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Teachers’ perspective on their school environment and job satisfaction in Nordic and other European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Of the teachers who leave the profession, about half of them are dissatisfied with the school they work at. Teachers’ school environment can have both supportive and adverse effects on their satisfaction with school and ... -
Motivation for and Challenges in Teacher Research in Underdeveloped Areas of Northwest China: An Exploratory Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study explored the motivations and challenges vocational teachers (VTs) face in conducting research in underdeveloped regions of Northwest China. We invited 49 vocational teachers from Qinghai province to participate ... -
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in civil and structural engineering: A systematic literature review
(Journal of Civil Engineering Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) pertains to scholarly endeavors centered on the pedagogical aspects of teaching and learning, with its principal objective being the enhancement of students’ educational ... -
Five Misconceptions About Interview Modes or: How to Improve Our Thinking About Face-to-Face Versus Remote Interviewing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)New technology brings new methodological opportunities. While long limited to face-to-face interviewing, today’s interview researchers can choose from a plethora of options, including email, instant messaging, telephone, ... -
Behind the grades: co-constructing fairness to reach agreement in evaluative judgement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Assessment in higher education is often a balancing act between fairness and the inherent complexity of standards, with evaluative judgement playing a crucial role in determining the quality of student work. This study ... -
Empowering students’ agentive engagement through formative assessment in online learning environment
(International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)This study investigated empowering students to engage agentively in formative assessment of their English writing. To this end, student agentic engagement was explored drawing on multiple data collection. A Digitalized ... -
Outcomes of Comprehensive Service Delivery and Early Interventions in Countering Youth Exclusion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The high rates of young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) are an international concern. At the core of the European Union’s (EU), policy agenda is the reduction of youth unemployment and the active ... -
Integration and differentiation in collaboration between services for youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The need for a holistic social work-like approach to labour market inclusion is widely acknowledged. When considering the case of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEETs), services from different public ... -
Four shades of paternalism in doctor–patient communication and their ethical implications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The present study aims to explore the forms paternalistic communication can take in doctor–patient interactions and how they should be considered from a normative perspective. In contemporary philosophical debate, the ... -
Todimensjonale velferdsholdninger? Relevansen av en kulturbasert konfliktdimensjon for vesteuropeeres holdninger til vilkårssetting overfor arbeidsledige, 1990–2017
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Innenfor komparativ politikk har det lenge blitt hevdet at politikken har blitt «todimensjonal» ved at kulturbaserte konflikter over tid har fått økt betydning. Konsekvensene av dette er at holdningsdannelse, i tillegg til ... -
Relationship between perceived learner control and student engagement in various study activities in a blended course in higher education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this study, we investigated the relationship between perceived learner control and student engagement in a blended course. Data were collected from 110 s-year bachelor students through weekly questionnaires to gather ... -
Construction and reconstruction of Chinese foreign language teachers’ identity in an intercultural context: A longitudinal multiple case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)This longitudinal study explores how teachers construct their teacher identity in intercultural contexts. In this study with three Chinese language teachers, reflective journals, oral narratives, and interviews were primary ... -
Two Worlds Apart? Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Workplace English
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study aims to explore to what extent engineering students’ perceptions of the role of English in the workplace are affected by their internship and field of study. Previous research revealed that employers value ... -
Å tenke som en rektor: En studie av skoleledelse og profesjonsetikk
(Research report, 2025)I denne rapporten presenteres funn fra et forskningsprosjekt om profesjonsetikk og skoleledelse på oppdrag fra Utdanningsforbundet. Det er OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet ved Fakultet for lærerutdanning og internasjonale ... -
Motherhood Penalty—Beyond Bias? From Stereotypes to Substitutability Structures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Mothers continue to experience lower wages and slower career progression than fathers. Are mothers penalized due to prejudice or due to the costs of family-friendly work conditions? Our review of experimental studies on ... -
Skandalenes forandrende kraft
(Chapter, 2024)In 1960, psychologist Gori Gunvald exposed the deplorable conditions at Bjerketun Verneskole (protective school) for girls. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that the conditions at Foldin Verneskole for boys were also ... -
Social inequality in dropout rates in higher education: Denmark and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article examines the association between students’ social class background, their completion of higher education and transfer between research-intensive universities and vocational-oriented university colleges in ... -
Social inequality in completion rates in higher education: Heterogeneity in educational fields
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article examines how social disparities in dropout rates vary by educational field. Previous studies have shown that first-generation students, in general, have lower higher education completion rates than their fellow ... -
Curriculum guidelines for the development of student agency in secondary education: A systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)To prepare students for lifelong learning, and their role in society, student agency has been foregrounded as an important aim of secondary education. In general, student agency is seen as the will and skill to intentionally ...