ULF – Education, learning, research

In the ULF initative practice-based research is conducted in close collaboration with school operators and higher education institutions. The purpose is to develop teaching and subject didactic research

Collaboration with schools

Konstfack, through the Department of Visual Arts and Sloyd Education, collaborates in ULF with
- Botkyrka Municipality
- Fryshuset
- Huddinge Municipality
- Järfälla Municipality
- Kulturama

Collaboration with universities

To strengthen research on aesthetic knowledge traditions, Konstfack also collaborates with Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Stockholm University of the Arts.

Collaborative research

The research is conducted in collaboration between researchers, teachers, school leaders and student teachers in primary and secondary schools, including adapted schools. Here, creative environments are created for knowledge production and the exchange of ideas. The research aims to ensure that subject teachers have a clear voice throughout the research process and that the projects contribute to operational development.

Art, Crafts and Aesthetics

Konstfack runs ULF projects that develop teaching rooted in art, crafts and aesthetics. The projects also strengthen subject didactic research in the subjects of art and crafts.

Organization

Organizationally, Konstfack is part of the Huvudstadsnoden together with Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Royal College of Music in Stockholm, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Södertörn University and Stockholm University of the Arts.

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