Autumn 2019

Master Tamar Kalandadze at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Making Sense of the Word and the World: Figurative Language Comprehension in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Master Nani Teig at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Scientific inquiry in TIMSS and PISA 2015. Inquiry as an instructional approach and the assessment of inquiry as an instructional outcome in science.

Master Sverre Tveit at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Policy Legitimation of Educational Assessment Reforms. The Cases of Norway and Sweden.

Master Veerle Garrels at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Promoting self-determination for adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Validation of a self-determination measure and evaluation of an educational intervention.

Master Rachel Sweetman at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Exploring the enactment of learning outcomes in higher education: Contested interpretations and practices through policy nets, knots, and tangles.