2023
Kenneth Pettersen
Time: Dec. 15, 2023
Master Kenneth Pettersen at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Early Childhoods in the Postdigital Inquiry into the Literacies of Young Children’s Contemporary Play with New Media Technologies" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "How might a sociomaterial perspective on digital play be applied or adapted to meet the needs and concerns of older students in secondary and higher education?"
Maoxin Zhang
Time: Dec. 1, 2023
Master Maoxin Zhang at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement will be defending the thesis "Process data analysis in problem-solving tasks" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: How are computer-based educational assessments positioned in relation to closely related areas, such as computational psychometrics, educational data mining, machine learning, adaptive testing, and AI-based personalised learning?"
Jelena Veletić
Tid: Sep. 19, 2023
Master Jelena Veletić at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement will be defending the thesis "Challenges and Opportunities in Measuring School Leadership. An analysis of data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)" for the degree of PhD.
Tial lecture: "How can a theoretical framework for leadership for learning be developed, taking into account cross-cultural contexts – and what implications and recommendations can this framework have for the advancement of future cycles of TALIS?"
Rebecca Elise Knoph
Time: Sep. 14, 2023
Master Rebecca Elise Knoph at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Understanding Vocabulary: Making Sense of What We Measure, Who We Measure, and How We Measure" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Evaluating and Using Word Lists: What reader characteristics (e.g., age, reading and language proficiency) and text characteristics (e.g., genre, complexity) are important considerations in the selection and creation of word lists for comprehensive instruction, testing, and research of vocabulary?"
Hanne Røe-Indregård
Time: Sep. 1, 2023
Master Hanne Røe-Indregård at the Department of Special Needs Education will be defending the thesis "Features of adult-child communication across conversational partners and activities. An observation based study" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Caregiver and child language in diverse contexts: Perspectives from fathers and preschool teachers".
Silje Merethe Hansen Ingebretsen
Time: Aug. 23, 2023
Master Silje Merethe Hansen Ingebretsen at the Department of Special Needs Education will be defending the thesis "Treatment of social communication difficulties following acquired brain injury: Efficacy of Group Interactive Structured Treatment" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Review and discuss theoretical models of social communication and how they may be used to identify the active ingredients of an intervention".
Tone Holt Nielsen
Time: Aug. 14, 2023
Cand.phil. Tone Holt Nielsen at Department of Teacher Education and School Research will be defending the thesis "English as a Business Lingua Franca in Multinational Corporations in Norway" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Linguistically and culturally diverse organizations: policy, practice and education."
Gro Skåland
Time: June 2, 2023
Master Gro Skåland at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis ""Once upon a time, there was an inventor.." A Cultural Historical study of making in a public library context" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Library maker spaces: Pedagogical possibilities and constraints for fulfilling educational goals".
Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp
Time: May 26, 2023
Master Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Role of Child Temperament and Process Quality" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: “Change of perspective: a group-orientated approach to childcare.- Childcare quality has its roots in dyadic attachment-based adult-child relationships. However, unique in childcare is the group-based setting. What does quality look like from a group-orientated perspective?”
Saskia van Laar
Time: Apr. 27, 2023
Master Saskia van Laar at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement will be defending the thesis "Null Baseline Modeling Approaches with Applications in International Large-Scale Educational Assessments" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: What are the benefits of international large-scale assessments like TIMSS, and what problems can they not solve? Are there any drawbacks to them?
Tonje Amland
Time: Mar. 31, 2023
Master Tonje Amland at the department of Special Needs Education will be defending the thesis "Cognitive Precursors to Mathematical Competence. A Meta-Analysis and Two Longitudinal Investigations" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: How well do the results (and inferences drawn from them) from intervention and correlational studies in educational psychology research align? And what might explain some of the discrepancies?
Laoura Ziaka
Time: Jan. 20, 2023
Master Laoura Ziaka at the department of Special Needs Education will be defending the thesis "Interference and cognitive control dynamics in the course of serial naming tasks" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Are there sex differences in reading development?"
Kaja Granum Skarpaas
Time: Jan. 16, 2023
Master Kaja Granum Skarpaas at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "Investigating the Vocational Orientation (VO) Approach. A Qualitative Study of VO as a Didactic Approach to Teaching and Learning English in Upper Secondary Vocational Education in Norway" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture: "Implications of the new curriculum for L2 English teachers in secondary education"
2022
Roar Bakken Stovner
Time: Dec. 9, 2022
Master Roar Bakken Stovner at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "The Feedback Teachers Provide in Mathematics Lessons and How They Provide It - Feedback Practices in Norwegian Lower Secondary Mathematics Classrooms." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture: "Designing research-based teacher education to educate pre-service mathematics teachers about high-quality feedback."
Natalia Latini
Time: Dec. 9, 2022
Master Natalia Latini at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Reading in Limbo: Caught in Transition between Paper and Digital Texts." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture: "How can educational professionals instill in-depth reading comprehension skills in children reading digital texts?"
Ida Cheyenne Martinez Lunde
Time: Dec. 2, 2022
Master Ida Cheyenne Martinez Lunde at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "Digitization in School Leadership and Educational Governance - Examples from Policy and Practice." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture: "Datafication after digitalization. Analytics, methods and implications".
