• Ethnic identity negotiation among Sami youth living in a majority Sami community in Norway 

      Nystad, Kristine; Spein, Anna Rita; Balto, Asta Mitkijá; Ingstad, Benedicte (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-03)
      Background: This study was part of the international research project “Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood” (CIPA).<p> Objectives: To explore ethnic identity negotiation, an unexplored theme, among indigenous North Sami youth living in a majority Sami community context in Arctic Norway.<p> Methods: A qualitative design was followed using open-ended, in-depth interviews conducted in ...
    • How Academic Experiences and Educational Aspirations Relate to Well-Being and Health among Indigenous Sami Youth in Northern Norway. A Qualitative Approach 

      Nystad, Kristine; Ingstad, Benedicte; Spein, Anna Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Increasingly, education occupies the lives of Indigenous adolescents worldwide. This qualitative study is part of the project “Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood” (CIPA), where the overall aim was to identify young people’s stressors in five circumpolar sites, and the resilience processes that safeguard transition into adulthood (Allen et al. 2014). The present study explores the everyday ...
    • Sami Culture and Values - A Study of the National Mathematics Exam for the Compulsory School in Norway 

      Fyhn, Anne Birgitte; Nystad, Kristine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Norway ratified the ILO convention 169 concerning indigenous and tribal people in independent countries in 1990. In accordance with the convention the education programs for the Sami shall address their value systems and their cultural aspirations. Our aim is to investigate the implementation of this convention. The focus is on how Sami values are reflected in the national mathematics exam for the ...
    • Sámi Cultural Properties of the Numbers Three and Four 

      Keskitalo, Jan Henry; Fyhn, Anne Birgitte; Nystad, Kristine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12)
      <i>English abstract</i>: The mathematics curriculum for Sámi students in Norway is a mere translation of the national curriculum text. This article aims to contribute to the discussion of the need for a Sámi mathematics curriculum. The study identified cultural properties of numbers in Sámi traditional knowledge. Traditional school mathematics and the national mathematics curriculum do not discuss ...