Exploring the elusive teaching gap – equity and knowledge segregation in teaching processes This project examines the factors that affect knowledge segregation in school beyond the…
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Alvunger, D. (2021). Curriculum making and knowledge conceptions in classrooms in the context of standards-based curricula. Curriculum Journal. 32 (4). 607-625.
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Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2020). Power dynamics and policy actions in the changing landscape of local school governance. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 6 (2). 128-142.
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Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Research-based teacher education? Exploring the meaning potentials of Swedish teacher education. Teachers and Teaching : theory and practice. 24 (4). 332-349.
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Wahlström, N., Alvunger, D., Wermke, W. (2018). Living in an era of comparisons : comparative research on policy, curriculum and teaching. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 50 (5). 587-594.
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Alvunger, D., Grahn Johansson, V. (2018). Exploring recontextualization of didactic ability and vocational teacher students’ professional learning through video analysis. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 8 (3). 36-56.
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Alvunger, D. (2018). Teachers’ curriculum agency in teaching a standards-based curriculum. Curriculum Journal. 29 (4). 479-498.
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Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2017). The nested systems of local school development : Understanding improved interaction and capacities in the different sub-systems of schools. Improving Schools. 20 (3). 195-208.
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Alvunger, D., Sundberg, D., Wahlström, N. (2017). Teachers Matter - But How? : Introduction. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 49 (1). 1-6.
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Alvunger, D., Adolfsson, C. (2016). Introducing a critical dialogical model for vocational teacher education. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 6 (1). 53-75.
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Alvunger, D. (2016). Vocational teachers taking the lead : VET teachers and the career services for teachers reform in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 6 (1). 32-52.
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Alvunger, D. (2015). Towards new forms of educational leadership? : The local implementation of förstelärare in Swedish schools. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 1 (3). 55-66.
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Conference paper (Refereed)
- Alvunger, D. (2021). The recontextualization of teacher professionalism and teacher preparedness in Swedish Teacher Education curriculum.. Symposium: Teacher education and curriculum: discourse, policy, practice..
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Understanding transnational curriculum policies on local municipal and school arenas in Sweden. CESE: Compatative Education Society in Eureope : Identities and Education: Comparative Perspectives in an Age of Crisis. 155.
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2018). A study on policy pressures and power dynamics in the changing landscape of local school governance. .
- Alvunger, D. (2018). Exploring the discourse of ‘research-based’ teacher education in Sweden and Finland.. .
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Understanding transnational curriculum policies on local municipal arenas. .
- Alvunger, D., Adolfsson, C. (2017). Bidrag till symposium: Att förstå läroplansreformer – En teoribaserad utvärdering av Läroplan för grundskolan 2011. .
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2017). Teachers' selection of content in an age of standard-based policy. .
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2017). The Selection of Content and Knowledge Conceptions in Teaching in an Era of Standards-based Policy Reforms. .
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2017). Teachers’ selection of content in the age of standard-based policy. .
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2017). The Selection of Content and Knowledge Conceptions in Teaching in the era of standard based policy reforms. .
- Alvunger, D., Johansson, M. (2017). Transnational policy and the recognition of vocational knowledge: A device for understanding transformations in policy and practice. Presented at: International VET-Conference 2017.
- Alvunger, D. (2017). ‘First-teachers’: The Local Enactment of the Career Services for Teachers Reform in Sweden. .
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2016). The nested systems of local curriculum innovation. ECER 2016, Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers, Dublin, 22-26 August, 2016.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). School Improvement and Professional Relations in Transition? : The Case of the Career Services for Teachers Reform in Sweden. Education and Transition. Contributions from Educational Research. ECER 2015, European Conference on Educational Research, Budapest, September 7-11, 2015.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Changing Educational Leadership and School Improvement in Vocational Educations? : VET teachers and the Career Services for Teachers Reform in Sweden. .
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Vocational Teachers Taking the Lead : Vocational Teachers as First-Teachers in School Improvement. .
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Re-Modelling the Organisation : Examples from the Local Enactment of the Career Services for Teachers Reform. Curriculum and national identity - Nordic divergences? 6th Nordic Curriculum Theory Conference, Örebro University, Sweden, 21 - 22 October, 2015.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Alvunger, D., Priestley, M., Philippou, S., Soini, T. (2023). Curriculum making and teacher agency. International Encyclopedia of Education. Elsevier. 188-197.
- Alvunger, D., Soini, T., Philippou, S., Priestley, M. (2021). Conclusions : Patterns and Trends in Curriculum Making in Europe. Curriculum Making in Europe : Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 273-294.
- Priestley, M., Philippou, S., Alvunger, D., Soini, T. (2021). Curriculum Making : A Conceptual Framing. Curriculum Making in Europe : Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 1-28.
