This study focuses on how teaching is affected when two cultures meet: the Sámi culture, represented by the lávvu, and the culture of teaching mathematics in a school. It describes the use of the lávvu (a Sámi temporary dwelling) as a classroom for teaching mathematics. For several years, and in cooperation with researchers, the teachers at the Guovdageaidnu Lower Secondary Schoolg have been developing ...

We have interviewed becoming mathematics teachers, in the last semester of their education, asking how they experience their time as teacher students with the focus on inclusive teaching. In their forthcoming daily work, they will be responsible for arranging for inclusive teaching that addresses all the learners’ needs in mathematics. We believe the voices of future teachers are important to include ...

A large body of research has studied the role and potential ofinquiry to increase the quality of teaching in science education.While much of this existing research is based on internationallarge-scale assessment studies, we still lack a clear understandingof the factors that influence the quality of inquiry-based scienceteaching in actual classroom practices. In this paper, weoperationalise ...

This three-year longitudinal case study focused on the deployment of mobile technology in the form of tablet computers (iPads), during Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE). The research took place in a larger than average primary school in the West Midlands, UK, which showed a strong commitment to Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) resulting in iPads being used as an integral learning tool, across ...

This study investigates student teachers’ experience of participating in a research and development project named Learning, Assessment and Boundary-crossing in Teacher Education (LAB-TEd). LAB-TEd is a tripartite collaboration project between student teachers, practice teachers and university teachers from two universities in Norway. Framed by cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), participatory ...

Artikkelen redegjør først for induktive arbeidsformer i de to fagfeltene matematikk og fremmedspråk. Deretter presenterer forfatterne lektorstudenters oppfatning av induktive arbeidsformer i sitt fagfelt. Dagens norske læreplaner vektlegger elevenes evne til å stille spørsmål, utforske og eksperimentere. Utforsking er en form for induktivt arbeid, og forfatterne ser induktivt arbeid som svært relevant ...

A prominent problem in analysing genetic information has been a lack of mathematical frameworks for doing so. This article offers some new statistical methods to model and analyse information content in proteins, protein families, and their sequences. We discuss how to understand the qualitative aspects of genetic information, how to estimate the quantitative aspects of it, and implement a statistical ...

Kystens begrep méd er sentralt for blant annet å finne frem på havet og for å lokalisere fiskeplasser. En tradisjonell euklidsk beskrivelse går ut på at ei méd er ei rett linje gitt ved to punkter. Kystens folk har imidlertid utviklet sitt eget funksjonelle språk knyttet til begrepet méd. Der skolematematikken refererer til begreper fra euklidsk geometri, har kystfiskerne utviklet egne begreper og ...

When bringing innovative technology into school education it has been challenging to get full benefits from the technology. Instead of seeking new ways of teaching we tend to adapt the use of technology to traditional ways of teaching. This can relate to the fact that we lack theoretical concepts that help us rethink and revise our practices. In Norwegian curriculum we see different learning discourses ...

An arrest can be a potentially traumatic event for parents and children. In Norway, the National Police Immigration Service (NPIS) has introduced four child-specific principles – safety, understanding, predictability and involvement – to guide a new practice to prevent traumatic stress. We explored how the police understand and practise the new approach when arresting families to be deported. We ...