This article is part of a research project aimed to broaden the understanding of the established gap between policies regarding the use of digital technology and the actual use of digital technology in Norway. To understand this gap we have conducted a comparative study between teacher education in Norway and teacher education in New Zealand, two countries with quite different approaches to implementing ...

Structured teacher collaboration has considerable potential to support teachers’ professional learning. The current article focuses on what characterises teachers’ decision-making processes during teamwork. Video recordings of teacher team meetings form the empirical basis for the research. Interaction analysis is employed to analyse under what circumstances decisions are taken and to examine how ...

This study describes the teachers' experiences and views regarding the extent to which the subject food and health promotes health in lower secondary schools. The teachers wish to build their teaching on the pupils’ assumptions and references, but they find this problematical because they have little or no knowledge of their pupils. In addition to support from the homes, the teachers point to ...

Temaet for artikkelen er utfordringer med å endre møtepraksis i lærerteam fra forvaltningsorienterte møter til mer kunnskapsutviklende møter. Studien er aksjonsorientert og gjennomført som et forskende partnerskap mellom en deltakende forsker og hennes kollegaer i lærerteamet. Det empiriske materialet er lydopptak av syv møter i teamet og forskerens refleksjoner over disse møtene i sin egen logg. ...

I kapitlet vil vi ta for oss elevenes psykososiale læringsmiljø og lærerens bruk av teknologi som hjelpemiddel i undervisningen for å fremme et positivt læringsmiljø. Med utgangspunkt i et delprosjekt i en kommune viser vi innovative handlinger beskrevet som individuelle, kollektive og organisatoriske utviklingstrekk og gir noen forklaringer på hvordan teknologi henger sammen med et positivt ...

In August 2011, Norwegian schools welcomed survivors of the Utøya massacre to a new school year. Based on interviews with 135 students who went back to school weeks after experiencing extreme trauma, this study investigates their perception of schooling and learning. Sixty percent of the students reported a variety of reduced academic functioning, and they were not prepared for the learning ...

Inclusion is a key principle in the Norwegian school system. Nevertheless, there are still a large number of students who feel that they do not belong in the learning community. The primary focus of this research is the immigrant student’s own experience of support when learning difficulties were linked to visual impairments. In this study, I follow the thematic life history of a single student in ...