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Helen Margaret Murray

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Helen Margaret Murray

Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education

helen.m.murray@ntnu.no
+4793032169 Akrinn vest, G326, Kalvskinnet
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About Research Publications Teaching Outreach

About

Teaching Experience

  • English Didactics (KfK) – Primary (grades 1–7), Lower Secondary (grades 5–10), and Upper Secondary (grades 8–13)
  • Cultural Studies, English KfK 1–7, 5–10, and 8–13
  • Sámi Topics in School (LÆR2004)
  • DEKOM – Sámi Perspectives in the LK20 Curriculum, in collaboration with Nord University
  • Coordinator, Take Credit – English KfK 8–13

Research Interests

  • Indigenous peoples – in Norway and globally
  • South Sámi language and culture
  • Intercultural competence
  • Multiculturalism
  • Textbook and curriculum analysis

Research Groups and Grants

  • Co-leader, Strategic Research Network under NTNU Community – Team Sápmi
  • Leader, Research Group: Indigenous Topics in Education
  • Qualification Grant, Literacy Research Environment, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021
  • Language Grant from the Sámi Parliament, South Sámi language (self-study and courses at NTNU)
  • Qualification Grant, Department of Teacher Education, NTNU, 2023–2026
  • LIM Grant, NTNU, 2024

Activities and Public Engagement

  • Guest lectures at various institutions
  • Opinion pieces published in national newspapers
  • Development and sharing of digital teaching resources
  • Development of Sámi City Walk in Trondheim (website)
  • South Sámi language course for NTNU staff

Supervision of students

Master's students - 4

 

Competencies

  • Aboriginal
  • Discourse analysis
  • Indigenous
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Saami
  • Teaching about Indigenous
  • Textbook analysis

Research

  • Indigenous Topics in Education
  • Team Saepmie

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Longáin, Dubhán Ó. (2026) Comparative Perspectives on Minority Language Signage in Saepmie and the Gaeltacht. Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
    Research report
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Growing Indigenous Perspectives in Teacher Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Institutional Change. Education In The North
    Academic article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Textbooks and Teaching about Colonised Peoples in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) subject in Norwegian schools. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2025

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Bakken, Anja Synnøve. (2025) Indigenization in English as an Additional Language (EAL) textbooks: to what extent is indigenization found in the content of EAL textbooks in Norway?. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
    Academic article

2024

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Bakken, Anja Synnøve. (2024) Colonial acts in Norwegian EAL textbooks – Relations between coloniser and colonised. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies
    Academic article

2023

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Sensitising Teachers to Prejudices in Representations of Indigenous Peoples in EFL Textbooks.
    Academic chapter

2022

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Teaching about Indigenous peoples in the EFL classroom: Practical approaches to the development of intercultural competence. TESOL Journal (TJ)
    Academic article

2021

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Intercultural Competence in the Curriculum and in Textbooks—Which Lessons Can Be Learnt from EFL Textbooks in Norwegian Schools?.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Lesson Plan: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Conflicts. SRIS Newsletter, TESOL International Association
    Professional article

2020

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Urfolksperspektiver i fagfornyelsen. Bedre Skole
    Professional article

2016

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Moen, Silje; Sjøvoll, Rasma Haidri; Fodnestøl, Ellen Johanne Narum. (2016) Tracks SF - Engelsk for studieforberedende utdanningsprogram Vg1. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook

2013

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Fuhre, Petter; Moen, Silje; Sjøvoll, Rasma Haidri; Burgess, R.. (2013) Tracks - engelsk for yrkesfag vg1, vg2. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook

2007

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Fuhre, Petter; Hunstadbråten, Siri. (2007) Tracks 2 - engelsk for yrkesfag. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook

Journal publications

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Growing Indigenous Perspectives in Teacher Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Institutional Change. Education In The North
    Academic article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Bakken, Anja Synnøve. (2025) Indigenization in English as an Additional Language (EAL) textbooks: to what extent is indigenization found in the content of EAL textbooks in Norway?. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
    Academic article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Urfolksperspektiver i fagfornyelsen. Bedre Skole
    Professional article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Bakken, Anja Synnøve. (2024) Colonial acts in Norwegian EAL textbooks – Relations between coloniser and colonised. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies
    Academic article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Lesson Plan: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Conflicts. SRIS Newsletter, TESOL International Association
    Professional article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Teaching about Indigenous peoples in the EFL classroom: Practical approaches to the development of intercultural competence. TESOL Journal (TJ)
    Academic article

Books

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Fuhre, Petter; Hunstadbråten, Siri. (2007) Tracks 2 - engelsk for yrkesfag. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook
  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Moen, Silje; Sjøvoll, Rasma Haidri; Fodnestøl, Ellen Johanne Narum. (2016) Tracks SF - Engelsk for studieforberedende utdanningsprogram Vg1. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook
  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Fuhre, Petter; Moen, Silje; Sjøvoll, Rasma Haidri; Burgess, R.. (2013) Tracks - engelsk for yrkesfag vg1, vg2. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Textbook

Part of book/report

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Intercultural Competence in the Curriculum and in Textbooks—Which Lessons Can Be Learnt from EFL Textbooks in Norwegian Schools?.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Sensitising Teachers to Prejudices in Representations of Indigenous Peoples in EFL Textbooks.
    Academic chapter

Report

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Longáin, Dubhán Ó. (2026) Comparative Perspectives on Minority Language Signage in Saepmie and the Gaeltacht. Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
    Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Textbooks and Teaching about Colonised Peoples in the English as an Additional Language (EAL) subject in Norwegian schools. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • ENG6014 - Writing in the Classroom
  • ENG6024 - Literature and Culture in the Classroom
  • ENG6016 - Oral Skills in the Classroom
  • ENG6015 - Language Learning
  • LÆR2004 - Sámi Topics in School

Outreach

Samisk byvandring i Trondheim

Samisk historie i Trondheim, byvandring for elever og andre interesserte.

