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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

2026

Maritha Johansson, Per Holmberg, Bengt-Göran Martinsson (2026) Ämnesdidaktisk kompetens - en studie av meritvärdering vid tillsättning av svenskämnesdidaktiska akademiska anställningar 1990-2022 Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, Vol. 31 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.63843/pfs.v31i1.59077

2025

Margrethe Sønneland, Maritha Johansson, Michael Tengberg (2025) Mot frustrasjon og fascinasjon i klasserommet. En studie av utvikling i samtaleledelse om komplekse tekster Litteraturdidaktikk, p. 113-136 (Chapter in book)
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) https://dx.doi.org/10.21248/l1esll.2025.25.1.782

2024

Maritha Johansson, Bengt-Göran Martinsson (2024) Svenskämnesdidaktik som akademiskt professionsfält Educare, Vol. 2, p. 57-83 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.24834/educare.2024.2.1165
Maritha Johansson, Bengt-Göran Martinsson (2024) Litterär analys i ett didaktiskt perspektiv Examensarbete i språk- och litteraturdidakti, p. 79-101 (Chapter in book)

Coworkers

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Johan Blomberg
Associate Professor
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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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Sabina Ivenäs Dyverfeldt
Lecturer
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Ingrid Johansson
PhD student
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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
Lecturer
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Sara Peltokangas Wilzén
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
Associate Professor
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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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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.