Academic interests
- Climate change adaptation
- Education for sustainability
- Environmental and food security
- Thinking skills, interdiciplinary- and explorative teaching and learning
Courses taught
- Geography and social science methods
- Norwegian citizenship education
- Nature geography and climate science
- Political geography, economic geography and population geography
- Practical pedagogical education, social studies didactics
- Storyline - interdiciplinary and explorative teaching and learning
Background
Motzfeldt's first degree was from Oslo University (Social Sciences) then a Masters from University of Life Science, Ås. She has worked in international research and development. Motzfeldt worked in the Horn of Africa for several years within the field of Food Security, Sustainability and Climate Change. She trained as a teacher 7 years ago at Østfold University College, and had 5 years teaching experience in upper secondary school before starting as a teacher educator in 2018.
Appointments
Earlier board member in the Norwegian Council for Afrika (http://www.afrika.no/, information in Norwegian)
Earlier board memeber in the Dryland Coordination Group Norway (http://www.drylands-group.org/)
Partners
Education for sustainabilily, Institute for teacher education, University of Oslo