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Maria Dardanou

Job description

Jeg jobber som førstelektor i pedagogikk, med hovedinteresser innenfor barnehage og barnehagelærerutdanning.

Min forskning fokuserer på ulike dimensjoner av digital teknologi i barnehage og barnehagelærerutdanning, som barns møter med digital teknologi og barnehagelærerens profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse. 

  • Anastasia, Olga, Maria, Vassilis :
    The impact of touchscreen digital exposure on children's social development and communication: a systematic review
    Frontiers in Psychology 2025 DOI
  • Bente, Maria, Miriam :
    Exploring Local Culture and Traditions Through Art Activities and Play in a Children’s Museum
    2025
  • Maria, Rita :
    Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education and Care: Insights from Portuguese and Norwegian Curriculum Frameworks
    Social Sciences 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Marianne, Natalia, Torstein, Maria :
    Tracing the Ontological Beliefs of Norwegian Educators Concerning Technology use in Early Childhood Education and Care
    Technology, Knowledge and Learning 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Nils Christian, Siri Sollied, Torstein, Maria, Helge :
    Profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse i barnehagelærerutdanningene – oversettelser fra nasjonale styringsdokumenter til lokale studieplaner. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V?
    UNIPED 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Maria, Ioanna, Sarika :
    Not just data: analysing visual narratives of children in research and the quest for “micro-ethical” moments
    2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Maria, Bente Anita :
    Children’s participation in documentation processes in local outdoor spaces
    Journal of Childhood, Education & Society 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Maria, Maria, Sarika, Ioanna :
    Professional development for digital competencies in early childhood education and care. A systematic review
    OECD Papers 2023 DOI / ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Siri Sollied, Torstein, Nils Christian, Maria, Helge, Lukas :
    Planverkets blindsone? En analyse av profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse i emneplanbeskrivelser for barnehagelærerutdanning
    Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF) 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Bente Anita, Maria :
    Noe om sansing og danning gjennom å forme i uterommet
    2022
  • Sarika, Ioanna, Maria :
    The Integration of Internet of Toys in Early Childhood Education. Research from Australia, England, and Norway
    Routledge 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Maria, Olga, Torstein Unstad, Astrid :
    Drawing a scientist in Science museums and Science Centre: an international project on young children’s representations
    24. Oktober 2025
  • Helge, Torstein, Maria, Eirin, Marit :
    Desentralisert barnehagelærerutdanning Narvik, Harstad, Finnsnes, Kirkenes
    2025
  • Miriam Elise, Maria, Bente Anita :
    Children’s Museum as a space for students’ play-based learning in early childhood teacher education
    2024
  • Maria, Sarika, Ioanna, Maria :
    Professional digital competencies in Early Childhood Education and care
    2024
  • Marianne, Torstein, Maria :
    Digital learning opportunities in migration societies
    2024
  • Maria, Torstein :
    BLU-prosjekt Barnehagens digitale praksis
    2024
  • Maria :
    Digital competencies in early childhood education and care: Why do we need a professional development?
    2024
  • Marianne, Maria, Torstein :
    Generativ AI in ECEC and early childhood teacher education
    2024
  • Maria, Marianne :
    Tid for profesjonsfaglig digital kompetanse
    Barnehagefolk 2024
  • Maria :
    Ledelse av utviklingsarbeid i egen barnehage
    2024
  • Maria :
    Digital praksis i ulike fagområder. Digital teknologi og de yngste barna
    2024
  • Sarika, Ioanna, Maria :
    Is there a space for “A” and “R” in early childhood STEM education: Building a case for robotics technologies integration in Australia
    2024
  • Maria, Bente Anita, Miriam Elise :
    Barnemuseet - en arena for lek, utforskning og læring
    2024
  • Anastasia, Maria, Vassilis, Maria, Iro, Dimitra et al.:
    Technology-Enhanced toys in early childhood education: Opportunities and challenges for learning and play.
    2024
  • Miriam, Maria, Bente :
    Barns utforsking og lek på barnemuseet i Midt-Troms
    2023
  • Natalia, Marianne, Maria :
    Barnehagen kan glede seg over en spennende strategi for digital kompetanse og infrastruktur
    2023
  • Bente, Miriam, Maria :
    Exploring local culture and traditions through play and art activities in a children`s museum
    2023
  • Natalia, Marianne, Torstein, Maria :
    PUST - Profesjonsfaglig utviklingsprosjekt i Stavanger og Tromsø
    13. Januar 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Maria, Torstein, Marianne, Natalia :
    Workshop-based professional development of Early childhood educators’ digital competence
    2023
  • Maria :
    Children’s agency: Mentally linked and digitally connected, but are they heard?
    2023
  • Maria, Anastasia, Vassilis, Maria, Dimitra, Christoforos :
    Play and technology enhanced toys in early childhood education: an evaluation instrument.
    2023
  • Maria :
    The technological landscapes with IoToys early childhood education in Norway.
    2023
  • Maria :
    Digital kompetanse i barnehagen
    2023
  • Maria :
    Profesjonalitet og ledelse av utviklingsarbeid i barnehagen
    2023
  • Maria :
    Digital praksis i ulike fagområder
    2023
  • Maria, Eirin :
    Early childhood teacher students' and teacher educators’ views and perspectives related to different teaching methods in decentralised studies: The example of UiT, The arctic university of Norway
    2023
  • Maria, Olga, Maria, Torstein, Chuanmei, Patricia et al.:
    Our youngest learners have something to teach us: new perspectives and dilemmas arising from the growing use of digital technologies
    2022
  • Maria, Anja Maria :
    Kindergarten’s circle time:Perspectives from Norway, Germany and Greece
    2022
  • Maria, Maria, Sarika, Ioanna :
    Digital competencies and professional development in ECE: A systematic literature review
    2022
  • Torstein, Maria :
    Barns digitale praksis
    2022
  • Henriette, Torstein, Betty, Siri Sollied, Sidsel, Pernille Elisabeth et al.:
    Om fargelegging, relasjoner og etikk i barnehage og skole
    2022 ARKIV
  • Marianne, Natalia, Torstein, Maria :
    PUST prosjektet - en oppsummering (workshop i Stavanger)
    2022
  • Maria, Bente, Miriam :
    Play and exploration in Children`s Museum
    2022
  • Maria, Bente, Miriam :
    Children`s play and affordances with local history and traditions in children`s museum
    2022
  • Torstein, Marianne, Maria, Natalia :
    Challenges and opportunities of digital technology use in Norwegian ECEC settings
    2022
  • Maria :
    Digital technology in Early Childhood Education
    2022
  • Maria :
    Hva er en verdier? Barnehagens verdigrunnlag
    2022
  • Torstein, Olga, Maria, Maria, Jane :
    Home and Kindergarten, two sides of young children’s use of touch-screen technology: An exploration using multiple methodological approaches
    2021
  • Sarika, Ioanna, John, Maria :
    Can robots support social and emotional development?
    STEM|ED Magazine 12. Juni 2021

