Research
The School of Education and Communication focuses on innovative learning and communication in a changing global society. The research profiles in the fields of Education and Media and Communication Sciences are of a high quality and are continually developing.
Teaching and research at the School of Education and Communication aims constantly to add new aspects to what we already know and open up fresh platforms for knowledge, interaction and communication.
Research areas
Research takes place in four different research areas - CHILD, Lifelong Learning, Media and Communication Science and School Based Research and Development. Apart from these four research areas the School of Education and Communication hosts one centre and six research platforms.
Fields of research
Our research focuses on the conditions for education and communication. It spans the humanities, behavioural sciences, social sciences, theology, natural sciences and media and communication sciences. We also offer PhD programmes in learning and communication.
Lifelong Learning
The research area Lifelong Learning comprises research within adult learning and education, popular education, work-life learning and informal learning. The research group is associated to Encell, the National Centre for Lifelong Learning hosted by Jönköping University.
Media and Communication Science
Media and communication studies is a broad and social scientific/ humanistic research field. It aims at analyzing, explaining and understanding mediated communication in terms of its social and cultural prerequisites as well as its significance for people, organizations and society.
School Based Research and Development
School Based Research and Development has been a research and education field in Sweden since the middle of the 1900's. The field has clear connections to teacher education and to the different areas of pedagogic research within the school system.
Contact Information
Phone: +46 (0)36 10 10 00
Fax: +46 (0)36 15 08 12
Information: info@hlk.hj.se
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