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The Role of Social Capital in Refugees’ Trajectories into Higher Education in a Host Country: Narratives of Six Refugees in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Refugees, as group, are generally motivated to pursue higher education despite multiple challenges they face in host countries. To overcome these challenges refugees need someone to rely on to successfully navigate the ... -
Purposeful Actions in Leadership of Learning Processes: A Mixed Methods Study of Classroom Management in Digital Learning Environments
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-24)Most Norwegian primary and secondary pupils now have access to their own computer or tablet at school (1:1 access), and 1:1 access to information and communication technology (ICT) has a variety of implications for teachers’ ... -
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Teacher educators’ professional trajectories: evidence from Ireland, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This study describes higher education-based teacher educators’ professional trajectories, i.e. their professional activities and learning as developed throughout their career. Semi-structured interviews were held with 41 ... -
Dental students’ professional communication skills: Using a student response system and peer discussion to raise awareness of the importance of good professional communication skills in practice periods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In large lectures in education of dentists there is often less dialogue and communication between students and the instructors, and several studies have found that traditional lecturing in such lectures is ineffective in ... -
Behind the scenes: Unpacking student discussion and critical reflection in lectures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This study investigated the characteristics of peer discussions used to support formative assessment in lectures, facilitated by a student response system, in an undergraduate qualitative methods course for psychology ... -
Studying physiology within a flipped classroom – The importance of on-campus activities for nursing students’ experiences of mastery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aims and objectives To explore the on‐campus activities of the flipped classroom and their role in nursing students’ experiences of mastering physiology. Background A nurse must be confident in their knowledge of ... -
The Educational Situation for Roma Children in Norway: Silenced Narratives on Schooling and Future
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article explores how Roma pupils in Norway experience school. Using portraiture methodology, I narrate the experiences of Leah, Hannah and Maria, focusing on their situation before and after the transition from ... -
“They assume that I don’t really want education for my children”: Roma mothers’ experiences with the Norwegian educational system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Exploring a group of Roma mothers’ experiences regarding their children’s education in Norway, this article adopts an ethnographic approach. One key theme emerging is how the mothers actively negotiate how to prioritize ... -
The effects of a goal-framing and need-supportive app on undergraduates´ intentions, effort, and achievement in mobile science learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this study we investigate the effect of manipulating intrinsic goals, relative to extrinsic goals, in a mobile learning tool and traditional textbook for biology students. Using Self- Determination Theory, we hypothesized ... -
Aktørskap hjå norsklærarar i vidaregåande skule : Ein sosiokulturell intervjustudie
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-04-22)This thesis is an interview study with the aim of exploring upper secondary school teachers’ experiences with giving direction to their own practice. These experiences can be understood and explored as expressions of teacher ... -
Faglege visjonar og læraraktørskap
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)I denne artikkelen undersøkjer eg korleis faglege visjonar, tydande førestillingar og bilete av ideelle praksisar gir lærarar retning for eiga pedagogisk verksemd. Basert på fortolkande analyser av intervju med eit utval ... -
Teacher educators reflecting on case-based teaching – a collective self-study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The current study is a collective self-study on how we as 15 teacher educators at a university in Norway tried to improve our teaching through working with cases with the aim of better supporting student teachers in making ... -
Perceptions of Contextual Stressors in Physical Education. A Qualitative Case Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Daily stressors have a significant impact on students' educational outcomes. However, research on students perceived and common contextual stressors in physical education (PE) lessons is limited. Purpose: ... -
Glimpses Into Real-Life Introduction of Adaptive Learning Technology: A Mixed Methods Research Approach to Personalised Pupil Learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Adaptive Learning Technologies (ALT) and Learning Analytics (LA) are expected to contribute to the customisation and personalisation of pupil learning by continually calibrating and adjusting pupils’ learning activities ... -
Promoting aesthetical values to education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)With a pressure on schools to meet the requirements of a knowledge-based global economy, human development, critical thinking and imagination seem to be given lower priority. This article argues for including the aesthetic ... -
Clicker Interventions at University Lectures and the Feedback Gap
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The article presents a mixed methods study on clicker interventions conducted in collaboration with four philosophy teachers at fourteen university lectures. The aim was to examine how feedback from the interventions were ... -
Intelligent accountability in schools: A study of how school leaders work with the implementation of assessment for learning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In response to accountability systems dominated by external inspections and achievement data, calls are being made for intelligent accountability or a new accountability paradigm that focuses on meaningful learning, enabled ... -
Implementing tablets in Norwegian primary schools: Examining the outcome measures in the second cohort
(Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study examines the implementation of tablets in primary schools in Norway. The outcome measures in the study are external for the intervention and are recorded data from national tests (National reading, arithmetic ... -
Nursing students’ experiences with the use of a student response system when learning physiology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Digitisation has become a part of quality education and can help change the teacher’s role from a lecturer to a supervisor, encourage a more student-centred approach, and increase the interactivity between the teacher and ...
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