Armend Tahirsylaj

About

Armend Tahirsylaj is associate professor of education at the Department of Teacher Education, NTNU, since 2018, where he teaches pedagogy- and research methods-oriented courses in teacher education programmes, and leads InEdS: Integrated Education Studies research group. He obtained his PhD in Educational Theory and Policy from Pennsylvania State University, USA, in 2015. Prior to NTNU, he has held a post-doc position in education at Linnaeus University, Sweden, research positions at the World Bank and Penn State, USA, and a teaching position at University of Prishtina, Kosovo. His current teaching and research focuses on curriculum theory, Didaktik/Bildung tradition, education policy, teacher education, international large-scale assessments, international comparative education, and research methods. His latest publications have examined teacher autonomy and responsibility across Didaktik and curriculum education traditions, spread of competence-based curricula internationally, curriculum reforms and implementation in Kosovo over past 20 years, Bildung in Continental and Nordic Europe contexts, and the role of transnational and national education policies on mastery of key competences within national contexts. His research work has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Curriculum Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Inquiry, Curriculum Perspectives, European Education, European Journal of Teacher Education, Nordic Studies in Education, and Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. He serves as a reviewer in a number of international education journals.

Research

As leader of InEdS research group, Armend Tahirsylaj, in collaboration with his NTNU colleagues, is currently conducting a systematic review on educational research on Bildung; another systematic review on competence-based curricula in collaboration with Daniel Sundberg (Linnaeus University, Sweden); and a research project on competence-based curriculum policy and implementation in Kosovo with Fitore Fazliu (Kosovo). In his prior research work, Tahirsylaj has published widely using international large scale assessment (ILSA) datasets, such as PISA, TIMSS, TEDS-M and TALIS, with collaborators from different countries in Europe, North America, and Asia.

InEdS: Integrated Education Studies

Publications

2021

Duschl, Richard A.; Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Evolving Conceptions of Educational Research and Inquiry. International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning.
Academic chapter/article
Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Placing Kosovo in the didaktik-curriculum continuum: A quantitative, international comparative perspective. Issues in educational research. volum 31 (1).
Academic article
Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Teacher responsibility over intended, taught, and tested curriculum, and its association with students’ science performance in PISA 2015 across Didaktik and curriculum countries. Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue.
Chapter
Tahirsylaj, Armend; Fazliu, Fitore. (2021) From Content- to Competence-Based Curricula–An Educational Account of Curriculum Policy in Kosovo. European Education : Issues and Studies. volum 53 (1).
Academic article
Tahirsylaj, Armend; Smith, William C.; Khan, Gulab; Wermke, Wieland. (2021) The conceptual and methodological construction of a ‘global’ teacher identity through talis. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal – CEPS Journal. volum 11 (3).
Academic article
Tahirsylaj, Armend; Werler, Tobias Christoph. (2021) In search of dimensions of bildung: A quantitative approach. Nordic Studies in Education. volum 41 (1).
Academic article

Part of book/report

Duschl, Richard A.; Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Evolving Conceptions of Educational Research and Inquiry. International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning.
Academic chapter/article
Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Teacher responsibility over intended, taught, and tested curriculum, and its association with students’ science performance in PISA 2015 across Didaktik and curriculum countries. Didaktik and Curriculum in Ongoing Dialogue.
Chapter

Teaching

MGLU4514 - Pedagogy and Pupil-related Skills 3 (5-10)

MGLU5229 - Theories of Science and Research Methods

Media

2022

Academic lecture

Rønningen, Elisabeth; Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2022) Mapping scholarship on Bildung - a general overview. Nordic Educational Research Association 2022 . University of Iceland; Reykjavik. 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-03.
Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend; Rønningen, Elisabeth; Hoveid, Marit Honerød; Engen, Dagrun Astrid Aarø; Hoveid, Halvor; Veelo, Nicole Christine; Corral-Granados, Anabel; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Solhaug, Solvor. (2022) Educational research on Bildung - Bildung in and Curriculum. 9th Nordic Curriculum Theory Conference . Linnaeus University; Växjö. 2022-10-20.

2021

Academic lecture

Hoveid, Marit Honerød; Hoveid, Halvor; Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2021) Advancing teaching and teacher education through teachers’ educational language: a new frontier. Nordic Educational Research Conference . Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA); Odense. 2021-11-03 - 2021-11-05.

2019

Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2019) Curriculum Reform as a Political Statement in Developing Contexts: A Discursive and Non-affirmative Approach. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2019 Annual Conference ; Toronto. 2019-04-05 - 2019-04-09.
Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2019) From content- to competence-based curricula – externalization and convergence in curriculum policy making in Kosovo. 4th European Conference on Curriculum Studies (ECCS) 2019 Bi-Annual Conference ; Maynooth. 2019-06-07 - 2019-06-08.
Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2019) Implications of Competence-Based Education Approaches to Curriculum Policy-making: The unfinished business of defining competences for 21st century curricula. European Educational Research Association (EARLI) 2019 Biannual Conference ; Aachen. 2019-08-12 - 2019-08-16.
Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend; Sundberg, Daniel. (2019) From Competence-Based Curriculum Policy to Implementation to Assessment of Key Competences: A Systematic Review 1997-2017. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2019 Annual Conference ; Hamburg, Germany. 2019-09-03 - 2019-09-06.

2018

Academic lecture

Tahirsylaj, Armend. (2018) Curriculum Implementation and Assessment of Key Competences within Competence-based Education Approaches: A Systematic Review 1997-2017. 6th World Curriculum Studies Conference 2018 ; Melbourne. 2018-12-09 - 2018-12-12.

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