Institutions offering teacher education have generally been criticized for giving pre-service teachers an insufficient education regarding the pedagogical use of digital technology. In this study we investigate the dynamics of professional digital competence (PDC) among teacher educators (in primary, secondary and early childhood teacher education programmes) in Norway, Slovenia, and Portugal. A ...

I denne studien har vi undersøkt hvordan lærerstudentene opplevde arbeidet med FoUoppgaven på 3. studieår når praksislærer ble frikjøpt fra skolen én dag i uka og kunne være mer til stede i veiledningsprosessen. Data ble samlet inn gjennom spørreskjema til alle studentene og i tillegg gjennom fokusgruppeintervju med studentene som hadde utvidet samarbeid med praksislærer. Resultatene viser at den ...

This paper investigates how young refugees settled in rural Norway and Denmark experience their new places of residence. We find inspiration in the idea of ‘contradictions of space’ (Kinkaid [2020]. “Re-encountering Lefebvre: Toward a Critical Phenomenology of Social Space.” Society and Space 38 (1): 167–186.) in exploring how young refugees navigate issues in rural life from housing, ...

Current genetics studies often refer to notions from information science. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and structure the different notions of information used in biology, as a step towards developing a taxonomy of information. Within this framework we propose an extension of Floridi’s conceptual model of information. We also make use of the concept of specified information and show ...

Teacher Education (TE) in Norway has developed with a strong emphasis on the research-based and practice-oriented professionalization of TE programs led by universities and university colleges. In the past decade, national reforms have emphasized the development of research competence for student teachers, enabling them to continually develop their own and the school’s collective practices. Center ...

Psykologi er blitt et svært populært programfag blant elever på studiespesialiserende utdanningsprogram. Det er tre hypoteser om hvorfor elever velger psykologi: (1) At det er et fag det er lett å få gode karakterer i, rigour hypothesis, (2) at elever med psykiske utfordringer velger faget som verktøy for selvterapi, therapy hypothesis, og (3) at faget velges fordi det oppfattes som et interessant ...

This article analyzes how newly qualified teachers (NQTs) are conceptualized in Norwegian policy, specifically the green paper ‘NOU 2022: 13: With Further Significance’. Utilizing Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach, we dissect policy proposals and solutions to uncover and examine a tension-filled conceptualization of NQTs as both ‘valuable contributors’ and ‘being in ...

Denne artikkelen retter oppmerksomheten mot lærerstudentenes arbeid med FoU-oppgaven i sitt 3. studieår. Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i en studie hvor kulturhistorisk aktivitetsteori (KHAT) var det teoretiske rammeverket, og hvor endringsverkstedet (change laboratory) var en sentral møteplass for lærerstudenter, lærerutdannere og praksislærere. Artikkelen svarer på følgende problemstilling: Hvordan ...

This paper discussesethical and methodological aspects of research among multilingual children regarding the inclusion of theirvoices. The starting point ofthispaper is a field of tension concerning multilingual children’s participation in research. On the one hand, children have the right to protection, while onthe other,theyhave the right to be heard and should be studied by virtue of being children. ...

Teachers have difficulty integrating proof in their mathematics instruction due to both narrow beliefs about proofs and limited understanding of proofs. Indirect proofs seem to be a particular cause for concern. In this exploratory study, we contribute to the research area by reporting on an empirical study of Norwegian pre-service teachers’ knowledge of and beliefs about direct and indirect proofs. ...