• Awareness and knowledge of cyberethics: A comparative study of preservice teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain 

      Milton, Josephine; Giæver, Tonje Hilde; Mifsud, Louise; Gassó, Héctor Hernández (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper explores the awareness and knowledge of cyberethics held by pre-service teachers across three European countries. The study was conducted via an online survey and yielded 1,131 responses from pre-service teachers ...
    • Bringing deep learning to the Surface: A systematic mapping review of 48 years of research in primary and secondary education 

      Winje, Øystein; Løndal, Knut (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education;Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): General issue - Comparative and international education in a changing world, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-01)
      Deep learning is a key term in current educational discourses worldwide and used by researchers, policymakers, stakeholders, politicians, organisations and the media with different definitions and, consequently, much ...
    • Conceptualizing Professional Commitment-Based School Strategy. A Finnish Perspective 

      Paulsen, Jan Merok (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol 2 No 2-3 (2018): Special Issue: Leading and organizing the education for citizenship of the world, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-25)
      Core values inherent in the Finnish comprehensive education system can in many respects be interpreted to cluster and cohere around a Bildung discourse, which is paradoxically seen against the backdrop of the system’s ...
    • Digital downsides in teacher education 

      Hatlevik, Ove Edvard; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Rohatgi, Anubha (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper is particularly relevant in the context of a global pandemic when the majority of teaching is conducted online or in a hybrid environment that requires long hours in front of a screen. Online teaching is becoming ...
    • Dimensions of teachers’ transdisciplinary competence based on a systematic review of three transdisciplinary areas 

      Smestad, Bjørn; Gillespie, Astrid (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 4 No. 3-4 (2020): Perspectives on teachers’ transdisciplinary professional competence, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-29)
      This study contributes to the conceptualisation of teachers’ competence through a systematic review (a concept synthesis) of three key transdisciplinary competencies—teachers’ diversity competence, teachers’ research and ...
    • “I just Google it”: Developing professional digital competence and preparing student teachers to exercise responsible ICT use 

      Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Hatlevik, Ove Edvard (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 4 No. 3-4 (2020): Perspectives on teachers’ transdisciplinary professional competence, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-29)
      The rapid emergence of information and communication technology (ICT) has had implications for the education system and initial teacher education (ITE) in particular. This study investigated the extent to which teacher ...
    • Introducing the PEAT model to frame professional digital competence in teacher education 

      McDonagh, Adrian; Camilleri, Patrick; Engen, Bård Ketil; McGarr, Oliver (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper puts forward a case for using the PEAT model in teacher education, a framework designed to capture the different dimensions of teachers’ professional digital competence (PDC). The model arose from an Erasmus+funded ...
    • ‘It is like a hammer and toothbrush; you need it for the rest of your life’ – Five Norwegian teachers’ experiences of working at a ‘thinking school’ 

      Ryen, Erik; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-05)
      This article investigates how a group of Norwegian teachers experience working at a ‘thinking school’ (i.e. a school that cooperates with UK-based consultancy Thinking Matters). The context is curriculum development in ...
    • Leadership Strategies in Diverse Intake Environments 

      Ballangrud, Brit Bolken; Paulsen, Jan Merok (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol 2 No 2-3 (2018): Special Issue: Leading and organizing the education for citizenship of the world, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-02)
      The case study subjected in this paper was designed to illuminate how school leadership strategies and interventions mediate external demands, in the form of the academic press, for raised outcomes, imposed from the policy ...
    • Learning from differences - towards professionalism via international course 

      Steinsvik, Brit; Bortkeviciene, Virginija; Gunntorsdottir, Hermina; Ivanova, Ilze; Hjâlmskog, Karin; Maaranen, Katriina (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol 2 No 4 (2018): General Issue: Research in Comparative Education Revealing the Work Ahead in Ensuring Respect for Inalienable Right, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-15)
      This paper presents a case study of an intensive international course aimed at pre-service teachers and having a focus on inclusion. The course was funded by Nordplus. Twenty-three students from six Baltic and Nordic ...
    • LGBT Issues in Norwegian Textbooks: Shared or Fragmented Responsibility? 

