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Strömberg Jämsvi, SusanneORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-1714-4727
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Strömberg Jämsvi, S. & Abraham, G. Y. (2026). Educational Language Policy Making by Devolution of Power: The Example of Ethiopia. In: Getahun Yacob Abraham; Dennis Beach; Rajendra Chetty (Ed.), Higher Education Governance: Importance of Language and Voice (pp. 49-68). Cham: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Educational Language Policy Making by Devolution of Power: The Example of Ethiopia
2026 (English)In: Higher Education Governance: Importance of Language and Voice / [ed] Getahun Yacob Abraham; Dennis Beach; Rajendra Chetty, Cham: Springer, 2026, p. 49-68Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Ethiopian national authorities face complex challenges when governing language policy in higher education within a multilingual society. With over 80 indigenous languages, Ethiopia has to balance regional linguistic rights, pedagogical effectiveness, and global competitiveness. Policy documents from 1994 to 2020 have been examined, focusing on how language choices are justified and how power is devolved to regional levels. The chapter highlights tensions between national unity and linguistic diversity, and between global aspirations and local realities within four identified key areas of language governance: instructional language, communication, preparation for working life, and internationalisation. Devolution enables regional autonomy in language decisions, but this strategy varies and sometimes lacks clarity. English dominates higher education, while regional languages are promoted in early education, aligning with children’s rights to mother tongue instruction. Decentralisation supports linguistic diversity and peace but complicates governance. Further research into regional policy implementation and multilingual realities is called for, especially in teacher education and local enactment of national policies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2026
Series
Educational Governance Research, ISSN 2365-9548, E-ISSN 2365-9556 ; 28
National Category
Educational Work
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-35223 (URN)10.1007/978-3-032-15279-4_4 (DOI)978-3-032-15278-7 (ISBN)978-3-032-15279-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2026-03-03 Created: 2026-03-03 Last updated: 2026-03-06Bibliographically approved
Abraham, G. Y. & Strömberg Jämsvi, S. (2026). Silencing Critical Voices: Resistance and Struggle for Social Justice (1ed.). In: Getahun Yacob Abraham; Dennis Beach; Rajendra Chetty (Ed.), Higher Education Governance: Importance of Language and Voice: (pp. 89-105). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Silencing Critical Voices: Resistance and Struggle for Social Justice
2026 (English)In: Higher Education Governance: Importance of Language and Voice / [ed] Getahun Yacob Abraham; Dennis Beach; Rajendra Chetty, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2026, 1, p. 89-105Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Higher education institutions are expected to freely engage in teaching, research, and public debate. However, global tolerance for critical voices from academia has declined in recent years. In the U.S., particularly in Florida, this trend has intensified under conservative populist leadership. This chapter highlights the broader restriction of academic freedom, focusing on efforts to silence academic voices in Florida. The state legislature has introduced abusive and restrictive laws targeting “woke culture” and “divisive concepts”, effectively banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory, gender identity, sexual orientation, and the historical marginalisation of African Americans. These laws are enforced through warnings and even job termination. Despite pressures, resistance has emerged from academics, media organisations, human rights groups, and professional associations. Some legal challenges have successfully blocked certain bills. The chapter underscores the growing politicisation of education and the struggle to preserve academic freedom despite ideological suppression.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2026 Edition: 1
Series
Educational Governance Research, ISSN 2365-9548, E-ISSN 2365-9556 ; 28
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-35192 (URN)10.1007/978-3-032-15279-4_6 (DOI)978-3-032-15278-7 (ISBN)978-3-032-15279-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2026-02-22 Created: 2026-02-22 Last updated: 2026-03-04Bibliographically approved
Cronholm, S. & Strömberg Jämsvi, S. (2025). Design and Evaluation of Education: Integration of University and Company Values and Goals. In: : . Paper presented at 36th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 7 – 10 December 2025.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Design and Evaluation of Education: Integration of University and Company Values and Goals
2025 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

CONTEXT

Due to the rapid development of technology, there is a growing demand for reskilling and upskilling from employee and company perspectives to maintain competitive competence. It is a challenging task for universities to meet the companies’ requests for relevant and practical knowledge and, at the same time, ensure that education rests on methodological rigour and solid theories. To address this challenge requires a deeper understanding of the underlying values and goals of both parties. Our study addresses a particular cohort of learners, who are returning adult/professionals, and not those going directly from school to university.

PURPOSE OR GOAL

The purpose of our study is to present guiding principles for designing and evaluating university courses, supporting the inclusion of both university and company perspectives. Our research question reads, “What guiding principles could support the inclusion of both company and university perspectives when designing and evaluating education offered by universities?

