Galina Shavard

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Norwegian version of this page Position
Associate Professor
Contact
+4769608441
+4740307385
Study place
Halden
Office nr.
E1-063

I am an Associate Professor in Educational Sciences. I am trained as a teacher with degrees in English Didactics and Multicultural Education (OsloMet), and I worked in primary and lower secondary schools for several years. I hold a PhD from the Centre for the Study of Professions (OsloMet), where I investigated knowledge development among teachers in different collaborative settings in schools.

My current research interests focus on teachers' professional knowledge and teacher education. I am a work package leader in the NFR-funded project KITES (2026–2030), which develops digital simulations for teacher education. I also co-lead two smaller collaborative projects related to teacher education: one examining summative assessment (2025–), and another exploring the use of theory in master's theses in pedagogy (2026–).

I teach courses in pedagogy and educational sciences, with a particular focus on topics such as educational policy and developmental psychology. I am also involved in a project on classroom management with schools and school owners through the national Decentralised Competence Development Scheme.

I co-lead the research group Profession, Qualification and Society (PKS) at LUSP/HVO at Østfold University of Applied Science (OUAS).

Academic interests

  • Teachers’ professional knowledge
  • Teacher education
  • Teacher profession
  • Assessment in teacher education
  • Simulation in teacher education

Courses taught

I teach courses in pedagogy and educational sciences in the Teacher Education programme at Østfold University of Applied Science (OUAS)

Dissemination

I have presented research at a range of national and international conferences and research seminars, including CIES (2015), ECER (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020), AERA (2016), ISA Sociology of Professional Groups (2016), NAFOL (2016), NERA (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025), ProPELL (2017), NORPRO (2017), and the Åsgårdstrand Seminar (2019, 2023, 2024).

Background

  • PhD in the Study of Professions (2022)
  • Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Education (2017-2018)
  • Visiting Researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium (2018)
  • MA Multicultural and International Education
  • Teacher Education (English didactics)

Publications

  • Risan, Maiken & Shavard, Galina (2026). Mellom akademisering og profesjonsrelevans: Vurdering av lærerstudentenes kunnskap i pedagogikk og elevkunnskap. Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis. 20(2), p. 292–310. doi: 10.23865/up.v20.7874. Full text in Research Archive
  • Risan, Maiken & Shavard, Galina (2025). A systematic scoping review of empirical research on assessment practices in initial teacher education. International Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0883-0355. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102753. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina; Afdal, Hilde Wågsås & Mausethagen, Sølvi (2024). Redefining teacher quality in the context of increased accountability in Norway: Professional ethics as practiced. In Knudsen, Lars Emmerik Damgaard; Wiberg, Merete; Petersen, Karen Bjerg & Haastrup, Lisbeth (Ed.), Teacher Ethics and Teaching Quality in Scandinavian Schools: New Reflections, Future Challenges, and Global Impacts. Routledge. ISSN 9781032509303. p. 19–33. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2022). Teacher agency in collaborative lesson planning: stabilising or transforming professional practice? Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice. ISSN 1354-0602. 28(5), p. 555–567. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2022.2062745. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2022). Teachers’ Collaborative Work at the Boundaries of Professional Responsibility for Student Wellbeing. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0031-3831. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1080/00313831.2022.2042851. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2021). From school improvement to student cases: teacher collaborative work as a context for professional development. Professional Development in Education. ISSN 1941-5257. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1080/19415257.2021.1879216. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2016). Public pedagogy and the city : museums, libraries, and cultural centers as sites for multicultural education. FLEKS - Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and practice. 3(2), p. 1–13. doi: 10.7577/fleks.1831. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Shavard, Galina (2025). A systematic review of empirical research on assessment practices in initial teacher education. NERA 2025. Helsinki. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2024). Professional ethics in the context of increased accountability in Norway. NERA 2024. Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Shavard, Galina (2023). Faglige problemstillinger drøftes ikke nok innad i skolen. [Journal]. Utdanningsforskning.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mausethagen, Sølvi; Shavard, Galina; Knudsmoen, Hege; Lorentzen, Marte & Osland, Oddgeir (2019). Regelverksetterlevelse i grunnopplæringen. Senter for profesjonsstudier. Full text in Research Archive

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