The visual half-field technique has been shown to be a reliable and valid neuropsychological measurement of language lateralisation, typically showing higher accuracy and faster correct responses for linguistic stimuli presented in the right visual field (RVF) than left visual field (LVF). The RVF advantage corresponds to the well-known dominance of the left hemisphere (LH) in processing language(s). ...

<p><i>Sápmi</i> is the Sámi term for the Sámi homeland and society, the land area extends from Central Norway, Sweden and Finland to the Kola Peninsula in Russia. In Norway, the Sámi as a population has status as an indigenous people, which means that the Sámi have the right to develop their own culture and language on their own premises. Traditionally the Sámi people has lived as hunters and gatherers ...

<p>Syftet med denna artikel är att bidra med kunskap om hur digitala redskap kan påverka lärarstudenters deltagande i handledningsprocessen. Trots att lärarstudenter och handledare ofta befinner sig i digitala klassrumsmiljöer används digitala redskap endast i begränsad omfattning under handledningsprocessen. Med utgångspunkt i Wengers teori om lärande i en praktikgemenskap har lärarstudenter och ...

Interessen for skoleledelse og for kvalifisering av skoleledere har vært stigende i de senere år. Mange administrative og økonomiske oppgaver er blitt desentralisert fra stat til kommune til skole, og det er en stigende politisk interesse for å sikre og utvikle kvaliteten i skolene. Derfor er skoleledelse og skoleledere blitt interessante. Dermed er det selvfølgelig også interessant hvordan man ...

Artikkelen redegjør først for induktive arbeidsformer i de to fagfeltene matematikk og fremmedspråk. Deretter presenterer forfatterne lektorstudenters oppfatning av induktive arbeidsformer i sitt fagfelt. Dagens norske læreplaner vektlegger elevenes evne til å stille spørsmål, utforske og eksperimentere. Utforsking er en form for induktivt arbeid, og forfatterne ser induktivt arbeid som svært relevant ...

The aim of this study was to examine (a) the development of vocabulary and grammar in children with family-risk (FR) of dyslexia and their peers with no such risk (NoFR) between ages 1;6 and 6;0, and (b) whether FR-status exerted an effect on the direction of temporal relationships between these two constructs. Groups were assessed at seven time-points using standardised tests and parental reports. ...

This paper explores what place means for early childhood education at a time of global environmental precarity. We draw on fieldwork in Arctic Norway, where kindergarten children spend time with snow for more than half of the year. Children’s movement attunes to the nuances and diversity of the snow, as seasons, temperature, light, wind and weather change the consistency of snow and the possibilities ...

This article aims to examine how and why we can use digital storytelling (DST) to teach literature in the upper secondary classroom, and makes use of Mark Haddon’s complex, multimodal novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2004) as an example. DST is a powerful tool for the 21st century classroom, with the potential to help pupils to become empathetic, creative, inquisitive ...

Undersøkelser viser at få barnehager har gjennomført tiltak for å rekruttere barnehagelærere med masterutdanning, skriver sju ansatte ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet.