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Helen Margaret Murray

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Helen Margaret Murray

Assistant Professor
Department of Teacher Education

helen.m.murray@ntnu.no
+4793032169 Akrinn vest, G326, Kalvskinnet
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About

Teaching

Culture, English KfK 1-7, 5-10, 8-13

Sami Topics in School (starting Autumn 2021)

Interests

Indigenous peoples, both in Norway and internationally

Intercultural competence

Multiculturalism

Textbook and curriculum analysis

 

Research groups and stipends

Leader of research group: Indigenous Topics in Education

Member of research group: North American Studies

Receiver of Kvalifiseringsstipend fra Literacy-miljø 2019/2020 and 2020/2021

Language stipend from Sametinget, South Sami language. Both for own acquisition of language and for coursing at NTNU.

 

Activities

Diverse guest lectures

Chronicles in national newspapers

Development and distribution of teaching materials online

 

Education

Year

Faculty/department - University/institution - Country

2015
 

Master – Culture and language subject didactics– Hedmark University College (now Innland University College), Norway

1999

Teacher certification – Practical Pedagogical Education – University of Oslo, Norway

1996

Master of Arts (Cantab) - Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic – Cambridge University, United Kingdom


Positions - current and previous

Year

Job title – Employer - Country

2018-

Assistant professor, Norwegian University of Science and Teachnology (NTNU), Norway

2007-2018

Teacher, Gjøvik Upper Secondary School, Norway

2004-2007

Teacher, Raufoss Upper Secondary School, Norway

1999-2004

Teacher, diverse short term contracts in lower and upper secondary schools, Norway


Project management experience

Year

Project owner - Project - Role - Funder

2022

NTNU – South Sámi Language Stimulation Project – Leader -The Sami Parliament (Sametinget)

2021-2022

NTNU – Half day seminars in Sámi topics in education -Co-organizer - NTNU


Supervision of students

(Total number of students)

Master's students

Ph.D.
students

University/institution - Country

2

 

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway


Other relevant professional experiences           

Year

Description - Role

2019-2022

Founder and leader of interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research group “Indigenous Topics in Education” at NTNU.

2020

Leader and co-organizer of successful application for new 7.5 student credit course “Sámi Topics in Schools” (LÆR2004) at NTNU.

 

Peer reviewed publications 

2022

Published article “Teaching about indigenous peoples in the EFL classroom: Practical approaches to the development of intercultural competence”, TESOL Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.645

2021

Published chapter “Developing Intercultural Competence through Textbooks – which lessons can be learnt from EFL textbooks in Norwegian schools?” in Mabel, V & Sangiamchit, C (Eds), Interculturality in English Language Teaching (Palgrave MacMillan)

 

Non peer-reviewed publications 

2021

Debate text in Midtnorsk Debatt on teaching about Sámi environmental conflicts in schools, “Rein og vind – Samiske miljøkamper i undervisning”: https://www.midtnorskdebatt.no/meninger/ordetfritt/2021/09/01/%C2%ABRein-og-vind%C2%BB-Samiske-milj%C3%B8kamper-i-undervisningen-24507316.ece?fbclid=IwAR1_3xym6AN6n6R3-iukR8J-VjYlkFQChCcAs7oqXIcurmLWgL_z-6qquoE

2021

 

Short text, “Lesson plan: indigenous peoples and environmental conflicts”, Social Responsibility Interest Section newsletter, TESOL International Association:       http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolsris/issues/2021-03-05/4.html

2021

Comment in Bedre skole, “Samiske tema i undervisning”, reproduced in Utdanningsnytt in May: https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/fagartikkel-minoritetsspraklige-barn-Sámisk/Samiske-tema-i-undervisningen--n-ukes-feiring-er-ikke-tilstrekkelig/286264

2020

Debate text in Adresseavisen, “Skolene må få økt kunnskap om samiske forhold”: https://www.midtnorskdebatt.no/meninger/ordetfritt/2020/10/20/Skolene-m%C3%A5-f%C3%A5-%C3%B8kt-kunnskapen-om-Samiske-forhold-22848900.ece

