Browsing Fakultet for lærerutdanning og internasjonale studier (LUI) by Title
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Whiteness in teacher education discourses: An analysis of the discursive usage and meaning making of the term cultural diversity
(OsloMet Avhandling;2019, nr 4, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this PhD thesis, I study the workings of Whiteness in teacher education discourses through the usage and meaning making of one term: cultural diversity. As such, I draw attention to the importance of a minimal and ... -
Who Responds Inconsistently to Mixed-Worded Scales? Differences by Achievement, Age Group, and Gender
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)We investigated two research questions: which students are more likely to respond inconsistently to mixed-worded questionnaire scales, and which country samples have larger shares of inconsistent respondents? We defined ... -
Whose policy is it anyway : a study examining the factors that have influenced the formulation and reform of language-in-education policy (LiEP) in Zambia
(Master thesis, 2012)Four decades after independence, debates on the medium of instruction in Zambian schools still exist. English was adopted as a national language as well as a medium of instruction at independence in 1964. Unique to this ... -
Why and how? Case-based teaching in interprofessional and interdisciplinary education
(Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis;Vol. 15, No. 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-03)The field of interprofessional education is complex and intricate. Students from different professions, who have distinctive knowledge bases, develop a mutual understanding of how to work together in future professional ... -
‘Why can’t you just eat pork?’ Teachers’ perspectives on criticism of religion in Norwegian religious education
(Journal of Religious Education;September 2018, Volume 66, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-26)Over the last 20 years, religious education in Norway has received massive public and academic attention, due in part to clashing opinions regarding the role of such education in a generally secular society. As a result, ... -
Why does Norway give emergency aid?
(Student paper, others, 2017)We are two students at the first year of Development Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. Since both of us were interested in aid, we decided to write our fieldwork report on emergency ... -
(Why) Does Action Research Need To Intervene And Change Things?
(International Journal of Action Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)One of the basic and for many, defining tenets of action research is contained in the “slogan” ascribed to Kurt Lewin: “In order to understand it, you have to change it”. The slogan clearly resembles what Francis Bacon ... -
The Windrush Scandal: A Case for Teaching the British Imperial history from the margins in the UK Compulsory Curriculum
(Master thesis, 2023)This research is about the teaching of a specific history from the global South to a specific global North population. It explores the policy approach to including this aspect of history in the core curriculum and the ... -
Women’s access to higher education in Uganda and its impact on economic growth
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the role of women’s access to higher education for achieving economic growth, based on a study from Kampala, Uganda. Higher education is understood as a tool that can be used to transform society by ... -
Working with Farmers in Upper Nile State, South Sudan for farmers to adopt Multi-cropping practice in Nakdiar and Doleep Payams
(MAYP;2012, Master thesis, 2012)This Thesis is presenting an action research carried out and conducted in the Republic of South Sudan in 2011. It tried to interrogate and investigate mono-cropping practices by farmers in South Sudan and Upper Nile ... -
Working with teachers and students at secondary school level to enhance better learning of agriculture through project based learning approach: an action research at Nabiswa Secondary school, Uganda
(MAYP;2012, Master thesis, 2012)This Study is an Action research approach on Project based learning as a development project at Nabiswa secondary school in Uganda, with fellow teachers and students of Agriculture. It was aimed at improving my practice ... -
Worlds Between the Lines: analyses of diversity in social science textbooks of major international curricula
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis is about the social science textbooks used at the international schools. The main goal of the research is to analyze country selection for the Case Study section in textbooks. To achieve this goal ten different ... -
‘Wow! is that a birch leaf? In the picture it looked totally different’: a pragmatist perspective on deep learning in Norwegian ‘uteskole’
(Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-22)This study investigates pupils’ experiences with learning outside the classroom and discusses how these experiences might contribute to ‘deep learning’ according to a pragmatist theoretical framework and a situated perspective ... -
«Wow, vi bruker matte hele tiden!» - En studie av elevers oppfatninger om matematikk i yrkesliv og eget liv
(Master thesis, 2018)«Hvorfor må vi lære dette?» er et typisk elevspørsmål i skolen. Dette interesserer meg. Formålet med denne studien ble derfor å undersøke matematikkens bruk og relevans utenfor skolen. Det gjenspeiles i prosjektets ... -
Writing and pseudo-writing from Internet-based sources: Implications for learning and assessment
(Literacy;49(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In recent years, plagiarism has been on the increase across the Western world. This article identifies Internet access as a contributory cause of this trend and addresses the implications of readily available Internet ... -
Writing Competences in Norwegian Vocational Education and Training: - How Students and Apprentices Express their Professional Competences
(Vocations and Learning;Volume 14, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-24)This article analyzes the writing competences of Norwegian students and apprentices in three professions: Healthcare, industrial mechanics and electricians. The research forms part of a large-scale assessment project in ... -
Writing practices on tablets with speech synthesis in grade 1 and 2
(International Journal of Educational Research;volume 107, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-17)The use of one-to-one tablets in literacy education is significant and increasing. This study investigates what 36 grade 1 and 2 students do when they write on tablets with speech synthesis pronouncing what the students ... -
'Ya Habibi ya Muhammad': Sami Yusuf og framveksten av en global muslimsk ungdomskultur
(Kirke og Kultur;119(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Populærmusikk i islam er ikke et nytt fenomen, men i løpet av de siste 10 til 15 åra har denne musikkstilen nådd ut til millioner av unge muslimer, og bidratt til utviklingen av en egen global muslimsk ungdomskultur. ... -
De yngste barnas språk og kommunikasjon i barnehagen : en kritisk studie av 1- 2 åringers spor og posisjoner i barnehagens ulike gruppekontekster, ut fra et voksen-barn perspektiv
(Master thesis, 2010)Løfte fra politikerne om full barnehagedekning i løpet av 2007, gjorde at veksten av små barn i barnehagen økte. De yngste barna fra 1-2 år gikk fra å være en minoritet i barnehagen til å bli en majoritet. Dette gav nye ... -
The Young Pioneers of Cuba: The Formation of Cuban Citizens through Civic Education
(Master thesis, 2021)After the revolution in Cuba, it was a clear goal and commitment that only through education could Cuba recover from the massive social differences, poverty and underdevelopment. The Castro regime created a social contract ...