Teachers’ integration of information and communication technology (ICT) has been widely studied, given that digital competence is considered to be a crucial outcome of twenty first century education. In this context, ...

This article presents a qualitative study focusing school science in two vocational classes, upper secondary school, Norway. The fact that many vocational students find little meaning in school science forms the backdrop. ...

Being able to engage with science representations, such as graphs, drawings, animations, gestures and written and verbal texts lies at the heart of scientific literacy. This article introduces the design-based research ...

This introductory article attempts to set a conceptual stage for the special issue on identities of school leaders. We do this by beginning with a discussion of identity – its definition, philosophical roots, nature, and ...

Pädagogisches und fachdidaktisches Wissen gelten als zentrale kognitive Elemente professioneller Kompetenz von Lehrkräften. Der Erwerb entsprechenden Wissens soll daher möglichst schon im Lehramtsstudium erfolgen. Wie ...

Especially in the case of longitudinal evaluations, mixed-methodological approaches appear to be useful, since the studies are basically suitable for evaluating evaluation objects of a high degree of complexity, such as, ...

This paper reports on a study of teacher support in a setting where students engaged with computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) in science. The empirical basis is an intervention study where secondary school ...

The present qualitative study investigates the reasons given by 236 Norwegian upper secondary school leaders when they either accepted or refused to take part in a research project. The analysis shows that those who agreed ...

Worldwide, scholars and policymakers have called for teacher education to link fieldwork and coursework. This article examines teacher candidates’ opportunities to talk about field placement within their campus coursework ...