The aim of this dissertation was to describe and analyze collective knowledge advancement (CKA) as a pedagogical practice in teacher education. The background is that Internet permits new types of authentic knowledge ...

This thesis presents the results of a research project focusing on the role of verbal tools in moral education. In the study comparisons have been made between students’ use of such verbal tools and the moral concepts used ...

The present quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study investigates whether, and to what extent, Norwegian upper secondary EFL instruction prepares for the reading of English texts and textbooks in higher education. ...

The present thesis is a study of teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and their encounters with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): how teachers perceive the impact of such technologies on education ...

Denne avhandlinga belyser spørsmålet om hvordan den videregående skolen bidrar til å utdanne elever til deltakende demokratiske medborgere i vårt samfunn.

In this thesis, I explore whether feminist critique of science can shed new light on how gender equity in science education can be achieved. Drawing on feminist theory, I develop a theoretical framework that I use to analyse ...

The present thesis has investigated EFL teachers’ rating orientations in an oral English examination at the upper secondary level in Norway. As part of this investigation, aspects of the teachers’ scoring behaviour, i.e. ...

Avhandlingen utforsker hva som karakteriserer elevers samtaler underveis i et gruppearbeid i samfunnsfag på sjuende trinn. Analysene av samtalene har hatt til hensikt å få fram kunnskap som har relevans for å kunne forstå ...

The doctoral thesis is written within the field of educational psychology, and has examined issues related to task-oriented reading processes with multiple documents in upper-secondary school students. More specifically, ...