About the group
DEAL is a research group at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Oslo. The members of the group are involved in several research projects on various aspects of development, equality, and literacy, such as;
- Precursors of school achievement and well-being.
- Oral discourse as a precursor for literacy.
- Reading skills and text comprehension across multiple sources and diverse mediums.
- Typical and atypical reading.
- Mental health and motivation in learning contexts.
- Literacy among language minority children.
- Literacy and artificial intelligence
- Professionals’ support of vulnerable groups
Current focus areas
The research group is focusing on issues of high relevance for both research and practice:
- language development and text comprehension in young dual language learners
- reading and text comprehension in a world with almost unlimited access to information
- student’s learning from and with multiple information sources
- contextual and individual factors contributing to socio-emotional development and educational performance.
The group offers courses on master’s and doctoral levels and offers workshops with international collaborators.
Ongoing research projects
- The Oslo Early Education Study (OEES)
- The Evaluation of the New National Curriculum: Intentions, Processes, and Practices (EVA2020)
- SpedAims Kohort
- SpedAims SOS: Selection to and outcomes of special needs education
- SpedAims ProCIP: Professions in Collaboration for Inclusive Practice
- CrossREAD: Reading across mediums, devices, and contexts
- Epistemic Justification in Multiple Document Literacy (Just MDL)
- Preschool teachers’ beliefs on their role in supporting the development of language and literacy skills among young second-language learners (PhD-project)
- Reading in Limbo: Caught in Transition Between Paper and Digital Texts (PhD-project)
- Home Literacy Environment and Dual language learners’ language development: a multiple-method study on Chinese children in Norway (PhD-project)
- Dual Language Qualities During Shared Reading in Bilingual Families (PhD-project)
- Impacts of The Oslo Early Education Study Intervention on Adult–Child Interaction Quality During Play Activities in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A longitudinal study (PhD-project)
- Exploring Mentor Coaching within The Oslo Early Education Study Professional Development Model (PhD-project)
- Reading in the Digital Realm: Reading comprehension across different devices and contexts (PhD-project)
- Language development and patterns of language use among young dual language learners in the Oslo Early Education Study (postdoc project)
Cooperation
The group has active collaborations with national and international partners, including these prominent international researchers:
- Catherine Snow, Harvard University, USA
- Jason L.G. Braasch, Memphis University, USA
- Ladislao Salmerón, University of Valencia, Spain
- Deborah Lowe Vandell, University of California, Irvine, USA
- Daniel Espinas, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
