This PhD project investigated what leading education for democracy looks like in an age of accountability. The thesis reports on what I have coined the LED (Leading Education for Democracy) project. Focus was ...

The main contribution of this article-based thesis is increased knowledge about how certain patterns of interactions combined with conditioning contextual factors are involved in students’ off-task use of educational ...

This chapter investigates writing instruction for migrant students with little formal education. The participants are 13 students and 2 Norwegian teachers at an upper secondary school in Norway. Data was produced by means ...

The use of data for governance purposes has been widely recognised as a way for national authorities to coordinate their activities across administrative levels and improve educational quality. This places the mid-central ...

This article provides insight into teaching practices in higher education. The empirical data are from master's programs in educational school leadership at universities in Norway and the United States (California). We ...

Denne artikkelen undersøker hvordan grammatikk er forklart og praktisert i to norsklærebøker for ungdomstrinnet; Kontekst 8-10 (2020) og Synopsis 8-10 (2020). Nærmere bestemt ser jeg på hvordan lærebøkene balanserer systemisk ...

It is commonly agreed that learner target language output and spoken interaction are essential to communicative language learning. This video-based classroom observation study of five lower secondary schools in Norway ...

Abstract Connecting informal and formal language teaching and learning has gained prominence as a way to understand language development among teenagers, but questions remain regarding its application in L2 ...

Today, we globally observe a sharp increase in learners’ engagement in extramural (out-of-class) English (EE; Sundqvist 2009). This undoubtedly affords new opportunities for, but also challenges to, English language teaching ...

This chapter proposes that the emergent multiphase design can be conceptualized as an integrated mixed methods approach for conducting language research. There has been interest in students’ first language (L1) and second ...

This article presents the results of an in-depth analysis of ten texts written by ten-year-old pupils during a religious education (RE) lesson about Jesus’ parables. The texts from the pupils’ notebooks were analysed with ...

This article describes associations between breakfast intake and school achievements among Norwegian 9th graders in 2015 and 2019. The study involved a representative sample based on Trends in International Mathematics and ...

The focus in this study is on the antecedents of Icelandic student teachers’ instructional self-efficacy in classroom management and ability to support learner engagement. We examine how student teachers’ instructional ...

The overall aim of this thesis is to explore challenges and opportunities with teaching and learning through scientific practices in the laboratory in biology education. This thesis is based on three articles that are ...

This thesis comprises three articles and is situated in the field of cross-national observation research on instructional quality in mathematics education. It investigates patterns of instructional quality in lower secondary ...

This study examines work with an academic concept in a multicultural classroom where a microblogging tool was used to facilitate dialogues. The analysis of extracts from classroom talk shows how one teacher prompted students ...

An der Pädagogischen Hochschule Schwyz werden jedes Jahr ca. 70 Bachelorarbeiten verfasst. Davon sind ca. 40 Partnerarbeiten und ca. 30 Einzelarbeiten. Die Studierenden werden betreut, sind aber selbst verantwortlich für ...

We know from previous research that teacher questions can influence reading comprehension development; however, we know less about the reading processes that are required of students through the use of questions. The present ...

This paper reviews and analyzes the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research’s Action Plan for Digitalization in Primary and Secondary Education and Training (AP20). Policy papers are often intended for administrative ...

This article-based thesis is a linguistic ethnography of the use and positioning of students’ multilingual resources in secondary-level English writing instruction in Norway. The study spans 4 different instructional ...

Abstract Causal relationships are traditionally examined in quantitative research. However, this article informs the discussion surrounding the potential use of qualitative data to explore causal relationships qualitatively ...

Denne rapporten presenterer en analyse av sensorreliabilitet ut ifra de foreløpige karakterene på skriftlig eksamen i videregående opplæring. Analysene er basert på karakterforslagene fra de to sensorene som foretok ekstern ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented global shutdown that closed schools for months. In many nations, schools were closed to students, and teachers directed educational activities remotely via digital devices or ...

Over the last decade, the lack of qualified teachers in schools has been the subject of both research and political debate in many countries. In this study, we have investigated the factors that predict beginning teachers’ ...

This article comprises a scoping review of partnerships as third spaces for professional practice (2010–2019). The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of relevant research regarding the emergence ...