Jo Inge Johansen Frøytlog
Time: Sep. 30, 2022
Master Jo Inge Johansen Frøytlog at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Participation in classroom dialogues mediated by microblogging technology: Multidimensional investigations" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture: "What are the affordances and constraints of new media such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook and the like for the quality of public discourse and democratic society? What if anything is the role of education in addressing this issue?".
Rogers Kaliisa
Time: Sep. 19, 2022
Master Rogers Kaliisa at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Designing Learning Analytics Tools for Teachers with Teachers - A Design-Based Research Study in a Blended Higher Education Context." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Trial lecture on the given topic: "What does it mean to say that Learning Analytics are “theory-based” and why does this matter?"
Synnøve Hedemann Amdam
Time: Sep. 9, 2022
Cand.phil. Synnøve Hedemann Amdam at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Media teachers’ discursive understandings in developing 21st century education: Are we the tugboat, the satellite, or the terror cell?" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Trial lecture: "Teacher identity in the Digital Age: How can we take the work further and invite teachers to co-design research which explores their identity as media educators in the digital age?"
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Anja Amundrud
Time: Aug. 26, 2022
Master Anja Amundrud at the Department of Education will defend her dissertation "Microblogging and classroom talk – Teachers' practices and students' participation in talk for learning during microblogging activities in the classroom." for the degree of PhD.
Eivind Larsen
Time: Mar. 25, 2022
Master Eivind Larsen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend his doctoral dissertation "Leading Education for Democracy in an Age of Accountability." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
Trial lecture: "Comparing social work and education, is there a difference between these areas in democratic accountability and in the tensions between democratic accountability and performativity?"
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Stine Solberg
Time: Mar. 4, 2022
Master Stine Solberg at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend the dissertation "Supporting Teachers in Their Work with Shy Students. A multi-method study of how schools and school leadership teams support teachers’ work with children who are perceived as shy" for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.
Trial lecture: "How can distinct interventions for certain groups of children seem appropriate in relation to the ethics of inclusion?"
Philipp Emanuel Friedrich
Time: Feb. 17, 2022
Master Philipp Emanuel Friedrich at the Department of Education will defend the thesis "Administrative reorganization as a means to improve the public governance of European higher education. A comparative case study of Austria and Norway" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
Trial lecture: "Organizational changes in national higher education: does/did Europeanization matter?"
Sangwon Yoon
Time: Jan. 20, 2022
Master Sangwon Yoon at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend the dissertation "Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent- or Caregiver-Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment Systematic Reviews Using the COSMIN Methodology." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
Trial lecture: "Framed by the socio-ecological model, what are the risk and protective factors for children's wellbeing? Where possible, describe how these factors pattern by the age and gender of the child"
Thomas Arnesen
Time: Jan. 14, 2022
Master Thomas Arnesen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "A mixed-methods exploration of off-task use of educational technology in class: An affordance based analysis of two quantitative studies and one qualitative study." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
Trial lecture: "The significance of Margaret Archers work for understanding the complexity of contemporary educational phenomena. Theoretical, methodological and practical implications"
2021
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Maren Omland
Time: Dec. 2, 2021
Cand.phil. Maren Omland at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "What did you talk about?’ Teacher and students’ joint construction of subject-oriented meanings" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Professional development designed to help teachers engage students in argumentation to support deeper learning".
Melaku Tesfa Tesema
Time: Nov. 29, 2021
M.Sc. Melaku Tesfa Tesema at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurements will be defending the thesis "Inequalities in educational outcomes in Ethiopia: An exploration of gender and regional differences based on the national examinations in grades 10 and 12" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Equity in education and developing countries"
Emily Christine Oswald
Time: Oct. 15, 2021
Master of Arts Emily Christine Oswald at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Pa-KOW! Doing Participatory Knowledge Work in Museums and Archives" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "On the contribution of interaction studies to participatory knowledge work: Toward democratic aims via knowledge institutions".
Cecilie Enqvist-Jensen
Time: Sep. 24, 2021
Cand.ed Cecilie Enqvist-Jensen at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Knowledge Practices and Learning Challenges in Legal Education - Examining students’ collaborative work in two undergraduate course" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Professional learning across higher education: Theoretical and pedagogical underpinnings of students' disciplinary socialisation processes as knowledge practices".
Emmanuel Wilson Walla
Time: Sep. 17, 2021
Master Emmanuel Wilson Walla at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "HIV/AIDS, Traditions and education in South Sudan" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What role does formal schooling play in addressing the challenges of education learners in dealing with HIV-AIDS in South Sudan?"
Siri Steffensen Bratlie
Time: Sept 10, 2021
Master Siri Steffensen Bratlie at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Understanding and Enhancing Morphological Knowledge in Children with Language-Minority Backgrounds: A Meta-Analysis and a Randomized Controlled Trial" or the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Discuss how morphological knowledge fits within and is distinguished from oral language."
Jennifer Maria Luoto
Time: Apr. 15, 2021
Master of Philosophy Jennifer Maria Luoto at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will publicly defend her dissertation "Exploring, understanding, and problematizing patterns of instructional quality: A study of instructional quality in Finnish–Swedish and Norwegian lower secondary mathematics classrooms" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What is good teaching in mathematics and how do we know?"