2026

  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Et viktig skritt for samisk synlighet ved NTNU.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2026) Reclaiming spaces and language revitalisation – a comparative study of native languages in signage in the Gaeltacht and in Sápmi. Linguistic Landscapes 17

2025

  • Interview
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Samler samisk forskning: - En offentlig beklagelse er bare begynnelsen.
  • Feature article
    Kjærstad, Thomas Brevik; Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Ikke oversett til samisk med ChatGPT.
  • Interview
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Sjokkert over hvor lite synlig det samiske er på NTNUs campuser.
  • Interview
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Gabriel, Ute Barbara. (2025) Áigu loktet sámi dutkama | Avvir.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Konferanse innlegg: Comparative Perspectives on Minority Language Signage in Saepmie and the Gaeltacht. Nord-konferansen samisk og urfolk 2025
  • Interview
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Samler samisk forskning: - En offentlig beklagelse er bare begynnelsen.
  • Reader opinion
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2025) Hvordan kan vi løse den samiske lærerkrisen?.
  • Reader opinion
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2025) Slik kan universitetene løse den samiske lærerkrisa.
  • Lecture
    Olsen, Torjer Andreas; Eriksen, Kristin Gregers; Murray, Helen Margaret; Nilut, Anne Henriette. (2025) Panelsamtale: Lærerutdanningenes arbeid med samiske temaer. Lærerutdanningenes arbeid med samiske temaer - rapportlansering
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Samiske temaer i forskning og utdanning ved NTNU. Samiske temaer i forskning og utdanning ved NTNU
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) Samiske temaer i engelskfaget. Faggruppemøte språk og litteratur, Nord universitet
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2025) NTNU staff’s efforts to strengthen Sámi knowledge and visibility at NTNU. Forum for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity: Truth and Reconciliation for Sámi, Kven and Forest Finn Communities

2024

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2024) Opplæring i urfolkstemaer og didaktiske metoder. Samisk språkuke, Høgskolen i Innlandet
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Eliasson, Emil Mård Vaadal. (2024) Hvordan integrere samiske tema i en lærerutdanning?. DEMBRA fagsnakk
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2024) Colonial histories in the classroom - representations and reframing the past. Critical Uses of the Past in the Present

2023

  • Lecture
    Kovach, Margaret; Cariou, Warren; Utsi, Mai Britt; Garcia Zarranz, Libe; Murray, Helen Margaret; Stokke, Ruth Seierstad; Nurmi, Tom. (2023) Indigenous Pedagogies & Methodologies: A Seminar with Mai Britt Utsi, Margaret Kovach, and Warren Cariou. Indigenous Topics in Education Online Seminar
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Å undervise om urfolk – fra læreplanen til læremidler. Hei Verden Lærerseminar
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Erfaringer med implementering av samisk innhold i lærerutdanning. Nettverksamling UH: Samiske perspektiv i lærerutdanning
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Hvor finner man samiske språk i Trondheim?.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Colonial Acts - portrayals of Ireland in textbooks used in Norwegian schools. The XVIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies

2022

  • Conference lecture
    Bakken, Anja Synnøve; Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Colonial acts in EFL textbooks - relations between colonizer and colonized in Norwegian primary school textbooks. Nord-konferansen samisk og urfolk 2022
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) A comparative study of representations of Indigenous Sámi and traditional Irish cultures in educational books used in Northern Ireland and in Norway. Nordic Educational Research Association Conference
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Samisk nasjonaldag og samiske temaer i skolen.
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Urfolkstema – en naturlig del av undervisningen hele året.
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Undervisning om samiske temaer, fra læreplan til læremidler. Samisk uke
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) The Sámi of Norway - Sámi Languages. IB World Minority Language Day
  • Conference lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Bakken, Anja Synnøve. (2022) How is implicit content relating to Indigenous identity and cultural affiliation presented in textbooks in English and Social Studies for grades 5-7 in Norwegian schools? ​ ​. Indigenous Research Conference
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Avtalen skal styrke samarbeid mellom Trondheim og samene.

2021

  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Debatt: Samiske temaer i undervisning.
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) «Rein og vind» - samiske miljøkamper i undervisningen.

2020

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) The Sámi of Norway. First Nations: Knowledge, Culture, Education
  • Feature article
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Skolene må få økt kunnskapen om samiske forhold.

2019

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2019) How should textbooks used in English teaching in Norwegian schools teach pupils about Indigenous people's history and culture?. Decolonial Perspectives in Education
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2019) What do we teach about Indigenous peoples? How should we teach about them?. Multicultural week GLU

2018

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2018) Approaches to teaching about Indigenous peoples in Norwegian secondary schools. Colonial Entanglements: Institutions, Memory, Resistance

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