The extent to which teachers adopt technology in their teaching practice has long been in the focus of research. Indeed, a plethora of models exist explaining influential factors and mechanisms of technology use in classrooms, ...

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 ...

Formålet med denne avhandlingen i norsk fagdidaktikk er å undersøke norsklæreres vurderings- og særlig tilbakemeldingspraksis i lys av Vurdering for læring (VfL)-teori. Overordnet forskningsspørsmål er: Hva kjennetegner ...

This study was conducted at the university of Oslo Department of Teacher Education and School Research. The thesis focusses on science education and particularly learner-active involvement in science learning. It aims to ...

Background This paper discusses a framework for analyzing the dependence on mathematical theory in test items, that is, a framework for discussing to what extent knowledge of mathematical theory is helpful ...

A large body of literature suggests that attitudes toward technology and its educational use are important determinants of technology acceptance and integration in classrooms. At the same time, teachers' Technological, ...

One major concern relating to teaching scientific inquiry is that many teachers show epistemologically naive beliefs about nature of science (NOS). In this study, we use in-depth interviews to identify an upper secondary ...

Purpose: This paper examines teachers’ reported experiences, practices, and attitudes on the use of national test results in a low-stakes accountability context. Whether the stakes are high or low, teachers and school ...

Technology has become an ever-present factor in virtually every contemporary situation, and digital media has gained a significant role in the lives of young people. This article explores and compares the antecedents for ...

Avhandlingen plasserer seg innenfor skriveforskning og skrivedidaktikk, og dreier seg om arbeid med argumenterende skriving i samfunnsfag og faget religion, livssyn og etikk (RLE) på grunnskolens ungdomstrinn. Den overordnede ...

While it is generally assumed that the aim of teacher evaluation is to formatively support teachers’ professional development, research finds that teacher evaluation practices are predominantly summative. This paper describes ...

Over the last decade, many countries have implemented assessment systems meant as tools for school improvement. This article examines how school leaders in Norway respond to the expectations of national authorities regarding ...

Elever i norske videregående skoler har vanligvis tilgang til datamaskiner med internett-tilgang mens undervisningen pågår. Teknologitilgjengeligheten kan ha betydning for læreres mestringsforventninger til faglig undervisning. ...

Denne studien undersøker hvilke organisasjonsmessige faktorer som er relatert til læreres kollegiale hjelpsomhet med IKT i undervisning og læreres forbedringsbestrebelser. Analysen baseres seg på et utvalg av lærere i ...

This thesis comprises three published articles and investigates the micro policy making of school principals, senior leaders, and teachers in Norwegian lower secondary schools. The first article investigated the stories ...

Kartleggingsprøver i regning for småskoletrinnet ble innført i 2009 og kan sees som ett av tiltakene som skal hjelpe skolene med tidlig innsats. Prøvene skal brukes til å identifisere og følge opp elever under en ...

In educational contexts, assessments may be designed to target students, preservice teachers, or teachers, either as individuals or as representatives of a group, and for a multitude of purposes. One key aim of assessment ...

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 ...

As digital technologies continue transforming the time and space boundaries that traditionally had been ascribed to different educational settings, the very notion of learning context also is being challenged in educational ...

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 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 ...

The program of TSG 46 focused on three themes: 1. Conceptualization and theorization of knowledge in/for teaching mathematics at the secondary level. 2. Methods for measuring, assessing, evaluating and comparing knowledge ...

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 ...

The 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education in Hamburg was not only a scientific experience for researchers in mathematics education from all over the world. As Convenor and Local Chair of ICME-13, we are ...

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 study examined emerging and experienced foreign language teachers’ sense of preparedness for teaching their subject in alignment with curricular intentions. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, in which semi-structured ...

This article explores the methodological approaches offered in grammar exercises in a selection of French as a foreign language textbooks produced for the Scandinavian market. It investigates the extent to which developments ...

This article explores an international week in a Norwegian primary school from the perspective of the different participants. Such international weeks are typically organized in connection with the United Nations Day, to ...

Denne artikkelen setter søkelyset på flerspråklige lærere i danske og norske skoler. Artikkelens empiriske materiale og teoretiske og analytiske fundament hentes fra doktoravhandlingene våre (Daugaard, 2015; Dewilde, 2013), ...

This chapter is about sixteen-year-old Bahar (pseudonym) who grew up in Afghanistan and moved with her family to Norway at the beginning of her teens. Bahar is transnational in the sense that she has “moved bodily across ...

In recent years, governing regimes in education that emphasize ‘data’ and ‘evidence’ as a basis for decision making, performance management and accountability have been introduced in several countries, including the Nordic ...

This paper examines how teachers’ knowledge relations and the profession's epistemic infrastructure shape collective autonomy. Professionals' autonomy derives partially from their responsibility for a specific knowledge ...

Current debates on students' use of information and communication technology (ICT) have brought to attention profiles and purposes of ICT use in either school-related or recreational contexts. Examining these two contexts ...

