<p>How is multimodality involved when educators design literacy events in the English classroom, and to what extent can this be seen in the pupils’ sign making? What makes up the multimodal ensemble in the literacy practice of English (in these selected literacy events)? How do the pupils make use of the modes available to them when they write an assignment? <p>A range of modes is used in the ...

The subject of the article is how digital structure and predictability affects the learning environment. This is key knowledge as regards both class management and learning. An intervention research design was employed. The intervention aimed to test digital aids in a mainstream class: a digital day planner board and a Time timer wristwatch with a countdown function. These aids are usually allocated ...

Nature of science (NOS) is an important component of scientific literacy. Science teachers can have naïve conceptions and misconceptions of NOS which is detrimental to their students’ science learning. The aim of research was to examine in-service and preservice science and mathematics teachers’ understanding of NOS conceptions using open-ended VNOS-B instrument online anonymously. 13 in-service ...

This article argues that the idea of academic freedom provides a conceptual angle for a critique of the ongoing educational reforms in Norway and in other countries, driven by economically oriented quality management (efficiency, standardization) and labor market orientation. A critique requires to make visible the price for the reforms, in particular the loss of freedom; here Hannah Arendt’s ...

This paper addresses the theory–practice divide in the Norwegian teacher education programme for years 5–10. We examine to what extent crossing boundaries between the academic knowledge gained in the university and in the practice field can be achieved in the teacher education for English. This boundary crossing is conceptualised as establishing a ‘third space’ where theory and practice are ...

This survey investigated how teachers in the northernmost parts of Norway use outdoor science teaching, and what they consider to be the most important challenges. Most teachers report that they do outdoor science activities a couple of times a year, more often in primary school than secondary school. The topics covered are largely related to biology during autumn and spring. Factors that inhibit ...

This study focuses on how teaching is affected when two cultures meet: the Sámi culture, represented by the lávvu, and the culture of teaching mathematics in a school. It describes the use of the lávvu (a Sámi temporary dwelling) as a classroom for teaching mathematics. For several years, and in cooperation with researchers, the teachers at the Guovdageaidnu Lower Secondary Schoolg have been developing ...

We have interviewed becoming mathematics teachers, in the last semester of their education, asking how they experience their time as teacher students with the focus on inclusive teaching. In their forthcoming daily work, they will be responsible for arranging for inclusive teaching that addresses all the learners’ needs in mathematics. We believe the voices of future teachers are important to include ...

A large body of research has studied the role and potential ofinquiry to increase the quality of teaching in science education.While much of this existing research is based on internationallarge-scale assessment studies, we still lack a clear understandingof the factors that influence the quality of inquiry-based scienceteaching in actual classroom practices. In this paper, weoperationalise ...

This three-year longitudinal case study focused on the deployment of mobile technology in the form of tablet computers (iPads), during Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE). The research took place in a larger than average primary school in the West Midlands, UK, which showed a strong commitment to Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) resulting in iPads being used as an integral learning tool, across ...