Det er et tilbakevendende tema at lærerutdanningen må være forankret i praksis i større grad, og at lærerstudenter fremhever nettopp praksiserfaringene som det mest verdifulle i studiene. I tråd med internasjonal forskning ...

This article aimed to investigate how student podcasts, under specific circumstances, can constitute a novel and potentially powerful format for student agency. We examined a specific teacher education programme in which ...

Lesing som grunnleggende ferdighet har vært sentralt i Kunnskapsløftet (K06), og det har vært stor satsing på å øke læreres lesedidaktiske kompetanse de siste tiårene. Det overordnede målet for denne avhandlingen er å ...

This thesis investigates grammar feedback in English writing teacher education. It uses a qualitative multimethod design, drawing on a single-case study of a lecturer’s written corrective feedback and subsequent writing ...

Schools today face the challenge of preparing students to live, work, and prosper in a rapidly changing world. As a response to this global challenge, Norway has adopted a national curriculum focusing on the development ...

In this chapter, we report on questions in the TALIS 2018 survey concerning information and communication technology (ICT). Teachers were asked how they use digital technology for student activities, how prepared they are ...

Dark matter is one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries of our time and offers exciting instructional opportunities for physics education in high schools. The topic is likely to engage and motivate students in the ...

STEM partnerships are popular initiatives but can be challenging to implement in practice. Accordingly, within the context of a nationwide, cross-setting STEM partnership program in Norway – Lektor2 – a co-design tool was ...

The article discusses schools’ use of multicultural school events as a practice designed to enhance inclusion and to prevent prejudice and negative intergroup attitudes in school. While prior research has largely criticized ...

The Norwegian high-school drama series Skam is produced and published by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, a publicly funded institution distinguished by an explicit obligation to the public interest, not only serving ...

Meaning making in science is supported by different modes, such as spoken and written language, images and gestures, all of which have different affordances. The epistemological commitments of modes are affordances that ...

Flipped learning in higher education is becoming increasingly widespread. Although the number of flipped learning articles has increased since 2011, systematic reviews of flipped learning have been criticized for lacking ...

Utifrån en kritisk diskursanalytisk lins undersöker föreliggande studie hur fem fler­språkiga lärare i grundskolans tidiga år diskursivt positionerar sin egen flerspråkighet och i förhållande till undervisning, elever, ...

What this chapter is about This chapter will situate educational leadership in the Nordic countries in relation to political-ideological transformations that have taken place during the last decades by exploring the ...

This chapter aims to situate cultural and moral dimensions of Norwegian educational leadership within the broader social and political environment and in relation to political-ideological transformations that have taken ...

I Norge har nå over seks av ti elever i grunnskolen en egen digital enhet, og i videregående skole har elevene hatt det i over ti år. Denne artikkelen viser at verken forskningen på en-til-en-klasserommet eller ...

This study investigates how upper secondary school English teachers experience using the vocational orientation (VO) approach when teaching English as a second/foreign language (L2) in vocational study programmes. It ...

I Norge har naturfagprestasjoner på ungdomstrinnet i lang tid ligget under de andre nordiske landene, og de falt i tillegg med 13 poeng fra 2015 til 2019, noe som tilsvarer omtrent et halvt års skolegang. Derfor handler ...

Naturfag kjennetegnes ved begrepstung fagdiskurs, og elevers lese- og skriveferdigheter er avgjørende for deres forståelse i faget. I dette kapitlet undersøkes 8470 resonnerende elevsvar på 13 åpne biologioppgaver, som er ...

Lærernes kompetanse og undervisningskvalitet har betydning for elevenes prestasjoner, mens elevsammensetningen i en klasse har betydning for både undervisningskvalitet og prestasjoner. Dette kapitlet undersøker om endringer ...

This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational ...

This article provides insight into digitized school leadership practices in Irish schools, and the making of the school leader in mediations with the sociomaterial relations emerging from these practices. Drawing on ...

Barn og unge vokser i dag opp til et liv med klimakrise og miljøkrise. Dette må skolen forholde seg til, og lærerutdannere må reflektere over hvorvidt vi forbereder våre studenter godt nok til denne oppgaven. Denne artikkelen ...