From 2017 the Norwegian teacher education in primary and lower secondary school will be a five-year master education. UiT - The Norwegian Arctic University started a master education already in 2010. The main differences ...

The professional digital competence (PDC) of teachers is of growing importance in classrooms, now that digital resources and digital media are becoming important parts of teachers’ everyday practice. This study explores ...

Currently, the issue of inequality is one of the most pressing concerns in education and educational research. Factor such as increased socio-economic inequality, movement of people across national boundaries, and refugees, ...

This paper provides an analysis of the implementation of a blended learning approach in a newly revised part-time teacher education program at the University of Oslo, Norway. A digital learning platform was implemented in ...

In this paper, using gender as the topic in focus, we argue that transferring items and surveys from one cultural context to another might be highly problematic. For instance, in the Nordic context, gender issues are ...

Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke elevers opplevde nytte av norsklærerens tilbakemeldingspraksis i skriftlig norsk. På bakgrunn av omfattende internasjonal forskning innen feltet ‘Vurdering for læring’ (VfL) er ...

Vurdering for læring (VfL) er et stadig voksende forskningsfelt, og det har hatt betydelig innflytelse på norsk utdanningspolitikk gjennom både lovendringer og større satsinger der det er investert mye i undervisningsressurser, ...

Skal religionsundervisningen ta hensyn til elevenes personlige livssyn og verdier? Eller skal undervisningen avgrense seg til rent faglig kunnskap og refleksjon? Spørsmålet om religionsundervisningen skal ta hensyn til ...

Adequate self-efficacy is useful for motivating individuals to engage in continued improvement. This study explores the potential antecedents of instructional self-efficacy beliefs among Norwegian student teachers attending ...

To date, few observational studies have addressed Scandinavian school inspectors in the field, specifically how inspectors use templates to monitor the formative assessment routines of schools and local school authorities. ...

We experience the emergence of a global educational reform movement, where the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) through its project PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) has ...

PISA, The Programme for International Student Assessment, was initiated by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) in 2000 and has since then dramatically changed educational debates as well as ...

Lærerutdanningene er blitt kritisert for å fokusere for mye på teoretisk kunnskap med manglende relevans for praktisk lærerarbeid. Økt innslag av praksis er blitt trukket frem som løsning på utfordringen. Arbeid med ...

Teachers’ operational control is challenged by pupils’ access to computers with internet in the classroom. The teacher’s control of operations will be diminished in a technology-rich classroom. Professional growth is ...

This study builds on and contributes to work about the use of student evaluation of teacher performance. Although many studies have examined multiple forms of teacher evaluation, not much has been written about high school ...

School learners can struggle with setting and striving for objectives that require sustained academic self‐discipline. We believe that teachers’ instructional qualities and school culture are factors that can successfully ...

While there is a wealth of literature on young people and politics, most studies have examined theirinterest, trust and participation in politics as well as their attitudes toward and knowledge about for-mal politics. ...

Artikkelen er en analyse av to romantrilogier for ungdom, som begge skildrer en ung norsk jentes kamp for å hjelpe en afrikansk båtflyktning til et bedre liv i Vesten. I begge trilogier blir møtet med flyktningen og verdens ...

Artikkelen viser hvordan forfatterne av to norsklærebøker for videregående skole har valgt ulike strategier for å inkludere et flerkulturelt perspektiv i norskfaget. Grip teksten henvender seg til elever med en tradisjonell ...

En av skolens aller viktigste oppgaver er å gi elever relevant tekstkompetanse – ofte omtalt som literacy (NOU 8:2015). Literacy handler enkelt forklart om å skape mening i egne og andres tekster ved hjelp av tegn – og er ...

The act of newly qualified teachers leaving the profession is a growing challenge, both in Norway and internationally. To address recruitment difficulties, there is a need for further knowledge of prospective teachers’ ...

I dette kapitlet analyserer jeg tekster som 16-17 år gamle elever i norsk videregående skole har skrevet i etterkant av et samfunnsfagprosjekt om bærekraftig utvikling. Tekstene er analysert med tanke på hva slags forståelser ...

This paper contrasts students’ perceptions of feedback practices on written texts and their utilization of the feedback against formative assessment pedagogy. It uses observations of nine lessons of English writing in ...

This qualitative study reports on teachers’ (formative) feedback practices in writing instruction. Observations and interviews were used to collect data from ten upper-secondary teachers of English as a Foreign Language ...

Norsk ungdom vokser opp i et av verdens rikeste, lykkeligste og mest egalitære land. Samtidig vet de at mange i verden lider. Hvordan skal de føle, tenke og handle i møte med verdens urettferdige fordeling av goder? I ...

This study analyses reading proficiency, strategy use, and interest in English as the second language (L2) of 463 upper secondary students (16/17-year-olds). They were identified among a national sample of 10,331 students ...

I artikkelen diskuteres hva som kjennetegner en profesjonell lærerutdanning. I internasjonal forskning om profesjonsutdanning, er forholdet mellom de tre aristoteliske kunnskapsformene episteme, techne og fronesis satt på ...

