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Education and Common Values in a Multicultural Society – The Norwegian Case
(Journal of Intercultural Studies;36(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-11)In most Western countries, a compulsory education system plays a key role in societal integration. This article discusses how the Norwegian model of education, its values base and religious education, contribute to integration ... -
Education and the Karen people´s struggle for freedom: The impact of the 2015 Myanmar Ceasefire agreement
(Master thesis, 2021)After a long history of ethnic conflict in Myanmar, a nationwide ceasefire agreement was signed on 15th October 2015 between the national government and representatives of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs). Among of the ... -
Education as language and communication (L & C). A blindness in didactics and curriculum theory.
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-26)This chapter begins with empirical text studies, it is mainly theoretical, focusing on how L&C is amalgamated and how aspects of this 'whole' can be seen as elements in disciplinarities of school subjects and academic ... -
Education for All in Norway: Unpacking Quality and Equity
(Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences;116, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-21)The discourses of equity and quality in education have permeated the international debates about education whether they occur in the context of research, policy, curriculum or teaching and learning. Rather than being ... -
Education for Resilience with Emerging Technologies: A Qualitative Study on the Learner – Media Relationship in Product Design Education
(OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 2, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)This doctoral dissertation explores how emerging technologies, especially 3D printing, can affect pedagogy. The purpose is to provide practical and theoretical knowledge that can strengthen sustainable education. The aim ... -
Education in Crises. Education for What? - The Understood Purpose of Education for Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and Implications on Their Education in Times of Crisis
(Master thesis, 2022)This study dives into the field of refugee education and education in complex emergencies. It examines the education available to the Rohingya refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. What education ... -
Education in Emergencies: Supporting refugee children on Lesvos through education and learning
(Master thesis, 2022)Millions of children are deprived their right to education. Refugee children are specifically vulnerable for being out of school, as statistics show that refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than ... -
Education of Hazara Girls in a Diaspora : education as empowerment and an agent of change
(Research in Comparative and International Education;6 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Afghanistan is a country which has experienced years of conflict and war. This unrest has forced large numbers of Afghans into diasporas, Hazaras comprising one of these groups. Hazaras have mainly fled from rural Hazarajat ... -
Education to transform the world: limits and possibilities in and against the SDGs and ESD
(International Studies in Sociology of Education;Volume 30, 2021 - Issue 1-2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-08)The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a significant marker in global efforts to universalise a conception of ecologically sustainable human development. SDG 4?s expanded vision of quality education ... -
Education, culture and welfare in Spain and Norway: equalities and inequalities
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Educational achievement among children with a disability: do parental resources compensate for disadvantage?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We examined the impact of child disability on Grade Points Average (GPA) using all children aged 15–16 years who completed their lower secondary education and registered with a GPA score in the period from 2016 to 2020 in ... -
The educational challenge of oracy - a rhetorical approach: Exploring and articulating the oracy construct in Norwegian schools
(OsloMet Avhandling 2020;Nr. 20, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2020)The overarching research question of this extended abstract is: How is oracy (defined as speaking and listening competence) perceived in Norwegian schools? This extended abstract attempts to articulate and explore oracy ... -
Educational Challenges in Computer-based Finite Element Analysis and Design of structures
(Journal of Computer Science;Volume 14, Issue 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-26)Computer simulations and computational methods, such as the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) have become essential methodologies in science and engineering during the last decades, in a wide variety of academic fields. Six ... -
Educational choice and persistence in male and female dominated fields
(;nr. 3, Working paper, 2005)Even though female students now make up more than half of all higher education students in many countries, the distribution of women across fields of study is still very uneven. This study examines the gendered nature of ... -
Educational Decentralization in Southern Sudan : a study of community participation and democratic leadership in two primary schools in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan
(Master thesis, 2010)The purpose of this study is to explore what governance structures and leadership styles enhance community participation in school governance. The study specifically explored community participation and democratic leadership ... -
Educational Decision-Making: The Significance of Class and Context
(OsloMet Avhandling 2019;Nr 1, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates whether and how classed educational decisions occur in different contexts. Using international comparative survey and Norwegian register data, I examine the decision-making processes at different ... -
Educational inequalities in hospital care for mortally ill patients in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Aims: Health care should be allocated fairly, irrespective of patients’ social standing. Previous research suggests that highly educated patients are prioritized in Norwegian hospitals. This study examines this contentious ... -
Educational inequalities in late-life depression across Europe. Results from the Generations and Gender Survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study explores country- and gender-stratified educational differences in depression among older adults from 10 European countries. We examine inequalities in both absolute (prevalence differences) and relative (odds ... -
Educational nutritional intervention to prevent loss of health-related quality of life among older adults after a surgical treatment: design of a randomised controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Disease-related malnutrition after a hospital stay has major consequences for older adults, the health- care system and society. This study aims to develop and test the effectiveness of an educational video to ... -
Educational purity and technological danger: understanding scepticism towards the use of telepresence robots in school
(British Journal of Sociology of Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article contributes to the sociology of education and technology by providing a cultural analysis of scepticism towards new technologies in school, using reactions to the telepresence robot ‘AV1’ as its case. AV1 is ...