Research on subject-based teaching and learning provides us with knowledge on subject characteristics and how these affect learning. It constitutes a bridge between subject theory, i.e., the subject material, and learning as such, something that is crucial if we are to understand the conditions of subject teaching and be able to improve it. This separates subject-based teaching and learning from teaching, which is more focused on people's learning in general.
In the same way that school subjects have various characteristics and conditions, research on subject-based teaching and learning has various knowledge interests, questions and methods depending on the subject that is studied. All research into subject-based teaching and learning is multidisciplinary in nature, in that it is linked to a number of research and method traditions in the field of educational sciences.
Research on subject-based teaching and learning is conducted at Linköping University within several different subjects and forms of schooling. There is a forum for subject-based teaching and learning which works with university-wide matters of subject-based teaching and learning.