In this article, we examine teachers’ use of knowledge sources in meetings where they discuss and formulate initiatives and solutions to develop existing teaching practice based on national test results. While practices ...

Both civil society in China and research on Chinese civil society have developed profoundly over the last three decades. Research on Chinese civil society can be classified into two categories: a structure-oriented approach ...

Worldwide, teacher educators and policymakers call for teacher preparation that is more deeply linked to practice. Yet, we know little about how such linkages are achieved within different international programs. We examine ...

In the age of political confrontation the public is at times presented with statements in the media that are less than truthful. At the same time, social media create new arenas for political communication. These trends ...

Repeated reading has been successfully used to enhance reading fluency in L1, but little is known about how (and to what extent) this strategy impacts reading in foreign language classrooms. Our paper reports the results ...

In this paper, we investigate a new national collaborative Benchlearning program for principals in Norway and Sweden. The Benchlearning program, which has been offered to 40–50 principals in the two countries, is a ...

Denne avhandlingens formål er å undersøke hvordan elever på ungdomstrinnet forstår og bruker skriftlige lærerkommentarer de får på tekster de skriver i norskfaget. Avhandlingen er artikkelbasert og består av tre artikler ...

This article reports on the findings from a literature review of research on data use in education published in English, German and Scandinavian languages. The review is inspired by methods for systematic mapping. The ...

In this debate, in arguing for the position that ‘Research should not inform teaching.’ we present three lines of reasoning. First, we observe that despite many years of research, research has had very little impact on ...

In this article, we examine how assessment is enacted and negotiated in a school project that involves multimodal composition. The case is a project on advertisement in which lower secondary students collaboratively composed ...

In more and more countries, the goal of mathematics education is to develop students’ mathematical competence beyond procedural and conceptual knowledge. Thus, students need to engage in a rich variety of tasks comprising ...

Acta Didactica Norge ble etablert som fritt tilgjengelig tidsskrift for fagdidaktikk og lærerutdanning på nivå 1 i 2007 etter initiativ fra Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleforskning ved Universitetet i Oslo. Det var ...

Samarbeid mellom universitet/høgskole og skole om lærerutdanning har som ideell målsetting å utvikle studentenes lærerprofesjonalitet. En forutsetning for slik profesjonalitet er å kunne forholde seg til og bruke ulike ...

The provision for every pupil in schools of 1:1 digital devices such as tablets and laptops is claimed to offer a range of benefits, both practical and educational. Opinions are still divided as to whether the benefits for ...

Education for sustainable development as presented by UNESCO involves a value dimension which is both pivotal and problematic. Pivotal, because values concern what matters to beings, problematic because the values brought ...

Although teacher educators may perceive their program and courses to be coherent, the question remains to what extent student teachers also are able to perceive the linkages within their programs. Coherence within teacher ...

This longitudinal study examines connections between 110 teachers’ perceived professional competence acquired during professional preparation and later perceptions as schoolteachers in Norway. The results indicate that ...

This study examines teaching evaluation based on student feedback which is intended to contribute to teachers’ professional development. Although studies have highlighted that teaching evaluation is a potential source of ...

De norske PISA-resultatene i 2015 viste en framgang i lesing for norske 15-åringere, men andelen elever på det laveste nivået var fortsatt uendret. Denne artikkelen studerer de norske elevene i denne kategorien når det ...

Developing students’ digital skills and self-confidence in their ability to purposefully use online learning opportunities is considered important for achieving educational objectives. This study empirically explores ...

Studies have shown that school leaders are important in work with large-scale policy reforms in schools. However, the issue of how school leaders and teachers discuss and enact policy is under-studied. This article explores ...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of coding and observation manuals in classroom studies. While observation manuals have been a part of the methodological toolkit for measuring various aspects of instruction for ...

In school settings, self-control is central to the ability of learners to complete their academic work successfully. Learners’ self-control is directly influenced by the ways in which educators execute their work, including ...

The duration of on-campus academic engagements is an uncertain and highly debated indicator of study input. Researchers adopt this indicator with the expectation that student teachers must invest an amount of time and ...

Worldwide, teacher educators and policy makers have called for teacher preparation that is more deeply linked to practice. Yet we know little about how such linkages are achieved within different international programs. ...

Despite its rich learning potential, outdoor science activities are challenging to integrate in classroom teaching. Therefore, this paper synthesizes theory, findings and experiences from 20 years of research – and development ...

In light of a growing emphasis on student-centred learning approaches, feedback is viewed as an activity that has potential to facilitate higher education students’ explorations of knowledge contents and practices. However, ...

This article presents a qualitative study concerning student teachers’ understanding of differentiation for high-achieving secondary school students. Predominantly using focus group interviews of Norwegian student teachers ...

The implementation of mathematical competencies in school curricula requires assessment instruments to be aligned with this new view on mathematical mastery. However, there are concerns over whether existing assessments ...

Living in complex knowledge societies requires citizens who master multiple literacies involving both cognitive and social skills. Thus, all individuals should be offered relevant educational opportunities and teachers ...