APPROACH OR METHODOLOGY/METHODS

We have conducted a qualitative study encompassing 60 interviews and three focus groups with managers and operational staff from universities and companies. The data was analysed using the six interrogatives: what, why, who, when, where and how.

ACTUAL OUTCOMES

The overall outcome to meet the increasing demand for reskilling and upskilling is that close collaboration between companies and universities is necessary, and that evaluation must be jointly reviewed on a regular basis. Our study presents six guiding principles.

CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS/SUMMARY

Our primary conclusion is that the design and evaluation of courses must be based on the integration of values and goals of both companies and universities. We can also conclude that the companies will perceive the university as an attractive education partner if their values and goals are reflected in the design and evaluation of the courses. We have also found that possible value or goal conflicts need to be resolved in consensus.

Keywords
University and company collaboration, reskilling and upskilling, lifelong learning, course evaluation
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-34758 (URN)
Conference
36th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 7 – 10 December 2025
Funder
Knowledge Foundation
Available from: 2025-12-20 Created: 2025-12-20 Last updated: 2026-01-14Bibliographically approved
Angervall, P., Strömberg Jämsvi, S. & Holmgren, P. (Eds.). (2025). Journal of Praxis in Higher Education (2ed.). Stockholm: Högskolan i Borås
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Journal of Praxis in Higher Education
2025 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Högskolan i Borås, 2025. p. 131 Edition: 2
Series
Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, ISSN 2003-3605 ; 7
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-34682 (URN)10.63223/jphe20257 (DOI)
Available from: 2025-12-08 Created: 2025-12-08 Last updated: 2025-12-17Bibliographically approved
Strömberg Jämsvi, S. (2025). Openness and open access in JPHE. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 7(1), 1-5
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Openness and open access in JPHE
2025 (English)In: Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, E-ISSN 2003-3605, Vol. 7, no 1, p. 1-5Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Borås: University of Borås, 2025
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-33624 (URN)10.47989/kpdc676 (DOI)
Available from: 2025-06-03 Created: 2025-06-03 Last updated: 2025-09-30Bibliographically approved
Strömberg Jämsvi, S. & Lindh, M. (2025). Samtal i skrivprocessen - en studie av en strukturerande studentledd samarbetsinriktad modell i distansutbildning. In: : . Paper presented at Forskning om högre utbildning, Göteborg, Sverige, 8-9 maj, 2025.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Samtal i skrivprocessen - en studie av en strukturerande studentledd samarbetsinriktad modell i distansutbildning
2025 (Swedish)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [sv]

Formen för att visa sitt lärande i högre utbildning är ofta skriftlig, något som många studerandekämpar med (Blåsjö 2004). För distansstudenter sker detta skrivande inte sällan utan stöttning av medstudenter. I ett lärosätesspecifikt forsknings- och utvecklingsprojekt (dnr. FO2021/44)frågade vi oss hur vi skulle kunna skapa en stödjande struktur för distansstudenter i en tid dåden lärarledda undervisningstiden minskar som en följd av att resurserna till högre utbildning urholkats i decennier (Hwang 2023). Svaret blev framtagandet av en modell för studentledda samarbetsinriktade samtal i och kring skrivandet av vetenskapliga inlämningsuppgifter. Modellen har prövats i tre kurser i ett samhällsvetenskapligt program på magisternivå. Studenterna har introducerats för modellen som bestått av ramar för och förhållningssätt kring samarbete samt lärarframtagna mallar med frågor om kvalitativa aspekter i kursernas vetenskapliga skrivuppgifter. Studenterna har därefter, i grupper om 2–3 studenter, delat med sig av flera textutkast under skrivprocessen, använt frågemall för att granska varandras utkast i gruppen, träffats utanför undervisningstid och i samtal delat med sig av sina granskningar. Det övergripande syftet med forskningsstudien är att utveckla kunskap om studentaktiva och kollaborativa läraktiviteter i distansutbildning. Specifikt undersöker studien vad distansstudenter uppfattar möjliggör deras lärande och på vilket sätt deras lärande underlättas i en modell för studentledda kollaborativa samtal kring akademiska skrivuppgifter. Den härpresentationen kommer att vara avgränsad till analysen av hur studenterna uppfattar mallensroll i modellen. Det empiriska materialet i studien består av fem intervjuer, individuellt och i grupp, med sju av de cirka 20 studenterna som använde sig av modellen. Intervjuerna, som varade mellan 30 och 54 minuter, spelades in och transkriberades. Den transkriberade texten består av drygt 34000 ord. Två forskare har analyserat empirin tematiskt. Resultatet visar att mallen som studenterna använde fyllde åtminstone fem olika funktioner som: 1) meningsskapare, 2) fokushållare, 3) tidsplanerare, 4) socialt kontrakt och 5) ansvarsfrämjare. För det första ansåg studenterna att mallen skapade förståelse för hur självaskrivuppgiften kan förstås och vad de behöver lära sig men också förståelse för hur olika delar hänger ihop vid vetenskapligt skrivande samt hur de kan hjälpa varandra vidare i skrivprocessen. För det andra hjälpte mallen studenterna att hålla fokus på det som är väsentligt både i det egna skrivandet och i de gemensamma samtalen. För det tredje hjälpte mallen studenterna att planera innehållet i skrivprocessen samtidigt som den hjälpte dem att inte skjuta upp sitt arbete. För det fjärde fungerade mallen som socialt kontrakt, vilket innebär att den möjliggjorde förstudenterna att komma överens om vad som ska göras och vilket förhållningssätt de ska ha gentemot varandra samt att den fungerade som ett stöd i samtalsprocessen. För det femte varmallen utformad så att studenterna helt och hållet styrde användandet av den utan inblandning av läraren, vilket ledde till att ansvarstagande och kreativitet. En slutsats är att lärarens ’närvaro’ genom mallen å ena sidan fungerade strukturerande i skrivandet, granskandet och samtalandet, vilket av flera studenter sågs som avgörande för att de faktiskt lyckades med skrivuppgiften och blev klar i tid. Å andra sidan kontrollerade aldrig läraren hur mallen användes, vilket ledde till att studenterna blev kreativa och använde den på sätt som läraren inte förutsett. Denna frihet kan också ha varit avgörande för valet att använda sig av modellen.

National Category
Pedagogy Educational Work
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-33623 (URN)
Conference
Forskning om högre utbildning, Göteborg, Sverige, 8-9 maj, 2025
Available from: 2025-06-03 Created: 2025-06-03 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved
Zhang, Y., Stöhr, C., Strömberg Jämsvi, S., Kabo, J. & Malmqvist, J. (2025). Student Experiences of Hybrid and Online Engineering Labs in a Logic Control Course. Computer applications in engineering education, 33(3), Article ID e70032.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Student Experiences of Hybrid and Online Engineering Labs in a Logic Control Course
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2025 (English)In: Computer applications in engineering education, ISSN 1061-3773, E-ISSN 1099-0542, Vol. 33, no 3, article id e70032Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the rapidly evolving landscape of engineering education, the shift toward online and hybrid lab formats requires a critical examination of their impact on students' learning experiences. This study investigates the experiences of 82 students in a logic control course with campus, remote, and simulation labs, through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. Although our qualitative thematic analysis confirms students' general preference for campus labs, we extend this observation through nuanced insights into the cognitive, teaching, and social elements of students' perceptions of their learning experiences in the different lab formats. Students appreciate the increased accessibility and flexibility of remote options, while also identifying challenges and limitations for cognitive engagement, instructional support, and social connection. Our results suggest that with targeted improvements, online and hybrid labs can enhance students' learning experience considerably, particularly if integrated purposefully with campus labs. We discuss theoretical and practical key implications for designing blended lab environments. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2025
National Category
Didactics Information Systems, Social aspects
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-33617 (URN)10.1002/cae.70032 (DOI)001497761800002 ()
Available from: 2025-06-02 Created: 2025-06-02 Last updated: 2026-03-06Bibliographically approved
Strömberg Jämsvi, S., Holmgren, P. & Angervall, P. (Eds.). (2025). Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Journal of Praxis in Higher Education. Högskolan i Borås
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Journal of Praxis in Higher Education
2025 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Högskolan i Borås, 2025
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-33621 (URN)10.47989/kpdc.vol7.1.2025 (DOI)
Available from: 2025-06-02 Created: 2025-06-02 Last updated: 2025-10-01Bibliographically approved
Strömberg Jämsvi, S. & Danvers, E. (2025). What University Classroom Signs Might Tell Us About Contemporary Pedagogic Values. In: : . Paper presented at SRHE International Conference 2025, 2–4 December, Nottingham, UK..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>What University Classroom Signs Might Tell Us About Contemporary Pedagogic Values
2025 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-34693 (URN)
Conference
SRHE International Conference 2025, 2–4 December, Nottingham, UK.
Available from: 2025-12-09 Created: 2025-12-09 Last updated: 2025-12-17Bibliographically approved
Strömberg Jämsvi, S., Holmgren, P. & Angervall, P. (Eds.). (2024). Anniversary Issue. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, Vol. 6 No. 5 (2024). Högskolan i Borås
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Anniversary Issue. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, Vol. 6 No. 5 (2024)
2024 (English)Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Högskolan i Borås, 2024. p. 163
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-32978 (URN)10.47989/kpdc.vol6.5.2024 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-12-20 Created: 2024-12-20 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved
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