Helena Näs

My research focuses on primary to lower secondary school, and professional development and collaborations with in-service- and pre-service teachers. I teach biology, chemistry and outdoor education.

Contact

helena.nas@umu.se

+46 90 786 95 58

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Science and Mathematics Education

Naturvetarhuset, huskropp A, plan 5, Johan Bures väg 16 dg club, 901 87 dg club

NOFA9: Education, knowledge and Bildung in a global world: Book of Abstracts, Åbo Akademi University 2023 : 138-138

Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, (1) : 128-142

Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

Nordisk arbeidsmodell for undervisning for bærekraftig utvikling, Oslo: Naturfagsenteret 2017 : 14-19

Manni, Annika; Näs, Helena; Åberg, Erika

Umeå: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskapernas och matematikens didaktik 2010

Näs, Helena

The nature of research in biological education: Old and new perspectives on theoretical and methodological issues, Utrecht, The Netherlands: CD-beta Press 2009 : 297-311

Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

Science education: Shared issues, common future, Singapore: National Institute of Education 2009 : 1281-1318

Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina; Benckert, Sylvia

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Oslo och Göteborg: 2008, Vol. 4, (2) : 177-191

Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

Näs, Helena

Research groups

Group member

Natural science, technology, and gender

dg club Science Education Research (UmSER)

I am teaching biology and chemistry at a graduate level in five different teacher education programs. I am doing a lot of field work in my teaching, which connects to my research projects in outdoor and place-baced education.