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Line Ingulfsen
Time: June 4, 2021
Master Line Ingulfsen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "Doing representations: Exploring teachers’ and students’ collaborative sensemaking with visual representations" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Visual representations, knowledge domains, and interdisciplinary teaching-learning: imperatives for future research and practice"
Filipa de Sousa
Time : June 1, 2021
Master Filipa de Sousa at the Department of Education will defend her dissertation "A Dialogic Approach to Game-Based Learning - The Role of the Teacher in Students’ Engagement with Ethics and Morality in Citizenship Education Using a Commercial Off-the-Shelf Videogame." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture : "Game based learning and engagement in productive disciplinary work: Opportunities and challenges in translating gaming experiences into learning experiences"
Michel Alexandre Cabot
Time a: May 28, 2021
Master Michel Alexandre Cabot at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "Meaningful Grammar Feedback in English Writing Teacher Education" PhD.
Trial lecture: "Language awareness, metalinguistic awareness and corrective feedback in the perspective of metacognition and language learning"
Wills Kalisha
Time: May 11, 2021
Master of Philosophy Wills Kalisha at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation “'You have to wait.' A hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of unaccompanied minors waiting for asylum response in Norway" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Children with traumatic experiences - Educational reflections and possibilities."
Ingrid Miriam Rodrick Beiler
Time: Apr. 16, 2021
MA Ingrid Miriam Rodrick Beiler at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation: "Multilingualism as a Resource in English Writing Instruction - Opportunities and Obstacles in Five Linguistically Diverse Classrooms in Norway" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: What would be the broad implications of Norwegian schools adopting translingual practices or a translingual policy across the curriculum?
Mari Sjøberg
Time: Mar. 25, 2021
Master Mari Sjøberg at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertationn:"Teaching and learning through scientific practices in the laboratory in biology education. Exploring modelling through representation construction as scientific practice" for the degree of PhD.
Tiral lecture: Defining Biology Literacy in the 21st century. Preparing Biology teachers for teaching with a literacy perspective.
Joseph Odeke-Nato
Time: Mar. 18, 2021
Master Joseph Odeke-Nato at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teacher Education. Towards facilitating conducive learning environments for learners with visual impairment" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Theoretical and practical implications when using the term “tool” to portray and analyze the use of ICT in teaching and learning contexts
Kondwani Kajera Mughogho
Time: Feb. 24, 2021
Master Kondwani Kajera Mughogho at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement will defend the dissertation "Subscale Score Estimation Methods in International Large-Scale Assessment. What is the subscale estimation method of Choice?" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Subscores on Educational Tests: Validity issues and Practical implications
2020
Kjetil Horn Hogstad
Time: Dec. 16, 2020
Master Kjetil Horn Hogstad at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation: "The Plasticity of Bildung – Towards a New Philosophy of Education." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: What are the politics of the philosophy of education?
Elisabeth Stang Lund
Time: Oct. 19, 2020
Master Elisabeth Stang Lund at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Discrepancies in Texts and Source Evaluation - An Investigation Into How Textual, Format and Individual Factors, Affect Use of Sourcing Strategies" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Factors influencing readers' text sourcing strategies.
Mia Cecilie Heller
Time: Oct. 2, 2020
Master Mia Cecilie Heller at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Supporting second-language learning in the early elementary years: A researcher-practitioner approach " for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Språkutvikling hos barn med norsk som andrespråk: Implikasjoner for utforming av språkintervensjoner
Christiane Lingås Haukedal
Time: Sept, 11 2020
Master Christiane Lingås Haukedal at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation:"Quality of Life in Children with Hearing Loss" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: The role of incidental learning in social communication
Anita Lopez Pedersen
Time a: Aug. 28, 2020
Master Anita Lopez-Pedersen at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend her dissertation "Understanding, identifying and ameliorating young children’s early numeracy skills: A multimethod approach" for the degree of PhD.
Trial Lecture: Challenges and benefits of estimating causal effects in structural equation modelling (SEM)
Caro Seland Kirsebom
Time: June 19, 2020
Master Caro Seland Kirsebom at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Will you be upset with me? Normativity, framing and complex educational address." for the degree of PhD
Trial Lecture: "Where am I in this? The limits of critique of humanist education"
Eli Tronsmo
Time: May 13, 2020
Master Eli Tronsmo at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation "Local curriculum development as knowledge work: A study of collaborative epistemic practices in the teaching profession." for the degree of PhD.
Trial Lecture: Human agency in socio-material theories and research - tensions and contradictions.
Arne Kirkhorn Rødvik
Time: May 8, 2020
Siv.ing. Arne Kirkhorn Rødvik at the Department of Special Needs Education will be defending his doctoral dissertation "Speech sound confusions in well-performing adults and children with cochlear implants, measured by repetition of mono- and bisyllabic nonsense words." for the degree of PhD.
Trial Lecture: "How to adapt speech recognition testing into age-related differences - theoretical and methodological aspects."
Ole Andreas Kvamme
Time: Apr. 30, 2020
Cand.theol. Ole Andreas Kvamme at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends his doctoral dissertation: "Recontextualizing Environmental Ethical Values in a Globalized World: Studies in Moral Education." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Educating young citizens in times of climate urgency - mediating between Bildung and Calls for Action."