Abstract In the Gospel of Luke 1–2, the narrator focuses on two couples and their (future) sons. The plot of the narrative emphasizes the main characteristics of the characters, which in turn accentuate important ...

Skjermopptak av det som gjøres på datamaskiner eller nettbrett, er en relativt ny datainnsamlingsmetode innenfor klasseromsforskning. Dette gir unike muligheter for å få et detaljert bilde av aktiviteter og arbeidsprosesser ...

This paper is particularly relevant in the context of a global pandemic when the majority of teaching is conducted online or in a hybrid environment that requires long hours in front of a screen. Online teaching is becoming ...

Sufficient self-efficacy is useful for prospective teachers to put themselves on the track of continued efforts to improve their teaching skills. This study explored the strength of statistical associations between 1438 ...

Formative assessment and adaptive instruction have been focus areas in Norwegian educational policy for more than a decade. Writing instruction in the language subjects is no exception; assessment of writing should help ...

Å forholde seg til et stadig økende mangfold av tekster er noe av det viktigste skolen kan lære elever – og det er en sentral del av skolefaget norsk. Med utgangspunkt i videodata fra 178 norsktimer undersøker vi i denne ...

Assessment of foreign/second language (L2) oral proficiency is known to be complex and influenced by the local context. In Sweden, extensive assessment guidelines for the National English Speaking Test (NEST) are offered ...

Abstract Science deals with the world around us, and we understand, experience, and study this world through and with our bodies. While science educators have started to acknowledge the critical role of the body in science ...

Learning science outdoors can enhance the understanding of theoretical scientific content taught in the classroom. However, learners are rarely afforded the opportunity to go outdoors to learn chemistry. This study ...

Function and use of literary texts in Nordic schools. Contribution to a special issue Working with Literature in Nordic Secondary Education edited by A.F. Gourvcennec. H. Höglund, M. Johansson, K. Kabel, & M. Sønneland. ...

Et økende mangfold i elevpopulasjoner stiller nye pedagogiske og didaktiske krav til lærerutdannere og lærerstudenter. Forskning på lærerstudenters læring på campus indikerer at lærerutdanningene ikke gir studentene ...

Scandinavian countries have a long tradition of widespread public schooling linked to civic education. In the most recent curriculum reforms, concepts from rhetoric appear in various forms in language arts subject curricula ...

In this article, I discuss education in a time in the history when the human impact on Earth is massive and pervasive, with devastating consequences on the conditions for life. Within various academic fields, this era is ...

The meaning-making practices of science are multimodal and include representational forms such as spoken and written language, diagrams, graphs, equations, and images. Science learning proceeds through an ever-increasing ...

Providing high-quality, formative feedback is a crucial aspect of teaching. The key idea in this chapter is that digital, real-time collaborative feedback on students’ work through platforms such as Teams and Google Classroom ...

I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hva som skjer med elevenes muligheter til å lese og skrive når all undervisningen skal skje digitalt. Vi argumenterer for at den digitale undervisningen elevene i norsk grunnskole fikk under ...

This article analyzes the Common Core State Standards initiative as an innovation network. Using narrative data and quantitative analysis of hypertext linkages on the World Wide Web, we describe a network of about 3200 ...

What encourages an innovative environment in schools and what does that imply for teaching? An innovative environment is important for a school’s ability to adapt to societal changes and for students’ ability to cope with ...

In this chapter, we report on the research findings from a school development project which took place in a large city in Germany over a period of 5 years. In 2013, the central educational authorities formed a public-private ...

Hensikten med dette kapitlet er å beskrive hva som kjennetegner god kartleggingspraksis eksemplifisert med læreres arbeid med nasjonale kartleggingsprøver i regning. Begrepet kartleggingspraksis omfatter en helhetlig prosess ...

This chapter traces the historical development of scientific models about gravity from antiquity to modern times. It is intended for readers who wish to learn more about historical perspectives of gravity, and also, for ...

The familiar phenomenon of gravity offers different instructional entryways to Einsteinian concepts of space, time, and matter. This chapter explores the links between space, time, and matter in general relativity. It is ...

Previous research has contributed to the literature on what constitutes school leaders’ and teachers’ democratic practices in both high- and low-stakes accountability contexts, but less is known about how they interpret, ...

