Ingunn Elisabeth Stray

2022-               Post-doctor,  Faculty of Humanities and  Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2018-               Associate Professor,  Faculty of Humanities and  Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2017-2018:       Professional developer, Education and Monitoring

Staff of the Educational Director of the Municipality of Kristiansand, Department of Development and Monitoring

2014-2017:       PhD Reasearch Fellow  

Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2013-2014:       Assistant professor

Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2012-2013:        Teacher Higher Secondary Education. Kristiansand Katedralskole Gimle (KKG), the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway

2010-2012:       Teacher Lower Secondary Education. Steinerskolen i Kristiansand (Waldorf School), the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway

2009-2009:       Assistant Professor.

Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2007-2009:        Assistant Professor (Hour-contracts)

Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway

2009-2009:        Teacher Primary Education. Åsane Skole, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway

2000-2009:        Environmental Therapist (weekend position). Department of Habilitation in the Municipality of Songdalen, Norway.

2002-2002:        Kindergarten co-worker. Sørlandsparken Kindergarten, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway

2001-2001        Kindergarten co-worker. Wergelandsveien Kindergarten, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway

1999-2000        Teacher Assistant. Rødtvedt Skole og SFO. Norway

2022-2024: “Alternatives to standardised quality assurance systems in Early Childhood Education”

Role: Project manager (post-doctor)

Finance: University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy, The research group of General Didactics and Education Policy.

Studies included in the post-doctorate project:

2022-2024: “Early Childhood Education pedagogy and 6-year-old pupils; Reform 97 and everyday practice in Waldorf Primary Education”

• Role: Project manager at the University of Agder
• Co-researchers: Associate Professor Anne-Mette Stabel (PhD), project manager at Waldorf Teacher Education college
• Finance: Norense foundation
• Partners: Waldorf Teacher Education college in Oslo and the University of Agder.
• Web links:
  •  https://www.steinerhoyskolen.no/nyheter/forskningsprosjekt-om-fem-og-seksaringene-i-steinerskolene
  • https://www.researchgate.net/project/Early-Childhood-Education-pedagogy-and-6-year-old-pupils-Reform-97-and-everyday-practice-in-Waldorf-Primary-Education

2022-2024: “Literacy standards in ECE– intentions and practices”

• Role: Co-researcher
• Project manager: PhD research fellow Tina Binfield-Skøie, University of Agder
• Finance: University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy.
• Web links: 
  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362932449_The_shadows_and_power_of_literacy_standards_in_early_childhood_education_in_Norway

2022-2024: «Professional co-creation in regional arrangements for competence-development in ECE – A follow-up study”

• Role: Project manager.
• Finance: University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy.

2022-2024: “Quality assurance practices in Oceanian ECE traditions– exploring culturally sensitive methods of measuring and monitoring quality in ECE”

• Role: Project manager.
• Finance: University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy.

2020-2023: "Loss of meaning - shaping of meaning in the teacher training programs in the Nordic countries"

Role: Co-researcher

Project leader: Jakob Bøye, associate professor at the Southern University of Denmark. 

Partners: Southern University of Denmark (DK), VIA University College (DK), and University Vest (SK).

Programme: Erasmus+

Link to project:  https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2020-1-DK01-KA203-075047

2017-2020: “Elevens blikk på mobbing” (The pupils' view on bullying):

Role: Project manager

Co-researchers: Professor David Lansing Cameron and associate professor Lisbeth L. Skreland, University of Agder.

Finance: The Norwegian Directorate of Education and Training, as part of the national initiative “Modellutprøving på alvor”.

Web links: 

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356559471_Lower_secondary_school_pupils'_written_descriptions_of_their_experiences_with_bullying_and_the_tendency_to_seek_help

2016-2020: Teammodellen: “Veiledning og vurdering av praktisk lærerdyktighet»

Role: Co-researcher

Co-researchers: Associate Professor Andreas Reier Jensen, University of Agder, Professor Kaare Skagen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Professor Gjert Langfeldt, University of Agder

Finance: University of Agder, Faculty of Teacher Education.

Cameron, David Lansing; Stray, Ingunn Elisabeth; Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal (2021). Lower secondary school pupils’ written descriptions of their experiences with bullying and the tendency to seek help. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. ISSN: 0267-3843. 26 (1). s 487 - 500. doi:10.1080/02673843.2021.2001348.

Stray, I. E. (2017). Teachers' ways in times of fluidity; Idiosyncratic cultural responses to global educational reform movements. Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder.

Stray, I. E., & Voreland, H. E. (2017). Refractions of the Global Educational Agenda. In Negotiating Neoliberalism (pp. 87-99). SensePublishers, Rotterdam.

Stray, T., & Stray, I. E. (2014). Alle elever har behov for å bli forstått. I TNM Bunting. Tilpasset opplæring-i forskning og praksis, 56-80.