2019
Tamar Kalandadze
Time: Dec. 12, 2019
Master Tamar Kalandadze at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation:" Making Sense of the Word and the World: Figurative Language Comprehension in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Methodological challenges in research on populations of children with various forms of communication disabilities."
Nani Teig
Time: Dec. 6, 2019
Master Nani Teig at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation:"Scientific inquiry in TIMSS and PISA 2015. Inquiry as an instructional approach and the assessment of inquiry as an instructional outcome in science." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Scientific inquiry as a basis for life-long learning."
Sverre Tveit
Time: Nov. 29, 2019
Master Sverre Tveit at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation: "Policy Legitimation of Educational Assessment Reforms. The Cases of Norway and Sweden." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "A Nordic Model? Discuss challenges and opportunities when implementing New Assessment Education Policy in an era of accountability."
Veerle Garrels
Time: Nov. 28, 2019
Master Veerle Garrels at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Promoting self-determination for adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Validation of a self-determination measure and evaluation of an educational intervention." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What are the implications of adopting a social ecological understanding of intellectual disabilities for promoting self-determination in adolescents with mild intellectual disability?"
Rachel Sweetman
Time: Sep. 9, 2019
Master Rachel Sweetman at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation : "Exploring the enactment of learning outcomes in higher education: Contested interpretations and practices through policy nets, knots, and tangles."for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: How might one conceptualise the relation of the macro-governance level to the micro-pedagogical level in terms of learning outcomes policy enactment and strategy formulation?
Jørgen Smedsrud
Time and place: Aug. 30, 2019
Master Jørgen Smedsrud at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation:" Mathematically gifted adolescents in Norway: Exploring mathematically gifted adolescents' experience with the school system in Norway." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Identifying and servicing mathematically gifted students: (1) Which issues of validity are central to how we identify and service mathematically gifted students in Norway and (2) what are the future research needs to further develop gifted education in Norway?"
Rachelle Esterhazy
Time: June 21, 2019
Master Rachelle Esterhazy at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Productive feedback practices in higher education. Investigating social and epistemic relations in two undergraduate courses." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture:"Feedback to meet 21st century student learning needs: Problems and potential practices to prepare university students for an uncertain future."
Anna Therese Steen-Utheim
Time: May 20, 2019
Master Anna Therese Steen-Utheim at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Students' sense making of feedback. Dialogue, interactions and emotions." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What might feedback theory and practice learn from broader discussions of the role of dialogue in learning? Discuss implications for formative and summative assessment design in higher education."
Stephan Daus
Time: May 20, 2019
Master Stephan Daus at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement defends his doctoral dissertation: "Profiling and Researching TIMSS by Introducing a Content Lens on Eighth-grade Science (PARTICLES)." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Improving OTL and curriculum-sensitive measurement in international assessments: Perspectives on design and instruments.
Renate Andersen
Time and place: May 15, 2019
Master Renate Andersen at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Mutual Development in Online Collaborative Processes. Three Case Studies of Artifact Co-creation at Different Levels of Participation." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Using socio-cultural theory to investigate end-user development as learning: Articulating critical, reflective and meaningful dimensions beyond competence development.
Marianne Takvam Kindt
Time: May 2, 2019
Master Marianne Takvam Kindt at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Beyond heritage and acculturation. Accounts of upbringing, choices, and plans from children of immigrants in prestigious higher education in Norway." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Charles Taylor, Will Kymlicka and Stuart Hall have presented key theories of multicultural society. Select at least two of these, and discuss the implications of applying their theoretical perspectives for analysing the educational choices among children of immigrants.
Nora Elise Hesby Mathé
Time and place: Apr. 4, 2019
Master Nora Elise Hesby Mathé at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation:"Democracy and politics in upper secondary social studies. Students’ perceptions of democracy, politics, and citizenship preparation." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Democracy theory over the last decades: Major contributions and their didactic implications for social studies in upper secondary school and for young people's depictions of politics and citizenship."
Andreas Pettersen
Time: Mar. 18, 2019
Master Andreas Pettersen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends his doctoral dissertation:"Towards competency-oriented mathematics education. An investigation of task demands and teachers’ knowledge of task demands from a competency perspective." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture:"What teachers need to know and be able to do in mathematics classrooms — An overview of existing teacher competency assessments and the evidence on the relations to student outcomes."
Mussa Shaffii Ngonyani
Time: Feb. 27, 2019
Master Mussa Shaffii Ngonyani at the Department of Special Needs Education defends his doctoral dissertation: "Essence of Education for Children With Disabilities in Developing Countries. Survey of Tanzanian Regular Primary School Teachers' Self-Efficacy, Attitudes towards and Willingness to Include Pupils With Disabilities." for the degree of PhD:
Trial lecture: Describe and discuss main factors of special needs education that contribute to development of inclusive education in schools.
Drita Saliu-Abdulahi
Time: Feb. 19, 2019
Master Drita Saliu-Abdulahi at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation:"Teacher and Student Perceptions of Current Feedback Practices in English Writing Instruction". for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture:"Summative and formative asessment of writing in English L2: Similarities, differences and possibilities"
Anette Andresen
Time: Feb. 19, 2019
Master Anette Andresen at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation:"Digital Natives With Reading Difficulties. A study of dyslexic adolescents' integration of conflicting information across web pages and presentation formats." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "The practical significance of cognitive load theory in a knowledge intense society."
Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa
Time: Feb. 13, 2019
Master Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation:Universal design for learning towards achieving inclusive higher education in Tanzania" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What aspects of your research would be specific to Tanzania or Africa, and what is generalisable beyond? Discuss this in relation to UDL*s emphasis on context dependency and other relevant perspectives."
Tonje Stenseth
Time: Feb. 5, 2019
Master Tonje Stenseth at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation: "How and what students read: A study of evaluation and document selection processess in task-oriented reading." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Examining complexities of reading literacy in the internet age: Research findings and educational implications."
2018
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Thomas Eri
Time: Nov. 6, 2018
Cand.polit. Thomas Eri at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation "Teacher and Librarian Partnerships in Literacy Education. Contradictions, Barriers and Opportunities." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "How can activity theory guide the empirical investigation and resolution of contradictions within and between organisations?"
Linn Stokke Guttormsen
Time: 28 September 2018
Master Linn Stokke Guttormsen at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation "A multimethod study of the impact of stuttering on children." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Review the evidence for treatment of preschoolers who stutter. Include in the discussion the possible influence of children's communication attitudes and temperament."
Fesseha Abadi Weldemichael
Time 6 September 2018
Master Fesseha Abadi Weldemichael at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation: "Integrated Functional Adult Literacy Education for Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Ethiopia. A Comparative Study of Tigray and Amhara Regions." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Discuss the most important obstacles that prevent the implementation of an adult education policy drawing on 'education as a human right' in Ethiopia and consider policy options that could overcome some of these obstacles."
Kristin Rogde
Time Aug. 31, 2018
Master Kristin Rogde at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: Improving children's linguistic comprehension skills. A systematic review and a randomized controlled trial." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "With a critical eye on theory, discuss which linguistic environments that might optimal support language development among children in preschool and primary school."
Christine Ijino Oyenak
Time June 15, 2018
Master Christine Ijino Oyenak at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation :"Decentralisation and Multiculturalism in the Sudan/ South Sudan. An Analysis of the Policy and Practice of Multicultural Education in Selected Public Primary in South Sudan." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Discuss challenges and opportunities for school authorities in South Sudan to draw on other countries’ experience with regard to facilitating the education for unity and diversity."
Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen
Time : June 11, 2018
Master Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen defends her doctoral dissertation "Micro Policy Making in Schools. Use of National Test Results in a Norwegian Context." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture : "Micro-Policymaking: Tracing the Framework's Theoretical and Empirical Heritages, Unpacking Its Limitations, and Sketching an Agenda for Future Research."
Irina Engeness
Time: Mar. 23, 2018
Master Irina Engeness at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation "Learning and Teaching with Digital Tools: Insights for Learning Arising from the Cultural-Historical Theory." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture:" 'Learning to Learn' in Digital Learning Environments: Design principles informed by Piotr Galperin's concepts of orientation."
Anne Arnesen
Time: Mar. 21, 2018
Cand.ed. Anne Arnesen at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation."Social Functioning and Reading Proficiency: Validity of Educational Assessments Used in Norwegian Elementary Schools." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Current and future practices of screening for academic and behavior skills: Why, when, for whom and how?"
Hanne Næss Hjetland
Time: Mar. 7, 2018
Master Hanne Næss Hjetland at the Institute of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "Predicting and improving reading comprehension. A quantitative multimethod approach." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "How can different theoretical perspectives on reading comprehension inform educational practice?"
Selina Thomas Mkimbili
Time: Feb. 16, 2018
Master Selina Thomas Mkimbili defends her doctoral dissertation:"Learner-Centred Science Teaching in Community Secondary Schools in Tanzania." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Learning science with a second language: issues and perspectives generally and from the Tanzanian perspective."
Caroline Cruaud
Time: Feb. 16, 2018
Master Caroline Cruaud defends her doctoral dissertation: "The Playful Frame. Design and use of a gamified application for foreign language learning." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Discuss the built-in teaching models and theoretical assumptions suggested by game design tools most commonly used in education, and more particularly in foreign language learning from the communicative turn to the Action-Oriented Approach."
2017
Rolf K. Baltzersen
Time: Dec. 20, 2017
Cand.paed. Rolf K. Baltzersen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends his doctoral dissertation "Collective knowledge advancement as a pedagogical practice in teacher education. An explorative case study of student group work with wiki assignments in the interplay between an offline and a global online setting" .for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Participatory theories and approaches to learning: Transformative potentials and societal risks."
Eva Elisabeth Hessevaagbakke
Time: Dec. 4, 2017
Cand.polit. Eva Elisabeth Hessevaagbakke at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation: "The characteristics of nurses’ pedagogical competence." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Pedagogical work in nursing in a professional perspective"
Magnar Ødegård
Time: Dec. 7, 2017
Master Magnar Ødegård at the Department of Special Needs Education defends his doctoral dissertation "A Comparative Study of Disruptive Behavior between Schools in Norway and the United States." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture:"Explore possibilities and limitations when applying phenomenological perspectives on disruptive behavior."