Cooperation with Utdanningsforbundet (teachers’ union) to make teaching materials for schools for Sámi Language Week: https://www.utdanningsforbundet.no/fylkeslag/trondelag/nyheter/nyheter/Sámisk-sprakuke-i-uke-43/?fbclid=IwAR0Or8erFvPyPVnJmmkanfEZmAlk8VAIz0L1CauZmfMFjc7cooI5Px9uyw8

2020

Article published in Bedre skole, “Urfolksperspektiver i fagfornyelsen”: https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/fagartikkel-fagfornyelse-laereplaner/urfolksperspektiver-i-fagfornyelsen/238509

2019

Debate text in Adresseavisen about the importance of learning about the Sámi in schools, in paper copy of newspaper only

 

 

Presentations and guest lectures

2022

Presentation “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: Research on Sámi Perspectives in Teacher Education and Pedagogy, Innland University College, Norway

2020

Presentation “The Sámi of Norway”, IB diploma workshop, Melbourne, Australia (online)

2019

Participant in a panel debate on “Sámi perspectives in the curriculum”, NTNU, Norway.

2019

Presentation “Good teaching resources on Indigenous peoples: What are they and how can they be used in the classroom?” at workshop for teachers, Holocaust Centre, Norway

2019

 

Presentation “How should textbooks used in English teaching in Norwegian schools teach pupils about Indigenous people’s history and culture?”, at DENOR Workshop – Decolonial Perspectives on Education, NTNU, Norway

2019

Guest lecture “What do we teach about Indigenous people? How should we teach about them?”, Multicultural Week, NTNU, Norway

2018

Presentation “Indigenous Knowledge in the Classroom” at workshop for teachers, Practical Pedagogies, Germany

2018

Presentation “Approaches to teaching about Indigenous peoples in Norwegian secondary schools”, at the seminar Colonial Entanglements: Institutions, Memory, Resistance, NTNU, Norway

Competencies

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

Research

  • Indigenous Topics in Education

Publications

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  • By category
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2024

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Hermanstrand, Håkon; Eliasson, Emil Mård Vaadal; Johansen, Daniel. (2024) Samisk byvandring Trondheim - Tråante.
    Website (informational material)
  • 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. Springer Nature
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Hvor finner man samiske språk i Trondheim?. Adresseavisen
    Feature article

2022

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Avtalen skal styrke samarbeid mellom Trondheim og samene. Adresseavisen
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Urfolkstema – en naturlig del av undervisningen hele året. Gemini.no
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Samisk nasjonaldag og samiske temaer i skolen. Adresseavisen
    Feature 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

2021

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Lesson Plan: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Conflicts. SRIS Newsletter, TESOL International Association
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Debatt: Samiske temaer i undervisning. Bedre Skole
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Intercultural Competence in the Curriculum and in Textbooks—Which Lessons Can Be Learnt from EFL Textbooks in Norwegian Schools?. Palgrave Macmillan
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) «Rein og vind» - samiske miljøkamper i undervisningen. Adresseavisen
    Feature article

2020

  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Urfolksperspektiver i fagfornyelsen. Bedre Skole
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Skolene må få økt kunnskapen om samiske forhold. Adresseavisen
    Feature article

2016

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

2013

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

2007

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

Journal publications

  • 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. (2023) Hvor finner man samiske språk i Trondheim?. Adresseavisen
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Avtalen skal styrke samarbeid mellom Trondheim og samene. Adresseavisen
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Urfolkstema – en naturlig del av undervisningen hele året. Gemini.no
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Samisk nasjonaldag og samiske temaer i skolen. Adresseavisen
    Feature 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
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Lesson Plan: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Conflicts. SRIS Newsletter, TESOL International Association
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) Debatt: Samiske temaer i undervisning. Bedre Skole
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2021) «Rein og vind» - samiske miljøkamper i undervisningen. Adresseavisen
    Feature article
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Urfolksperspektiver i fagfornyelsen. Bedre Skole
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) Skolene må få økt kunnskapen om samiske forhold. Adresseavisen
    Feature article

Books

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

Part of book/report

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

INFORMASJONSMATR

  • Murray, Helen Margaret; Hermanstrand, Håkon; Eliasson, Emil Mård Vaadal; Johansen, Daniel. (2024) Samisk byvandring Trondheim - Tråante.
    Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

