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Bent Olsen

Bent Olsen

Professor of educational sociology
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

bent.olsen@ntnu.no
+4773591679 +4791897813 +4591100113 Paviljong A, Dragvoll
Cristin
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About

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.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
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2023

  • Olsen, Bent. (2023) Dannelsespædagogikken i sociologisk krydsild. Agora
    Academic article

2020

  • Olsen, Bent. (2020) T R Ø S T: bidrag til en jordnær, kropsnær og omtænksom pædagogik. Akademisk Forlag Akademisk Forlag
    Academic monograph
  • Smeplass, Eli; Olsen, Bent. (2020) Gør mændene en forskel i børnehaven. Kvinder, Køn og Forskning
    Academic article

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
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2019) Fortællinger fra lærerværelsets underverden i afprofessionaliseringens tidsalder. Unge Pædagoger
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2019) Når det nationale sniger sig ind i det lokale: En hverdagspraktisk kritik af hånen. Point of view international
    Academic article

2018

  • Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Gender and distribution of educational values among the staff in kindergartens. Early Child Development and Care
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Kønnene i sociologisk krydsild:Gør det mandlige personale i børnehaverne egentlig nogen forskel?. Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab
    Academic article

2015

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

2014

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

2013

  • Olsen, Bent. (2013) Markedsliberalisme og modstand. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article

2012

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

2011

  • Olsen, Bent. (2011) Orden og arbejdsdelinger i daginstitutionen. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2011) Dannelsespraksiser uten dannelsesideer? En studie av tukt og utakt innenfor det barnehagepedagogiske feltet. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2010

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

2009

  • Olsen, Bent. (2009) Når pædagogikken bringer mennesker sammen – en eksperimentel rejse gennem byens sociale geografi og alle dens børnehaver. VIA Forlag/Systime. ViaSystime ViaSystime
    Academic monograph

2008

  • Olsen, Bent. (2008) Studier af pædagogisk praksis (medredaktør). Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2007

  • Olsen, Bent. (2007) Lærerarbejdet mellem konceptstyring og professionsetos- om liv og modstandsformer i skolestrukturerne. Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Olsen, Bent. (2007) Pædagogik, pædagogmedhjælpere og pædagoger - arbejdsdelinger og opdragelsespraksis i daginstitutionen. Forlaget PUC Viborg (bokserie inden for pedagogisk forskning og samfunnsvitenskap)
    Academic monograph

Journal publications

  • Olsen, Bent. (2023) Dannelsespædagogikken i sociologisk krydsild. Agora
    Academic article
  • Smeplass, Eli; Olsen, Bent. (2020) Gør mændene en forskel i børnehaven. Kvinder, Køn og Forskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2019) Does cultural capital matter in professional settings? Educational value profiles among the personnel in kindergartens . International Research in Early Childhood Education
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2019) Fortællinger fra lærerværelsets underverden i afprofessionaliseringens tidsalder. Unge Pædagoger
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2019) Når det nationale sniger sig ind i det lokale: En hverdagspraktisk kritik af hånen. Point of view international
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Gender and distribution of educational values among the staff in kindergartens. Early Child Development and Care
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Kønnene i sociologisk krydsild:Gør det mandlige personale i børnehaverne egentlig nogen forskel?. Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2015) Foregribelsens dialektik: ”skolens” nærvær i børnehavens pædagogiske værdiunivers. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2015) Det er ikke den enkelte som har valgt prinsippene for sine valg. Introduksjon til Bourdieu & pedagogikk. Barnehagefolk
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2015) Magt & meninger: Pædagogiske værdiprofiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2015) Sammenhænge mellem social oprindelse og pædagogiske profiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2014) Mener du virkelig det. Fire værdiprofiler blandt personalet i børnehaverne. Gjallerhorn
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2014) Kunnskap og symbolsk dominans. Første steg
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2013) Markedsliberalisme og modstand. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2012) Med børnene i centrum?. DRAMA : Nordisk dramapedagogisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2012) Fire studier af spillene om de pædagogiske værdier i børnehaven. Barnehagen : tidsskrift for barnehagefolk
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2011) Orden og arbejdsdelinger i daginstitutionen. Nordisk Barnehageforskning
    Academic article
  • Olsen, Bent. (2010) ”Vi er vistnok ikke samme sted”: Evidens og hverdagspraksis i børnehaven. SPS-kronikken
    Feature article

Books

  • Olsen, Bent. (2020) T R Ø S T: bidrag til en jordnær, kropsnær og omtænksom pædagogik. Akademisk Forlag Akademisk Forlag
    Academic monograph
  • Olsen, Bent. (2009) Når pædagogikken bringer mennesker sammen – en eksperimentel rejse gennem byens sociale geografi og alle dens børnehaver. VIA Forlag/Systime. ViaSystime ViaSystime
    Academic monograph
  • Olsen, Bent. (2008) Studier af pædagogisk praksis (medredaktør). Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Olsen, Bent. (2007) Lærerarbejdet mellem konceptstyring og professionsetos- om liv og modstandsformer i skolestrukturerne. Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitets Forlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Olsen, Bent. (2007) Pædagogik, pædagogmedhjælpere og pædagoger - arbejdsdelinger og opdragelsespraksis i daginstitutionen. Forlaget PUC Viborg (bokserie inden for pedagogisk forskning og samfunnsvitenskap)
    Academic monograph

Part of book/report

  • Olsen, Bent. (2011) Dannelsespraksiser uten dannelsesideer? En studie av tukt og utakt innenfor det barnehagepedagogiske feltet. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • PED1006 - Educational Sociology
  • PED2001 - Perspectives on Society, Education and Reproduction
  • PED1023 - Body, Mind and Culture: Basic Approaches to Education

Media

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Olsen, Bent. (2018) Bent Olsen: Høye fjell og dype daler - En rundreise i (morgen)dagens norske pedagogiske landskap. IPL IPL konfransen , NTNU Dragvoll 2018-05-25 - 2018-05-25

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Olsen, Bent. (2017) Det norske pedagogiske feltet: Relasjoner, dominans og struktur. IPL KONFERANSEN 11. MAI 2017 . IPL IPL KONFERANSEN 11. MAI 2017 , Dragvoll 2017-05-11 - 2017-05-11
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