Silje Systad
Time: Dec. 14, 2017
Master Silje Systad at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation "Is Language Impairments a Symptom of Nocturnal Epilelptiform Activity? Studies exploring the relationship between nocturnal epileptiform activity and language impairments." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Comorbidity and language disorders in children"
Jarmila Bubikova-Moan
Time: nov. 23, 2017
Master Jarmila Bubikova-Moan at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation "Discursive portraits of language, literacy and learning: emerging bilinguals in Norway." for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Narrative analysis and the study of migrants."
Inga Staal Jenset
Time: Sep. 18, 2017
Cand.polit. Inga Staal Jenset at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation: "Practice-Based Teacher Education Coursework: An Examination of the Extent and Characteristics of How Teacher Education Coursework Is Grounded in Practice Across Six Teacher Education Programs in Finland, Norway and California, US." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture:" Researching practice-based teacher education: Research questions, designs, and issues concerning validity and generalizability. Lessons learned and ways ahead."
Agnete Andersen Bueie
Time: Jun. 22, 2017
Cand.philol. Agnete Andersen Bueie at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation ""These types of comments are helpful" - Pupils' understanding and use of teacher comments in Norwegian." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture:Teacher commentaries to student texts as a teaching practice that supports learning: Theoretical perspectives and didactic approaches.
Solveig Roth
Master Solveig Roth at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation "Educational trajectories in Cultural worlds: An ethnographic study of multiethnic girls across different levels of schooling"for the degree of PhD.
Time: Jun. 21, 2017
Trial lecture: How does critical attention to everyday gendered practices and young girls` transitions contribute to a rethinking of school learning?
Vidar Grøtta
Time: May 23, 2017
Mag.art. Vidar Grøtta at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation "The transformation of humanities education. The case of Norway 1960 - 2000 in a systems-theoretical perspective." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research as a sociological observer -- with special regard to the humanities.
Per Hetland
Time: May 11 and 12, 2017
Per Hetland defends his doctoral dissertation "Rethinking the Social Contract between Science and Society: Steps to an Ecology of Science Communication" for the degree of Dr. Philos.
Trial lectures: "Exploring Engagement: Users, Publics and Audiences"
" Discuss how ecology of science communication models can help us explore and understand the social contract between science and society. Include in the discussion:1) How an ecology of science communication relates to current theories on the social contract between science and society.2) More specifically, how this "ecological approach" might serve as a means to move beyond traditional notions of continuity and discontinuity theory in science-society relations. "
Jan Erik Dahl
Time: March 17, 2017
Cand.polit. Jan Erik Dahl at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation "Digital annotation: An empirical and conceptual study of an emerging medium for communication and learning." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Annotation Theory Applied to Studies of Digital Annotation: Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
Fred Carlo Andersen
Feb. 10, 2017
Cand.polit. Fred Carlo Andersen defends his doctoral dissertation "School leadership and linguistic and cultural diversity. Leadership for inclusive education in multicultural upper secondary schools." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: Discuss if and how Norwegian School authorities can draw on the Sami experience with regard to facilitating the education of students from more recent minorities.
2016
Fazilat Siddiq
December 16th, 2016
Master Fazilat Siddiq "Assessment of ICT Literacy. A comprehensive inquiry of the educational readiness for the digital era." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Do technology-rich classroom (one-to-one laptop environments) improve pupils' results?"
Jeffrey Brooks Hall
December 6th, 2016
Master Jeffrey Brooks Hall will be defending the thesis "State School Inspection: The Norwegian Example" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Reforming the Norwegian State School Inspection - a researcher's perspective".
Henrik Bøhn
November 30th, 2016
Cand.philol. Henrik Bøhn will be defending the thesis "What is to be assessed? Teachers' understanding of constructs in an oral English examination in Norway." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Large-scale assessment of oral English proficiency across different contexts: purposes, formats and uses."
Jane Barongo Bakahwemama
November 4th, 2016
Master Jane Barongo Bakahwemama will be defending the thesis "Change of Language of Instruction for Science and Mathematics in Grade Five in Zanzibar: What was the Reasoning Behind the Policy Change?" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What do sociocultural or socio-linguistic theories of learning (e.g. Vygotsky, Halliday, Cummins, Heugh) tell us about the role of language in subject learning at the upper primary level (for children learning in first, second, additional or foreign language)."
Helene Fulland
October 21st, 2016
Cand.ed. Helene Fulland will be defending the thesis "Language minority children’s perspectives on being bilingual - On ‘bilanguagers’ and their sensitivity towards complexity." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Hva viser etnografiske studier i tospråklige miljøer om språklig praksis på tvers av ulike aldersgrupper?"
Stine Margrethe Ekornes
June 23rd, 2016
Cand.polit. Stine Margrethe Ekornes will be defending the thesis "School Mental Health - Teacher Views. An Exploratory Study of Teacher's Perceived Role, Competence and Responsibility in Student Mental Health Promotion." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What are the challenges facing teachers in relation to working with the promotion of mental health among students, and, how might teachers be supported by their schools and prepared for this by teacher education?"
Ester Fremstad
June 20th, 2016
Cand.ed. Ester Fremstad will be defending the thesis "Taking responsibility toward the public: University academics' imaginaries and experiences." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Responsive Academics and New Public Management: Theories and Conceptual Models.."
