Abstract This study of a Norwegian bank’s strategic learning initiatives is based on theory about reflective learning and external constraints on learning. Its main aim is to investigate how the practice of reflective learning among advisors who provide customer service is influenced by new institutional demands, strategic learning initiatives and senior management in an organisation using ...

Participation in leisure activities is an important arena for the positive psychological development of adolescents. The present study set out to examine the relationship between adolescents’ satisfaction of the psychological needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy in their participation in leisure activities and their perceived life satisfaction. The aim was to identify the extent to which ...

Although teachers’ professional identities have been the subject of extensive study, the field still lacks knowledge about the development of a professional identity for mentor teachers. These teachers take on multifaceted professional roles as teachers and teacher educators. In the present paper, we investigate the professional identity of mentor teachers partnered with two universities in Norway. ...

Rapporten presenterer resultater fra en studie av bemanning i og organisering av PP-tjenesten som Nordlandsforskning har gjennomført på oppdrag for Utdanningsforbundet. Studien er i hovedsak basert en spørreskjemaundersøkelse blant ledere i PP-tjenesten i kommuner og fylkeskommuner. Dette datamaterialet er supplert med informasjon fra intervjuer og fra offentlige registre. Samlet sett ser ...

This handbook is for teachers working with children in the demanding conditions of emergencies - war, conflict, natural disasters, and other types of crisis - and their aftermath.<p> <p>Children affected by stress from conflict and crisis situations often have difficulties learning and functioning at school. They experience a sense of chaos, loss of concentration and reduced memory, making it ...

In the new Norwegian national curricula, programming and interdisciplinary work have been introduced as two central elements. Furthermore, computational thinking is part of the core elements of the mathematics curriculum. In this paper, we present the findings from a small-scale study within the subjects of mathematics and food and health. The aim was to see if these two subjects could be used as ...

We are seven experienced academics and researchers from the high north. All within the field of education. We represent different disciplines, countries, and cultures. What we have in common is a wish to cross borders, collaborate, and learn: make space for storied experiences. Our stories are open ended—we start and end in complexities, and embedded in some sort of post- or trans- perspective be ...

In 2016, the Norwegian government announced that public health and life mastery would be an overarching topic in all the subjects in high schools. Empathy may predict mental health issues, and fiction can encourage empathy. This article illustrates narrative empathy through the Norwegian novel <i>Begynnelser</i> (<i>Beginnings</i>) (2017) by Carl Frode Tiller. The aim is, to give a theoretical account ...