Research groups
Areas of responsibility
#CeaseFireNow!
“Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required. Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself” (speech by Holocaust survivor Barbara Schecter Cohen).
I am an associate professor in education at the University of Agder, currently engaged in a post-doctorate project, exploring alternative approaches to standardised quality assurance systems in Early Childhood Education that embrace diversity and depolarise educational discourse.
I have work experience from all levels of the Norwegian education system, from early childhood education, primary-, lower- and upper-secondary school, to university-level education.
My fields of expertise are Early Childhood Education, Research Methods in Education, Adapted Education and Inclusion, History and Philosophy of Education, and Education Policy and Quality Assurance Systems.
Research
Selected publications
Cameron, David Lansing; Stray, Ingunn Elisabeth; Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal (2021). Lower secondary school pupils’ written descriptions of their experiences with bullying and the tendency to seek help. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. ISSN: 0267-3843. 26 (1). s 487 - 500. doi:10.1080/02673843.2021.2001348.
Stray, I. E. (2017). Teachers' ways in times of fluidity; Idiosyncratic cultural responses to global educational reform movements. Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder.
Stray, I. E., & Voreland, H. E. (2017). Refractions of the Global Educational Agenda. In Negotiating Neoliberalism (pp. 87-99). SensePublishers, Rotterdam.
Stray, T., & Stray, I. E. (2014). Alle elever har behov for å bli forstått. I TNM Bunting. Tilpasset opplæring-i forskning og praksis, 56-80.
Short biography
2022- Post-doctor, Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2018- Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2017-2018: Professional developer, Education and Monitoring
Staff of the Educational Director of the Municipality of Kristiansand, Department of Development and Monitoring
2014-2017: PhD Reasearch Fellow
Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2013-2014: Assistant professor
Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2012-2013: Teacher Higher Secondary Education. Kristiansand Katedralskole Gimle (KKG), the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway
2010-2012: Teacher Lower Secondary Education. Steinerskolen i Kristiansand (Waldorf School), the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway
2009-2009: Assistant Professor.
Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2007-2009: Assistant Professor (Hour-contracts)
Faculty of Faculty of Humanities and Education/Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway
2009-2009: Teacher Primary Education. Åsane Skole, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway
2000-2009: Environmental Therapist (weekend position). Department of Habilitation in the Municipality of Songdalen, Norway.
2002-2002: Kindergarten co-worker. Sørlandsparken Kindergarten, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway
2001-2001 Kindergarten co-worker. Wergelandsveien Kindergarten, the Municipality of Kristiansand, Norway
1999-2000 Teacher Assistant. Rødtvedt Skole og SFO. Norway