Field of work
Åsta Birkeland is a core researcher at KINDknow - Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures, where she is a co-leader of WP 6 Conditions for children's exploration. Her research is in early childhood educationShe researches in the area of early childhood education and research in partnership with kindergartens is central
Kindergarten teacher education Master in Kindergarten knowledge Internationalization Leader of UTFORSK Project - Research and Educational Cooperation with Higher Education Institutions and Kindergartens in China.
- Cultural Understand and Comparative Education
- Intercultural Pedagogy and Glocal Practices
- Philosophy of Science and Methodology
- Cultural formation ideals in cross-cultural perspectives
- Glocal teacher
- Conditions for children as explorers