Denne rapporten oppsummerer prosjektet ”Spesialpedagogisk kompetanseutvikling Norge–-Nordvest-Russland 2002–2005”. Det er den avsluttende delen av et norsk-russisk samarbeid som har strukket seg over perioden 1998–2005. Prosjektet er grundig beskrevet i prosjektplanen som ble utarbeidet i sin endelige form i mars 2003 (vedlagt). Første del av samarbeidet, perioden 1998–2001, var organisert i prosjektet ...

The subjects are a group of bilingual pupils in 3rd grade. They live in an area dominated by Norwegian, but their parents have chosen Sámi as their first language in school. The pupils communicate in Sámi with one or both parents, the teacher, classmates during lessons, and in some cases other family members. In play, both in their neighbourhood and school, the children use Norwegian. Earlier ...

This article discusses how recognition may contribute towards giving underprivileged groups and students, a voice in education. Traditional measures aimed at forwarding equal opportunities for all, like redistributing resources and improving objective conditions have had limited success. The inequality gap between privileged and underprivileged, rural and urban, indigenous and descendants of ...

<i>Objective</i> - Previous studies of the consequences of unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on the functional-structural organization of the brain has included subjects with various degrees of UHL. We suggest that the consequences of a total loss of hearing in one ear might differ from those seen in subjects with residual hearing in the affected ear. Thus, the main aim of the present study was to compare ...

Jubileumsboken Regine Normann i hundre år er laget for å hedre Regine Normann (1867–1939) hundre år etter hennes debut som forfatter. Regine Normann var den første kvinnelige forfatteren fra Nord-Norge som slo gjennom i norsk litterær offentlighet, og hun har satt spor etter seg i vårt lands litteraturhistorie. Debutromanen Krabvaag (1905) ble begynnelsen av et forfatterskap på 18 bøker, bestående ...

Both research and public and scholarly debate on religious education (RE) in Norway have mostly revolved around the subject in primary and secondary school called Christianity, Religion and Ethics (KRL) (later renamed Religion, Philosophies of Life and Ethics, RLE), not least due to the criticisms raised by the UN’s Human Rights Committee in 2004 and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in ...

Today, in an era of increased mobility and migration, there is also increased in-migration within regions and countries. In the case of Norway, there is high tolerance for dialect use, and in this context, it is interesting to ask which kinds of sociolinguistic strategies in-migrants consider to be available given their current situation. This article explores the reported language attitudes from ...

This article provides an overview and discusses the history of research on Laestadianism in Norway over the last 60 years. Research history earlier than 1960 and doctoral theses are discussed in this issue of <i>Approaching Religion</i> by Roald E. Kristiansen and Bengt-Ove Andreassen. It gives an impression of the nuances in approach between different academic disciplines and also different insider ...