Mari Elken
June 17th, 2016
Master Mari Elken will be defending the thesis "Standardizing education? The development of the European Qualifications Framework and national qualifications frameworks." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "State steering of higher education through performance agreements and performance funding: potential and pitfalls.."
Jens Jungblut
June 3rd, 2016
Master Jens Jungblut will be defending the thesis "Party Politics in Higher Education Policy - Partisan Preferences, Coalition Positions and Higher Education Policy in Western Europe." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The politics of higher education policy: comparison of US and European contexts."
Hedvig Neerland Abrahamsen
May 12th, 2016
Master Hedvig Neerland Abrahamsen will be defending the thesis "School Leadership as Educational Discourses in an Age of Increased Accountability." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Supporting Principals and Leadership Teams in an Age of accountability: What recent research finds necessary."
Robin Ulriksen
February 15th, 2016
Master Robin Ulriksen will be defending the thesis "The achievement and attainment gap: Influences from home and school." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Parenting and school achievement - theories and conceptual models."
2015
Anders Johan Nordahl-Hansen
November 20th, 2015
Master Anders Johan Nordahl-Hansen will be defending the thesis "Assessment of Language and Social communication in Children With Autism: Measurement Issues." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What do we know about structural language impairments in autism spectrum disorder?"
Torunn Aanesland Strømme
October 7th, 2015
Cand.scient.Torunn Aanesland Strømme will be defending the thesis "Supporting students' conceptual sense-making in computer-based settings in science. Exploring the support aspects of digital Tools, peer Collaboration, teacher intervention, and instructional design." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The notion of mediation in studies of classroom discourse: implications for research and teaching."
Magnus Hontvedt
September 11th, 2015
Master Magnus Hontvedt will be defending the thesis "Simulations in Maritime Training. A video study of the socio-technical organisation of ship simulator training." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Konceptualisering av fidelitet: Implikationer för design av simuleringsbaserade lärmiljöer."
Robsan Margo Egne
September 4th, 2015
Master Robsan Margo Egne will be defending the thesis "Ethiopia in Transition: A Multicultural Education Perspective on Teacher Education Policies, Curricula, and Practices." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Critical reflections on the use of 'Western' analytical frameworks in researching low-income countries."
Gard Ove Sørvik
Autust 25th, 2015
Master Gard Ove Sørvik will be defending the thesis "Multiple school science literacies. Exploring the role of text during Integrated inquiry-based science and literacy instruction." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Vurdering av kvalitet på elevers læringsprosesser og læringsutbytte knyttet til naturitenskaplig språkbruk og kommunikasjon."
Hege Yvonne Hermansen
June 26th, 2015
Master Hege Yvonne Hermansen will be defending the thesis "Knowledge work in the teaching profession: Opening up the black box of teachers' engagement with Assessment for Learning." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Issues of units of analysis and reflexivity in fieldwork and qualitative analyses."
Christina Elde Mølstad
June 17th, 2015
Master Christina Elde Mølstad will be defending the thesis "State-Based Curriculum-Making - A Study of Curriculum in Norway and Finland." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Discuss theoretical perspectives on teacher autonomy and curriculum-making."
Hege Kaarstein
June 10th, 2015
Cand.scient. Hege Kaarstein will be defending the thesis "Modelling, operationalising and measuring mathematics pedagogical content knowledge: threats to construct validity." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Mathematics teacher education and the challenges of the XXI century"
Kirsten Foshaug Vennebo
May 21st, 2015
Master Kirsten Foshaug Vennebo will be defending the thesis "School Leadership in Innovative Work - Places and Spaces." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Describe influences that have stimulated Research studies on the relationship between leadership and School innovation and what theories and methodologies that have guided these studies".
Lisbeth Myklebostad Brevik
May 20th, 2015
Cand.philol. Lisbeth Myklebostad Brevik will be defending the thesis "How teachers teach and readers read, Developing reading comprehension in English in Norwegian upper secondary school." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Probing the depths of the unexplained variance in L2 Reading: Past and future research"
Lawrence Eron
May 19th, 2015
Mphil. Lawrence Eronvil will be defending the thesis "Educating Teachers of the Deaf: Experiences and perspectives from Teachers on facilitating academic and social participation in Uganda." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "In what way is learning through participation consistent with African knowledge systems?"
Alfredo Jornet Gil
February 27th, 2015
Master Alfredo Jornet Gil will be defending the thesis "The Bodily and Contextual Foundations of Conceptual Coherence and Continuity. Case studies from the teaching and learning of science inquiry." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The instructional implications of ecological approaches to science learning: problems and possibilities.."
2014
Rose Ephraim Matete
December 17th, 2014
Master Rose Ephraim Matete will be defending the thesis "Decentralisation in Tanzanian Education and Teacher Accountability. The Case of Primary School Management in Kinondoni Municipality and Mbeya City." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "How have decentralization and school-based decision-making policies and practices improved and/ or hindered accountability and performance management in the provision of educational services in Tanzania?."
Rolf Steier
December 12th, 2014
Master Rolf Steier will be defending the thesis "Embodied Meaning Making and the Museum: Bodies, artifacts, and spaces in sociocultural approaches to museum learning and design." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Embodied learning: how gesture is and isn't like language."
