• The ambivalence of assessment — Language assessment of minority-language children in early childhood education and care 

      Jahreie, Josefine (European Early Childhood Education Research Journal;Volume 29, 2021 - Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-20)
      Language development in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has received increased policy attention in the past 20 years. Yet, few empirical studies have explored language assessment from the standpoint of ECEC ...
    • Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials 

      Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 18, Issue 7, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-24)
      Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities ...
    • Innendørs risikofylt lek – et bidrag til spenning og variasjon i barnehagens lekemiljøer 

      Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate (Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education;Vol. 4 | No. 2 | 2020: Fysisk aktivitet, kropp og bevegelse i barnehagen, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-28)
      Risikofylt lek er en form for lek som kan bidra til både barns trivsel og utvikling, men som det er lite forsket på. I denne studien har vi undersøkt ulike aspekter ved risikofylt lek i barnehagers innemiljø. Studien baserer ...
    • Making kin with plastic through aesthetic experimentation 

      Penfold, Louisa; Odegard, Nina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Recent scholarship in childhood studies has raised concerns about humancentric, singular discourses regarding human-plastic relations. As a result, questions of how to develop new forms of learning with materials in ...
    • The potential of chest mounted action cameras in early childhood education research 

      Hov, Asbjørn Magnar; Neegaard, Henrik (Nordic Studies in Science Education;volume 16, issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-17)
      GoPro action cameras have become increasingly popular in TV, movie production, and in sports filming. In this article, GoPro action cameras are explored as a data collection tool in outdoor early childhood education research. ...
    • Religious Education in Secularist Kindergartens? Pedagogical Leaders on Religion in Norwegian ECEC 

      Hovdelien, Olav; Sødal, Helje Kringlebotn (Religions;Volume 13 / Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-26)
      According to the legal framework, religion forms a certain part of Norwegian early childhood education in publicly owned kindergartens. As the only Scandinavian country where this is the case, the object clause (statement ...
    • Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity 

      Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate (Child Indicators Research;, Academic article, 2021-02-17)
      Children’s activities and experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions are essential for children’s present and future lives. Playing is a vital activity in childhood, and playing is found to be ...
    • Styrerblikk på foreldreundersøkelser i barnehagen 

      Larsen, Ann Kristin; Slåtten, Mette Vaagan (Utbildning & lärande;Vol 14, nr 1 2020, Academic article, 2020)
      Brukerundersøkelser er vanlig innenfor samfunnets velferdstjenester og kan sees som et verktøy innen resultatstyring. I artikkelen tar vi utgangspunkt i følgende problemstilling: Hvilken påvirkning mener barnehagestyrere ...
    • Translanguaging Strategies in Superdiverse Mainstream Norwegian ECEC: Opportunities for Home Language Support 

      Tkachenko, Elena; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Garmann, Nina Gram (Journal of Home Language Research;4:1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-21)
      In Norway, 92% of all children between 1 and 5 attend early childhood education and care (ECEC), and 18% of these children are minority language speakers. The Framework Plan for Content and Tasks of Kindergartens (Ministry ...
    • Å involvere barnehagelærere i forskning - muligheter for flerspråklighetsforskningen 

      Garmann, Nina Gram; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Tkachenko, Elena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sammendrag Rammeplan for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver (Kunnskapsdepartementet, 2017) fordrer at barnehagene støtter flerspråklige barns utvikling av både hjemmespråket og norsk eller samisk. Dette krever at barnehagelærere ...