• The valuation of knowledge and normative reflection in teacher qualification. A comparison of teacher educators, novice and experienced teachers. 

      Caspersen, Joakim (Teaching and Teacher Education;30, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The transition from teacher education to work in schools has been described as an “epistemic clash”. Teacher educators’, novice teachers’ and experienced teachers’ valuation of the academic, practical and normative demands ...
    • Value-Free yet Policy-Relevant? The Normative Views of Climate Scientists and Their Bearing on Philosophy 

      Gundersen, Torbjørn (Perspectives on Science;Volume 28 , No. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)
      This article contributes to the philosophical debate on values in science by exploring how scientists themselves understand the proper role of moral, political, and social values in expert practice. I present findings from ...
    • Veiledning i lærerutdanningens praksis - i går, i dag - og i morgen 

      Sundli, Liv (SPS arbeidsnotat;nr. 4, Working paper, 2007)
      Da veiledningsopplæringen for lærerutdanningen ble etablert i Norge på 1970-tallet, vesentlig inspirert av Torgeir Bue, tok man avstand fra tidligere tiders modell for øvingsopplæring som ble sett som snever, teknisk og ...
    • Vocational teachers' professional learning: A systematic literature review of the past decade 

      Zhou, Na; Tigelaar, Dineke; Admiraal, Wilfried (Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies;Volume 119, November 2022, 103856, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-23)
      In the last decade, how to promote in-service vocational teachers' capabilities has become one of the most important concerns in the field of vocational education. This study presents the results from a systematic review ...
    • Vurdering av arbeidsevne i NAV: Et spørsmål om kunnskap? 

      Gjersøe, Heidi Moen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Denne artikkelen studerer NAV-veilederes vurderinger av arbeidsevnen til personer som søker om arbeidsavklaringspenger – trygdeytelsen som skal sikre inntekt for dem med helseproblemer. Funnene er basert på en feltstudie ...
    • Wage inequality within and between occupations 

      Helland, Håvard; Bol, Thijs; Drange, Ida (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Western countries, including Scandinavian nations, have witnessed an increase in wage inequality over the past decades. Recent studies attribute rising wage inequality in the United States and United Kingdom primarily to ...
    • Welfare reform and public justification 

      Eriksen, Andreas; Molander, Anders (Policy Studies;, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-05)
      This paper investigates the conditions of political argument with regard to welfare legislation. It connects to the discussion on the role of ideas in political change but develops a new approach by investigating arguments ...
    • What is culturally informed psychiatry? 

      Leseth, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      What is culturally informed psychiatry? What does it mean, and why is it important? These questions are discussed with a focus on the cultural aspects of the clinical encounter. The DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation was ...
    • What is juridification? 

      Blichner, Lars Chr.; Molander, Anders (;nr. 14, Working paper, 2005-03)
      “Juridification” is an ambiguous term, both descriptively and normatively. The authors distinguish between five dimensions of “juridification”; constitutive juridification, juridification as law’s expansion and differentiation, ...
    • What is professional integrity? 

      Eriksen, Andreas (Etikk i praksis;9(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      What is professional integrity and what makes it so important? Policies are designed to promote it and decisions are justified in its name. This paper identifies two competing conceptions of professional integrity and ...
    • What rationale would work? Unfolding the role of learners' attitudes and motivation in predicting learning engagement and perceived learning outcomes in MOOCs 

      Wei, Xiaomei; Saab, Nadira; Admiraal, Wilfried (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The aim of this study is to gain insight into the interplay between attitudes, motiva- tion, learning engagement, and perceived learning outcomes in massive open online courses (MOOCs). An online survey was administered ...
    • What We Owe to Our Children. Relationships and Obligations in Public Care 

      Gundersen, Erik Christopher (OsloMet Avhandling;2018, nr 22, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Public care is part of the child protection system. Public care institutions are childrearing institutions where foster parents or employees in residential institutions assume responsibility for the daily care and ...
    • What’s in it for me? A mixed-methods study on teachers’ value creation in an inter-institutional community on open educational resources in higher education 

      Baas, Marjon; Schuwer, Robert; van den Berg, Ellen; Huizinga, Tjark; van der Rijst, Roeland; Admiraal, Wilfried (Education and Information Technologies : Official Journal of the IFIP technical committee on Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-08)
      The afordances of Open Educational Resources (OER) have resulted in various initiatives around the world, but most of them cease to exist once the initial project funding stops. Communities might be a means to create ...
    • Which doctors do we trust? A vignette experiment of how gender and ethnicity influence trust 

      Alecu, Andreea Ioana (Ethnicities;Article first published online September 24, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Is people’s trust in doctors affected by their ethnicity or gender? It is often assumed that highly skilled migrants are protected from the worst effects of discrimination. Yet, they also report high degrees of discrimination. ...
    • Which patient’s keeper? Partiality and justice in nursing care 

      Nordhaug, Marita (HiOA avhandling;4(2013), Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2013)
      This thesis studies the conflicting normative claims of partiality and impartiality in nursing care. The principal focus and aim of the study is to establish an argument for permissible partiality in nursing care. ...
    • Who chooses fast-track programs in mathematics? The role of class origin, ethnicity, and gender among Norwegian lower-secondary students 

      Helland, Håvard; Wiborg, Øyvind Nicolay; Røberg, Karl Ingar Kittelsen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article examines Norwegian lower-secondary students who enrol in fast- track programs in mathematics. These fast-track programs are designed to accommodate high-performing students who want a faster learning pace than ...
    • Who chooses fast-track programs in mathematics? The role of class origin, ethnicity, and gender among Norwegian lower-secondary students. 

      Helland, Håvard; Wiborg, Øyvind Nicolay; Kittelsen Røberg, Karl Ingar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article examines Norwegian lower-secondary students who enrol in fast- track programs in mathematics. These fast-track programs are designed to accommodate high-performing students who want a faster learning pace than ...
    • Who deserves to be sanctioned? A vignette experiment of ethnic discrimination among street-level bureaucrats 

      Øverbye, Einar; Fekjær, Silje; Terum, Lars Inge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To study discrimination in labour/housing markets, and among street-level bureaucrats in the welfare state, present both theoretical and methodological challenges. In the sociological study of discrimination, experiments ...
    • Who you know: The classed structure of social capital 

      Alecu, Andreea Ioana; Helland, Håvard; Hjellbrekke, Johannes; Jarness, Vegard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This article focuses on the social structuring of social capital, understood as resources embedded in social networks. The analysis integrates key theoretical–methodological insights from two distinct approaches concerned ...
    • Why Ethics Commissions? Four Normative Models 

      Hegstad, Eilev (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ethics commissions are government advisory commissions mandated to give expert advice on contentious moral issues. As this requires making explicit value judg- ments, members with expert knowledge of ethics have a natural ...