Bent Hans Christian Olsen

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

2020

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

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) 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; Smeplass, Eli. (2018) Gender and distribution of educational values among the staff in kindergartens. Early Child Development and Care
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) Sammenhænge mellem social oprindelse og pædagogiske profiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab
Academic article
Olsen, Bent. (2015) Foregribelsens dialektik: ”skolens” nærvær i børnehavens pædagogiske værdiunivers. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF)
Academic article
Olsen, Bent. (2015) Magt & meninger: Pædagogiske værdiprofiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF)
Academic article
Olsen, Bent. (2014) Kunnskap og symbolsk dominans. Første steg
Academic article
Olsen, Bent. (2014) Mener du virkelig det. Fire værdiprofiler blandt personalet i børnehaverne. Gjallerhorn
Academic article
Olsen, Bent. (2013) Markedsliberalisme og modstand. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF)
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 (NBF)
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

Outreach

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

Språkvelger

Bent Hans Christian Olsen