The rise in the use of scientific evidence as a basis for educational policymaking has been a noticeable feature globally. In this study, we describe and discuss how educational research is used to make policy and governing ...

Feedback provided by mathematics teachers usually addresses procedural skills and, to a much lesser extent, other competencies such as conceptual understanding or engagement in mathematical practices. As most previous ...

In recent years, the science education research community has become increasingly interested in the learning domain of Einsteinian physics (EP). While the literature has provided accounts of how EP education can impact ...

Denne artikkelen gir en oversikt over etnografiske forskningsmetoder med relevans for andrespråkslæring i og utenfor klasserommet. Etnografiske metoder kan belyse mange spørsmål om andrespråkslæring, enten som overordnet ...

I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi i hvilken grad og på hvilken måte et funksjonelt grammatikkperspektiv, der grammatikk kobles til et overordnet språk- og tekstperspektiv, kommer til uttrykk i to norsklæreverk for ungdomstrinnet. ...

Feedback is a prevalent teaching practice in mathematics classrooms, but few studies have documented how mathematics teachers enact feedback in classrooms. We investigated how 47 teachers provided feedback in 172 mathematics ...

Background While much literature has argued for the value of carefully designed instructional units building on student resources, less work details how students’ own invocation of experiences and ideas from their ...

Dette kapitlet retter et kritisk, men konstruktivt blikk på naturfag, og foretar en gjennomgang av naturfag og naturfagdidaktikk innen forskning og i praksis. Kapitlet starter med å beskrive og diskutere naturfagets ...

Research indicates that prospective commitment to a vocation is important to sustaining good professional practices. The purpose of the study was to explore, among Icelandic student teachers, how student teacher experiences ...

Teacher education for primary and lower secondary school has received harsh criticism in many countries, also in Denmark. Teacher education programmes experience high dropout rates and has low appeal to potential students. ...

The purpose of this study was to explore antecedents of Finnish and Norwegian student teachers’ prospective commitment to work as teachers or pursue other careers. Are student teachers’ perceptions of coherence between the ...

I denne artikkelen presenteres funn fra en studie foretatt i 2008 (Colbjørnsen, 2008) som sammenligner fortolkningen av statlige og regionale styringssignaler og bruk av kvalitetsstyring i Oslo og Akershus ved innføringen ...

This study aimed to investigate Norwegian eighth-grade students’ preconceptions of cells, the development of their understanding of cellular structure and function during cell biology instruction, and their understanding ...

This chapter traces the sequence of discoveries which convinced physicists of the need to replace classical theories of light and matter. It is intended for readers who wish to learn how Einsteinian physics emerged through ...

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The unit of analysis is a central piece in any methodology - it determines the object of inquiry. In the growingly diverse landscape of learning research, being clear about our units of analysis becomes a matter of utmost ...

In this article, we explore how minority parents construct and promote cultural identities through a multicultural school event in Norway. Such events respond to the call for diverse and inclusive initiatives to facilitate ...

På samme måte som motivasjon og skolemiljø (målt ved trygghet, læringsfokus, psykososialt og fysisk miljø) har betydning for elevenes prestasjoner, har også skolemiljøet en betydning for elevenes motivasjon. Dette kapitlet ...

This article describes, analyzes and discusses key changes in the Norwegian education system during the last 60 years. It starts with the period from 1955 until about mid-1970s, often referred to as the golden era of social ...

Språk er en viktig faktor i et likeverdsperspektiv. Denne studien bruker data fra TIMSS 2015 og TIMSS 2019 (9. trinn) for å se om endringer i hvor ofte elevene snakker norsk hjemme, kan forklare nedgangen i naturfagprestasjoner. ...

Qualitative research methods have been predominantly used to understand the complex phenomenon of educational policy enactment at the school level. This article contributes to the field of mixed methods research by applying ...

I dette kapitlet undersøkes forskjellige aspekter ved elevers motivasjon i naturfag og matematikk på 9. trinn. Elevene blir gruppert etter seks ulike holdningsprofiler. Deretter undersøkes prestasjoner og bakgrunnsvariabler ...

Flere internasjonale studier har funnet en positiv sammenheng mellom utforskende arbeidsmåter og elevers læringsutbytte, men nesten ingen studier har tidligere undersøkt dette med utgangspunkt i representative norske data. ...