Bent Olsen

Professor of educational sociology

Department of Education and Lifelong Learning

bent.olsen@ntnu.no +47 73591679 +47 91897813

Paviljong A, Dragvoll

bent.olsen@ntnu.no

Research areas:

Educational sociology

Sociological approaches to professions and pre-school

· Knowledge profiles within teacher training programmes

· Tensions of exchange between educational practices, professional knowledge and educational theory (following Aristotle, Durkheim and Bourdieu)

· Educational discourses, their historical, societal and professional roots

Body and pedagogical practice

Social class, lifestyles and educational practice

Social differences in relation to the family, day-care, school and educational system

State, government and market

Knowledge and symbolic domination

Epistemology and the historical epistemology

School architecture and symbols

Positions

I have an academic degree in pedagogy from the University of Copenhagen from 1985 and a Ph.D. degree from the Danish University of Education, 2006.

Since 1985 I have been preoccupied with educational research and served within a broader range of teacher training enterprises. From 2000, I have been employed as a Danish University of Education.

I was employed as assistant Professor of educational sociology the 1. December 2007, and professor of educational sociology from 2010 at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning.

Ongoing research

· The importance of social background for professional's and educational preferences.

· Gender differences in the educational preferences among staff in the pre-school settings.

· Professional knowledge and symbolic domination.

Current and upcoming projects

The Norwegian educational field: structure, positions and preferences

On comparing A. patterns of professional educational knowledge with B. patterns of social heredity and accumulation of capital among teacher trainers and educational researchers.

TO COMFORTA CHILD

On cultural, bodily and pre-reflexive capacities of professionals in kindergartens.

The symbolic effect of symbol: On ornamentation and decoration of schools in a time of crisis

On generation, reproduction and symbolic power.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

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2021

Olsen, Bent. (2021) Når magten slår sig sammen med magien: et nærstudie af dannelsespædagogikkens hemmeligheder. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie.

2019

Olsen, Bent. (2019) Does cultural capital matter in professional settings? Educational value profiles among the personnel in kindergartens. International Research in Early Childhood Education. vol. 9 (1).
Olsen, Bent. (2019) Fortællinger fra lærerværelsets underverden i afprofessionaliseringens tidsalder. Unge Pædagoger.
Olsen, Bent. (2019) Når det nationale sniger sig ind i det lokale: En hverdagspraktisk kritik af hånen. Point of view international.

2018

Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Gender and distribution of educational values among the staff in kindergartens. Early Child Development and Care. vol. 188 (8).
Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Kønnene i sociologisk krydsild:Gør det mandlige personale i børnehaverne egentlig nogen forskel?. Praktiske grunde. Tidsskrift for kultur og samfunnsvitenskab. vol. 3-4.

2015

Olsen, Bent. (2015) Det er ikke den enkelte som har valgt prinsippene for sine valg. Introduksjon til Bourdieu & pedagogikk. Barnehagefolk.
Olsen, Bent. (2015) Foregribelsens dialektik: ”skolens” nærvær i børnehavens pædagogiske værdiunivers. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 11.
Olsen, Bent. (2015) Magt & meninger: Pædagogiske værdiprofiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 9.
Olsen, Bent. (2015) Sammenhænge mellem social oprindelse og pædagogiske profiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Praktiske grunde. Tidsskrift for kultur og samfunnsvitenskab. vol. 2015 (3-4).

2014

Olsen, Bent. (2014) Kunnskap og symbolsk dominans. Første steg. vol. 10 (1).
Olsen, Bent. (2014) Mener du virkelig det. Fire værdiprofiler blandt personalet i børnehaverne. Gjallerhorn.

2013

Olsen, Bent. (2013) Markedsliberalisme og modstand. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 6.

2012

Olsen, Bent. (2012) Fire studier af spillene om de pædagogiske værdier i børnehaven. Barnehagen : tidsskrift for barnehagefolk.
Olsen, Bent. (2012) Med børnene i centrum?. DRAMA : Nordisk dramapedagogisk tidsskrift. vol. 49 (4).

2011

Olsen, Bent. (2011) Dannelsespraksiser uten dannelsesideer? En studie av tukt og utakt innenfor det barnehagepedagogiske feltet. Dannelse : Introduksjon til et ullent pedagogisk landskap.
Olsen, Bent. (2011) Orden og arbejdsdelinger i daginstitutionen. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 4 (1).

2010

Olsen, Bent. (2010) ”Vi er vistnok ikke samme sted”: Evidens og hverdagspraksis i børnehaven. SPS-kronikken.

2009

Olsen, Bent. (2009) Når pædagogikken bringer mennesker sammen – en eksperimentel rejse gennem byens sociale geografi og alle dens børnehaver. VIA Forlag/Systime. ViaSystime. 2009. ISBN 978-87-90833-39-8.

2008

Olsen, Bent. (2008) Studier af pædagogisk praksis (medredaktør). Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag. 2008. ISBN 978-87-7684-257-4.

2007

Olsen, Bent. (2007) Lærerarbejdet mellem konceptstyring og professionsetos- om liv og modstandsformer i skolestrukturerne. Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag. 2007. ISBN 978-87-7684-195-9.
Olsen, Bent. (2007) Pædagogik, pædagogmedhjælpere og pædagoger - arbejdsdelinger og opdragelsespraksis i daginstitutionen. 2007. ISBN 978-87-915-6217-4.