The 1918–20 pandemic influenza killed 50–100 million people worldwide, but mortality varied by ethnicity and geography. In Norway, areas dominated by Sámi experienced 3–5 times higher mortality than the country’s average. We here use data from burial registers and censuses to calculate all-cause excess mortality by age and wave in two remote Sámi areas of Norway 1918– 20. We hypothesise that geographic ...

Skoleledelse har betydning for skoleutvikling og påvirker dermed elevenes læring indirekte. Av den grunn trenger skolen ledere som har kunnskap om å lede endrings- og utviklingsarbeid, og en slik kompetanse kan utvikles gjennom veiledning eller coaching. I denne studien undersøker vi hva som skjer i en middels stor kommune i Norge når skoleeieren etablerer og iverksetter en veilederordning for å ...

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 ...

I denne artikkelen reflekterer vi over hvordan den lyttende pedagogen i gjensidig dialog med barn, ved hjelp av pedagogisk dokumentasjon, kan fange barns forundringsøyeblikk under tilegnelsen av trinn i lytteprosessen. Med utgangspunkt i en praksisfortelling med sang- og lytteaktiviteter, beskriver vi lyttetrinnene hos barn og reflekterer over deres forundringsresponser når de møter noe nytt. ...

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 ...

Background - This study investigates the use of health and dental care services in adults with intellectual disability in the last 12 months according to Norwegian recommendations and in relation to age and intellectual disability levels.<p> <p>Method - A cross-sectional community-based survey including 214 participants (56% men). POMONA health indicators were used for data collection.<p> <p>Results ...

Debatt: - Det må stilles større formelle krav til høyere kompetanse i barnehagen, mener sentrale personer i barnehagelærerutdanningen.

Undersøkelser viser at få barnehager har gjennomført tiltak for å rekruttere barnehagelærere med masterutdanning, skriver sju ansatte ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Respect and listening are two issues that are complicated to research. This paper presents how respectful listening may constitute one aspect of a teacher’s role in child-centered learning. The analysis focus on a teacher’s reflections about events that took place after she and a colleague carried out a mathematics teaching unit on culturally diverse children’s understanding of ‘pattern’. The teacher ...

This article explores the variation in first-year preservice teachers’ professional competence in digital sharing and communication tools (software) by applying social constructivist learning theory and relevant concepts. The data were obtained from questionnaires distributed to 395 preservice teachers at two Norwegian universities in the first semester of 2019. Correlation and multiple regression ...