      Smestad, Bjørn (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol 2 No 4 (2018): General Issue: Research in Comparative Education Revealing the Work Ahead in Ensuring Respect for Inalienable Rights, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-15)
      In Norway, a model for schools’ teaching about LGBT issues is chosen where the responsibility is divided between different school subjects: social science, natural science, RLE (religion, philosophies of life and ethics), ...
    • Making Sense Across Levels in Local School Governance: Dialogue Meetings between a Superintendent and Subordinated School Leaders 

      Henriksen, Øyvind H. (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol 2 No 2-3 (2018): Special Issue: Leading and organizing the education for citizenship of the world, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-17)
      Dialogues and relations between interdependent leaders working at different hierarchical levels within a given school governance system are crucial for developing shared understandings which are seen as a prerequisite for ...
    • Mediation, Collaborative Learning and Trust in Norwegian School Governing: Synthesis from a Nordic Research Project 

      Paulsen, Jan Merok; Henriksen, Øyvind H. (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education;Vol. 1 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper analyses productive patterns through which school superintendents and subordinated principals collaborate at the local levels of implementation in the Nordic countries. The underlying theoretical premise is that ...
    • Nurturing global consciousness through internationalization. 

      Helleve, Mette Birgitte (Nordic Journal ofComparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 3 No. 4 (2019): General issue: Nordic Comparative and International Education Moving Forward, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-11)
      The topic of this article is nurturing global consciousness through internationalization in teacher education. As a teacher educator, I have been supervising 29 student teachers in their three-month practice in Namibia and ...
    • Partnerskap på like premisser? Styringsforventninger og institusjonelle praksiser sett fra lærerutdanningens perspektiv 

      Nilsen, Gaute Rydland; Helstad, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      ‘Partnership’ is used as a collective term for cooperation on competence development between teacher education institutions and schools and is intended to lead to mutual learning. This article deals with experiences with ...
    • The role of multidisciplinarity in developing teachers’ professional digital competence 

      Johannesen, Monica; Øgrim, Leikny (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 4 No. 3-4 (2020): Perspectives on teachers’ transdisciplinary professional competence, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-29)
      In this article, we describe how multidisciplinary activities in a teacher education programme fostered the development of student teachers’ professional digital competence. Based on naturally occurring and interview data, ...
    • Scientifically designed teacher education: Teacher educators’ perceptions in Finland and Norway 

      Aspfors, Jessica; Eklund, Gunilla; Holand, Anna Marie; Fiskum, Tove Anita; Hansèn, Sven-erik; Jegstad, Kirsti Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper investigatesteacher educators’ perceptions of scientificallydesigned teacher education in Fin-landandNorwayand asksthe followingresearch questions:How do teacher educators in Finlandand Norway perceive ...
    • Stimulering av global bevissthet gjennom internasjonalisering 

      Helleve, Mette Birgitte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The topic of this article is nurturing global consciousness through internationalization in teacher education. As a teacher educator, I have been supervising 29 student teachers in their three-month practice in Namibia and ...
    • Student teachers and their attitudes towards ICT Lesson learned from three different countries 

      Camilleri, Patrick; Engen, Bård Ketil; Hatlevik, Ove Edvard; Colomer Rubio, Juan Carlos; Gassó, Héctor Hernández (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): Special Issue: Digital Competence in Teacher Education across Europe, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-30)
      This paper explores the attitudes that student teachers in Malta, Norway, and Spain convey to digital technologies in formal educational settings as they start the 1st semester. A number of studies look at educational ...
    • Student teachers`professional learning on and across learning arenas of teacher education 

      Raaen, Finn Daniel; Thorsen, Kirsten Elisabeth (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);Vol. 4 No. 3-4 (2020): Special Issue: Perspectives on teachers’ transdisciplinary professional competence, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-29)
      Teacher education is supposed to be able to offer student teachers professional learning that will enable them to deal with the academic and social needs they may be confronted with in school. This calls for teacher education ...