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. ...

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 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.

Summary of chapter 1<br> The thesis was introduced in this chapter by presenting the fundamental rationale for why analysis of items, either one-by-one, or by the study of profiles across a few items, is worthwhile. This ...

In the context of this study, I seek to inform and transform ideas of science education by exploring knowledge of public understanding of science, together with knowledge of the value of drama in the teaching-learning ...

The thesis is based on the view that science teaching must build on an understanding of the students' culture, priorities and concerns. The empirical material is collected through the ROSE project. ROSE (The Relevance of ...

Data modelling as activity operates in the intersection between software design and programming. It takes input from the problem domain to be addressed by the information system, and creates a description of this domain ...