Smartphones, coupled with small mobile sensors, make it possible to work with nearinfrared (NIR) spectroscopy in science classrooms. NIR spectroscopy has become a standard analytical technology in various industries. These new devices enable students to create their own data in real time. This article presents an inquiry-based teaching unit, in which students analyse seemingly identical white crystals ...

Children with familial risk (FR) of dyslexia and children with early language delay are known to be at risk for later language and literacy difficulties. However, research addressing long‐term outcomes in children with both risk factors is scarce. This study tracked FR and No‐FR children identified as late talkers at 2 years of age and reports development from 4;6 through 6 years. We examined the ...

This study articulates the epistemological underpinnings of a web banner’s visual elements featured on the webpage of the research centre, Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures (KINDknow). Through interdisciplinary work within a diverse framework including dialogical, cultural, historical, systemic, anthropological and more-than-human epistemological ...

iPads have become increasingly popular as tools for teaching in early education. With their multifaceted and interactive affordances as handheld and mobile devices, they have been ascribed great potential to change and expand on classroom practice. However, the iPad often becomes just another technology hype in education, and explanations often point to teachers’ and schools’ lack of technical ...

Access to mentors for education in surgical subspecialties is a challenge in many hospitals. Videoconferencing (VC) provides real-time communication between mentors and mentees despite dispersed geographical locations. In Norway, an educational pathway of a specific laparoscopic surgical procedure was carried out using VC. The surgical training lasted for three months and was video recorded. The ...

As Indigenous people reclaim their position after centuries of oppression, the tensions between Indigenous needs and national demands surface. This is also the case of the Indigenous Sámi in Norway. After a long period of colonisation, recognition of the indigenous Sámi people and their language and culture is replacing the politics of erasure. In this process, the educational system is the institution ...

Based on individual interviews with young people in Finnmark who have quit or taken a break from upper secondary education, this article addresses the relationship between attachment to place and perception of time. Finnmark is the largest and least populated county in Norway, located in the far North, with only 10 upper secondary schools. The article’s theoretical basis is a criticism of two different ...

Based on an interview study of upper secondary school pupils in a county in Northern Norway and against a backdrop of spatial differences in dropout rates in upper secondary education in Norway, this article explores the significance of space for understanding the experiences of young people in the transition from lower to upper secondary education. The situation of rural youth is particularly ...

De siste årene har omvendt undervisning, eller flipped classroom, vært mye omtalt i både norsk og utenlandsk skoledebatt. I en gjennomgang av relevant litteratur konkluderer Estes, Ingram og Liu (2014) at omvendt undervisning kan ha en positiv læringseffekt. I denne studien ble et kvasieksperiment gjennomført på tre videregående skoler for å undersøke i hvilken grad omvendt undervisning påvirket ...

I Norge er det er et økende fokus på barns rett til å bli hørt ved obligatorisk mekling mellom foreldrene ved samlivsbrudd eller før foreldretvistsaker i domstolen. For å inkludere barn i meklingsarbeid er det utviklet flere modeller. En av disse er meklingsmodellen Barn i mekling (BIM). I BIM-modellen har barnet en egen samtale med mekler før meklingen gjennomføres med foreldrene. Artikkelen bygger ...