  • ENG6014 - Writing in the Classroom
  • ENG6024 - Literature and Culture in the Classroom
  • ENG6016 - Oral Skills in the Classroom
  • ENG6015 - Language Learning
  • SKOLE6028 - Sámi Topics in Schools
  • PPU4241 - Education: Teaching English - Full Time
  • LÆR2004 - Sámi Topics in School

Outreach

Samisk byvandring i Trondheim

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

2025

  • Lecture
    Olsen, Torjer Andreas; Eriksen, Kristin Gregers; Murray, Helen Margaret; Nilut, Anne Henriette. (2025) Panelsamtale: Lærerutdanningenes arbeid med samiske temaer. HL-senteret/UiT Senter for samiske studier Lærerutdanningenes arbeid med samiske temaer - rapportlansering , Oslo 2025-01-16 -

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2024) Colonial histories in the classroom - representations and reframing the past. Institutt for Språk og Litteratur Critical Uses of the Past in the Present , NTNU 2024-06-21 - 2024-06-21
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret; Eliasson, Emil Mård Vaadal. (2024) Hvordan integrere samiske tema i en lærerutdanning?. DEMBRA DEMBRA fagsnakk , Online 2024-09-10 - 2024-09-10
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2024) Opplæring i urfolkstemaer og didaktiske metoder. Høgskolen i Innlandet Samisk språkuke, Høgskolen i Innlandet , Hamar 2024-10-25 - 2025-08-25

2023

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Å undervise om urfolk – fra læreplanen til læremidler. Hei Verden Hei Verden Lærerseminar , Stavanger 2023-10-03 - 2023-10-03
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Kovach, Margaret; Cariou, Warren; Utsi, Mai Britt; Garcia Zarranz, Libe; Murray, Helen Margaret; Stokke, Ruth Seierstad. (2023) Indigenous Pedagogies & Methodologies: A Seminar with Mai Britt Utsi, Margaret Kovach, and Warren Cariou. Indigenous Topics in Education, NTNU; Collaboration Oslo Met Indigenous Topics in Education Online Seminar , Online 2023-02-09 - 2023-02-09
  • Academic lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Colonial Acts - portrayals of Ireland in textbooks used in Norwegian schools. International Congress of Celtic Studies The XVIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies , Utrecht 2023-07-24 - 2023-07-28
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2023) Erfaringer med implementering av samisk innhold i lærerutdanning. EVU-nettverk Region Nord Nettverksamling UH: Samiske perspektiv i lærerutdanning , Bodø 2023-10-20 - 2023-10-20

2022

  • Academic 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. NERA Nordic Educational Research Association Conference , Reykjavik 2022-05-31 - 2022-06-03
  • Academic lecture
    Bakken, Anja Synnøve; Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Colonial acts in EFL textbooks - relations between colonizer and colonized in Norwegian primary school textbooks. Nord universitet Nord-konferansen samisk og urfolk 2022 , Nord universitet, Levanger 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-21
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) The Sámi of Norway - Sámi Languages. IB School Stuttgart IB World Minority Language Day 2022-02-21 - 2022-02-21
  • Academic 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? ​ ​. Høgskolen i Innlandet Indigenous Research Conference , Hamar 2022-02-04 - 2022-02-04
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2022) Undervisning om samiske temaer, fra læreplan til læremidler. Lærerutdanning, Nord Universitet Samisk uke , Bodø 2022-02-10 - 2022-02-10

2020

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2020) The Sámi of Norway. Ivanhoe Grammar School RAP Committee First Nations: Knowledge, Culture, Education , Melbourne 2020-12-02 - 2020-12-05

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?. DENOR Decolonial Perspectives in Education , Trondheim 2019-04-04 - 2019-04-05
  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2019) What do we teach about Indigenous peoples? How should we teach about them?. ILU, NTNU Multicultural week GLU , Trondheim 2019-03-18 - 2019-03-22

2018

  • Lecture
    Murray, Helen Margaret. (2018) Approaches to teaching about Indigenous peoples in Norwegian secondary schools. Decolonial research group, NTNU Colonial Entanglements: Institutions, Memory, Resistance , Trondheim 2018-09-12 - 2018-09-13

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