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Maritha Johansson

Senior Associate Professor

A major challenge in today’s textbased society is how to motivate young people to read. I investigate how reading and processing of literary texts in school can contribute to increase reading desire, reading comprehension, analysis, and reflection.

Publications

2025

Michael Tengberg, Maritha Johansson, Margrethe Sønneland (2025) The open work and the closing reading: Navigating openness and ambiguity in literature discussions L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 25, Article 782 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Maritha Johansson, Bengt-Göran Martinsson (2024) Svenskämnesdidaktik som akademiskt professionsfält Educare, Vol. 2, p. 57-83 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maritha Johansson, Bengt-Göran Martinsson (2024) Litterär analys i ett didaktiskt perspektiv Examensarbete i språk- och litteraturdidakti, p. 79-101 (Chapter in book)
Maritha Johansson (2024) Att undersöka förhållandet mellan läsare och texter genom receptionsstudier Examensarbete i språk- och litteraturdidaktik, p. 49-77 (Chapter in book)

2023

Stina-Karin Skillermark, Maritha Johansson (2023) Äldre texter i det moderna klassrummet: om bilder som möjliggörare i litteraturundervisningen Undervisningens konst, p. 125-155 (Chapter in book)

Coworkers

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Emma Eldelin
Senior Associate Professor
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Athena Farrokhzad
Professor
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Lena Hollstenius
PhD student
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Per Holmberg
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Sabina Ivenäs Dyverfeldt
Lecturer
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Per Klang
Associate Professor
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Malin Löf Nyqvist
Postdoc
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Bengt-Göran Martinsson
Professor
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Andreas Nyblom
Associate Professor, Docent
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Fredrik Olsson
PhD student
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Sara Peltokangas
PhD student
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Ann-Sofie Persson
Associate Professor, Docent
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Carl-Wilhelm Siwers
PhD student
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Stina-Karin Skillermark
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Christian Svensson Limsjö
Associate Professor
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Kajsa Thyberg
Associate Professor
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Johanna Vernqvist
Associate Professor, Docent
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Camilla Wallin Lämsä
PhD student
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Simon Wessbo
Associate Professor
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Helen Winzell
Associate Professor, Head of Division

Organisation

Student meeting in library with books and tablet.

Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish (KLS)

We have basic course in Media and Communication Studies (MKV) and educate linguists and literary scholars via independent courses and subject teachers for different levels in the education system.

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

Faculty of Educational Sciences (UV)

Linköping University provides a comprehensive teacher education and offers postgraduate training, as well as opportunities for research.

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