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A recent survey shows big differences in how much contact the oldest and youngest students had with their teacher.

Research into home schooling experiences in Denmark during corona crisis shows that students missed classroom teaching and everyday school life.

QUINT study finds that the use of digital technology in classroom instruction is still quite traditional. 

Due to the current Corona crisis, digitalisation of teaching has become a shared focus for teachers all over the world.

Capitalising on QUINT Centre’s work so far, SYNTEQ project sets out to re-analyse Nordic classroom data in order to synthesise research on teaching quality.

In a world where emojis are increasingly replacing punctuation, will we miss the question mark?

At the NERA Conference 2020, the QUINT PhD Network presents "Researching teaching quality across Nordic lower secondary classrooms – a cross disciplinary perspective".

QUINT Centre Director Professor Kirsti Klette is among keynote speakers at the NERA Conference 2020. Title of her presentation is "Beyond Fragmentation: Towards a common language in researching Nordic classrooms".

After working as a teacher for over a decade, Reynisson is now pursuing a PhD investigating instructional quality with the hope of improving educational practices and policies. 

As a video-based professional development effort, VIST relies on the work of a dedicated film team recording lessons in the different classrooms.

Deliberation is a popular concept in Nordic social studies research. 

The gender gap in educational performance in the Nordic countries is widening and there is a need for more research to understand why.

QUINT Centre Director Professor Kirsti Klette receives a grant from the Research Council of Norway. Together with the QUINT researchers and leading international experts in the field, Klette will lead the process of synthesising research on teaching quality. 

Facilitating philosophical dialogues in schools led Cæcilie Ketil Hejl to wonder if there is a need for more professional development for teachers in this area.

QUINT PhD seminar was held in Oslo 16th December 2019.

Comparative data collection is now almost complete for LISA Nordic study. 

Once an aspiring mathematician, Sigurjónsson is now studying the quality of mathematics education in Iceland.

Digitalisation of education raises a lot of intriguing questions. QUINT PhD fellow Jenny Högström aims to find out what it means for the quality of Nordic teaching. 

PISA 2018 revealed generally stable results in reading compared to 2000 and 2009.

Having good teachers in upper secondary school inspired Alexander Selling to want to teach himself. Now he is researching how teachers set learning goals in mathematics. 

QUINT Researcher and Professor at the University of Iceland, Anna Kristín Sigurðardóttir, has written recommendations to policy makers on improving the quality of education in Iceland. 

Det er problematisk hvis skjønnlitteraturen blir redusert til et verktøy for å oppnå andre læringsmål, argumenterer forsker.

Professors Astrid Roe, Michael Tengberg and Marte Blikstad-Balas, representing QUINT LISA Nordic Study, present their latest findings at the conference AEA-Europe 2019 "Assessment for transformation: teaching, learning and improving educational outcomes", 13-16 November 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Researchers in the LISA Nordic study use the PLATO observation tool to analyse teaching in the Nordic countries. The first round of training is now completed.

Anna Nissen is passionate about developing reading comprehension. Being part of QUINT's Lisa Nordic study allows her to compare how teachers discuss fiction with students across the different Nordic countries.