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    Research interests

    Medlem i programstyret for forskningsprogrammet for digitalisering og digital kompetanse i barnehge og skole ved Udir, 2024-2030

    https://www.udir.no/tall-og-forskning/forskningsprogram-digitalisering-i-barnehage-og-skole/

     

    https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=582967

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-dardanou-72b992328/

     

     

    Teaching

    • PED-3301: Barnehage, profesjonskunnskap og kvalitetsutvikling (Emneasnavrlig)
    • PED-3302: Lek og utforskende pedagogikk-Masteremne
    • BLU-1218: Samfunn, religion, livssyn og etikk
    • BLU-1014- Barns utvikling, lek og læring
    • Veileder av masteroppgaver i pedagogikk,  spesialpedagogikk og begynnopplæring.
    • Veileder av bacheloroppgaver i Barnehagelærerutdanning
    • Rekomp:
    • 1. Region Senja, Finnsnes og Sørreisa: Inkluderende miljø for omsorg , lek, læring og danning
    • 2. Fronger Oslo: Digital praksis i barnehagen

     

    Researcher profile in Cristin
    Registrations in Munin
    ResearchGate
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-158X

    Member of research group

    Teknologi og læring   Norsk innhold Barnehagefaglig forskningsnettverk   Norsk innhold Teknologi og læring   Norsk innhold BARNkunne UiT   Norsk innhold Education and Social Sustainability in the High North   English content

    Member of project

    PUST    Norsk innhold PUST: Profesjonsfaglig utviklingsprosjekt i Stavanger og Tromsø DigiCross Internet of Toys Generativ kunstig intelligens (KI) i barnehagen og barnehagelærerutdanningen. GENIAL - Empowering Future Educators TET4CL – Technology Enhanced Toys for Learning EUTEKNE – SocioEmotional Framework for Technology Use in ECEC
    ILP Lærerutdanning 5.016


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