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2021). Understanding Transnational Curriculum Policies and Curriculum Making in Local Municipal Arenas - The Case of Sweden. Curriculum Making in Europe : Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 223-245.
- Adolfsson, C., Alvunger, D. (2018). The selection of content and knowledge conceptions in the teaching of curriculum standards in compulsory schooling. Transnational Curriculum Standards and Classroom Practices : The New Meaning of Teaching. London, Routledge. 98-115.
- Ennals, R., Göranzon, B., Nelson, B., Alvunger, D. (2016). Dialogue, Skill and Tacit Knowledge : Practical Knowledge and Corporate Social Responsibility. Cultural Roots of Sustainable Management : Practical Wisdom and Corporate Social Responsibility. Switzerland, Springer. 153-163.
Collection (editor) (Refereed)
- Priestley, M., Alvunger, D., Philippou, S., Soini, T. (2021). Curriculum Making in Europe : Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 301.
- Wahlström, N., Alvunger, D., Sundberg, D. (2018). Teachers matter - but how?. Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge. 114.
Conference paper (Other academic)
- Alvunger, D. (2019). Who’s talking? Perspectives on the global and local in the Swedish curriculum reform for compulsory schooling. .
- Alvunger, D., Adolfsson, C. (2014). Introducing a Critical Dialogical Model for Teacher Education/Att införa en kritisk dialogisk modell i lärarutbildningen. .
- Alvunger, D. (2014). Towards New Forms of Educational Leadership? The Implementation of First Teachers in Swedish Schools. .
- Alvunger, D. (2011). Mötet med akademin – upplevelser och strategier hos studenter inom yrkeslärarutbildning. .
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Wahlström, N., Alvunger, D. (2022). Teaching Repertoires and Student Perceptions of Knowledge in High- and Low-Performance Classrooms. Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum : Exploring Differences in Access to Knowledge. Oxon, Routledge. 105-122.
- Wahlström, N., Alvunger, D., Schmidt, C., Sundberg, D., Vogt, B. (2019). Coding scheme for analysing classroom discourse and conceptualisations of knowledge. Classroom research : Methodology, categories and coding. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 39-43.
- Alvunger, D. (2019). To catch the forms of knowledge in teaching. Classroom research : Methodology, categories and coding. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 22-30.
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Den evidensbaserade skolan : en introduktion. Den evidensbaserade skolan : Svensk skola i skärningspunkten mellan forskning och praktik. Natur och kultur. 9-30.
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Lärarutbildningens forskningsbasering. Den evidensbaserade skolan : Svensk skola i skärningspunkten mellan forskning och praktik. Natur och kultur. 101-134.
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
- Alvunger, D. (2006). Nytt vin i gamla läglar. Socialdemokratisk kyrkopolitik under perioden 1944-1973. Doctoral Thesis. Göteborg, Församlingsförlaget. 287.
Report (Other academic)
- Alvunger, D., Trulsson, Å. (2016). Följeforskning kring karriärlärarreformen i Kalmar, Nässjö, Vetlanda och Ängelholm : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Växjö, Linnaeus University & Skolverket. 89.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Styrning, ledning och organisation i implementeringen av karriärlärarreformen i Vetlanda kommun : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Kalmar, Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 32.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Styrning, ledning och organisation i implementeringen av karriärlärarreformen i Nässjö kommun : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Kalmar, Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 34.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Styrning, ledning och organisation i implementeringen av karriärlärarreformen i Växjö kommun : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Kalmar/Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 30.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Styrning, ledning och organisation i implementeringen av karriärlärarreformen inom Barn- och ungdomsförvaltningen, Kalmar kommun : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Kalmar/Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 34.
- Wahlström, N., Alvunger, D. (2015). Forskningsbasering av lärarutbildningen : Delrapport från SKOLFORSK-projektet. Stockholm, Vetenskapsrådet. 62.
- Alvunger, D. (2015). Styrning, ledning och organisation i implementeringen av karriärlärarreformen i Ängelholms kommun : Samverkan för skolförbättringsarbete mellan skola och universitet. Kalmar/Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 30.
- Alvunger, D., Nelson, B. (2014). Journeys in Search of the Baltic Sea Teacher : Cross-Border Collaboration and Dialogues within the Cohab Project. 95.
Collection (editor) (Other academic)
- Alvunger, D., Wahlström, N. (2018). Den evidensbaserade skolan : svensk skola i skärningspunkten mellan forskning och praktik. Natur och kultur. 231.
Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Alvunger, D. (2011). Makten över kyrkan. Folkets kyrka eller en kyrka för folket? Om det ockuperade folkkyrkobegreppet. Artos & Norma bokförlag.
Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Priestley, M., Alvunger, D., Philippou, S., Soini, T. (2021). Curriculum making across European nations. British Educational Research Association, BERA.