In the last couple of decades improving student achievements has gained increased focus amongst policymakers. The increased focus on school leadership when discussing quality in schools has been especially evident in ...

This master thesis explores what discourses that are drawn upon in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisations (NAV) understanding of competence. To answer this question, I interviewed seven managers of NAV about what ...

Teacher education takes place in two distinct cultures: schools and higher education institutions. The differences between these cultures make interaction between them challenging and often described as disconnected. There ...

There is a gap between knowledge needed at work and knowledge and skills developed through formal education. Certain aspects can only be learned within the actual workplace. This article focuses on workplace learning for ...

When the National Curriculum for Knowledge Promotion was made public in 2006, a greater focus on the core curriculum in school was promoted. Practical Projects, a central part of the curriculum of 1997, was taken out. With ...

Nursing students experience physiology as a challenging subject to learn. A learner-centred approach could enhance their learning. This study explored nursing students' experiences of actively studying anatomy and physiology ...

While research on newly qualified teachers often focuses on the performative aspect of teaching, this article investigates novice teachers’ encounter with the school as an organization. Five new teachers were interviewed ...

The aim of this interpretative, qualitative research study is to investigate affordances and constraints of dialogic pedagogy in the museums, as well as its broader contribution to society today. The background is my ...

Studien tar for seg hvordan NOU 2015:8 konstruerer ulike pedagogiske identiteter og identifiserer hvilke pedagogiske identiteter som er dominerende. Studien tar i bruk det teoretiske rammeverket til Basil Bernstein.