Ida Friestad Pedersen
December 4th, 2014
Cand.scient. Ida Friestad Pedersen will be defending the thesis "Insights from TIMSS Advanced on Critical Aspects of the Advanced Mathematics Program in Norwegian Upper Secondary School. Content, Competence, and Motivation." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Teoretiske perspektiver på motivasjon og sammenheng mellom motivasjon og matematisk kompetanse."
Elin Borg
October 17th, 2014
Master Elin Borg will be defending the thesis "Beyond a dual understanding of gender differences in school achievement: A study of the gender gap among youth in Oslo secondary schools." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Working towards gender equity in secondary schooling. Lessons from theory, research and practice."
Ruth Jensen
June 26th, 2014
Master Ruth Jensen will be defending the thesis "Leadership Development as boundary work. Inspired moments and longitudinal efforts." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Evidence based leadership development? Critical reflections on the role of qualitative research as a basis for the development of educational leadership."
Trude Nilsen
June 13th, 2014
Cand.scient. Trude Nilsen will be defending the thesis "Trends in Physics Competence – Using TIMSS to characterize Norwegian students’ competence and to investigate factors influencing and explaining changes in physics competence" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What advice does educational research give to future development of physics curricula in Norwegian secondary education?"
Martina Vukasovic
June 2nd, 2014
Master Martina Vukasovic will be defending the thesis "How does Europe matter for higher education change? A study about changes of policy and organization in higher education." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "MOOCs, Flipped Classrooms, etc.: What are the policy implications of using technology to improve teaching and learning in higher education."
Jan Arild Dolonen
May 28th, 2014
Cand.polit. Jan Arild Dolonen will be defending the thesis "Collaborative design and use of digital learning resources. Analysing the processes and products of collaborative design and computer-supported collaborative learning scenarios in education." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Contemporary theories of learning and their implications for instructional design."
Tine Sophie Prøitz
February 28th, 2014
Cand.polit. Tine Sophie Prøitz will be defending the thesis "Conceptualisations of learning outcomes in education - an explorative cross-case analysis of policymakers, teachers and scholars." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The Europeization of the Nordic model: How is it challenged by international movements in assessment, accountability and educational outcomes? To what degree has the Nordic model adapted recent international policy trends and to what degree do traits of the Nordic model influence international education research and policy communities? Use your own data where pertinent."
Marte Blikstad-Balas
Januart 24th, 2014
Master Marte Blikstad-Balas will be defending the thesis "Redefining School Literacy. Prominent literacy practices across subjects in upper secondary School." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Key developments within the field of video research, with a special focus on challenges of using video for researching multimodal literacy practices."
2013
Joke Ingrid Dewilde
October 24th, 2013
Cand.philol. Joke Ingrid Dewilde will be defending the thesis "Ambulating teachers. A case study of bilingual teachers and teacher collaboration." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Language education policies in Norway: What is offered to whom and why? Some reflections on the conceptualization of bi- and multilingual education in a time of global migration."
Crina Damsa
October 18t, 2013
MSc Crina Damsa will be defending the thesis "Knowledge Co-construction and Object-oriented Collaboration. A Study of Learning through Collaborative Construction of Knowledge Objects in Higher Education." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Shared epistemic agency and the agency of individuals, collaborative teams and research communities."
Eria Paul Njuki and Rita Christine Nakitende
Oktober 2nd, 2013
Master Eria Paul Njuki og Master Rita Christine Nakitende will be defending the thesis "The effect of training teachers in phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge on children's reading compentencies: A Ugandan urban context." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture for Eria Paul Njuki: "The role of phonics and phonemic awareness in teaching children to read in English. Critical aspects of learning to read in a second language (non-mother tongue)"
Trial lecture for Rita Christine Nakitende: The roles and effects of reading instruction teaching in teacher education."
Anders McDonald Sookermany
September 27th, 2013
Cand.scient. Anders McDonald Sookermany will be defending the thesis "On Developing (Post)modern Soldiers - An Inquiry into the Ontological and Epistemological Foundation of Skill-Acquisition in an Age of Military Transformation." for the degree of Dr.philos.
Self-selected topic: "The Problem of New Wine in Old Bottles - an Inquiry into the Thinking on Military Education."
Designated topic: "Developing (post)modern soldiers: Educational implications, ethical considerations and critical reflections."
Majken Korsager
September 13th, 2013
Cand.scient. Majken Korsager will be defending the thesis "GLOBALIZING THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM. Exploring the development of students' conceptual understandings of climate change from international peer collaboration." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Educating pupils for a future of climate change. Objectives, opportunities and challenges for interdisciplinary education in a Norwegian school context."
Dorothy Sutherland Olsen
August 9th, 2013
MSc & MA Dorothy Sutherland Olsen will be defending the thesis "Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Science-based Technologies: Studies of knowledge creation in nanoscience and nanotechnologies." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Challenges of studying creative collaboration in research work."
Monika Kvernenes
Juni 28th, 2013
Cand.ed. Monika Kvernenes will be defending the thesis "Bedside Teaching among Novice Medical Teachers. Mapping conceptions of bedside teaching and exploring change within the context of a teaching community." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Faculty development work in medical education including all medical and health core professionals - state of the art and future challenges."
Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite
Mai 29th, 2013
Master Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite will be defending the thesis "Local Languages in Schooling as a Right in Education: A Case Study of Curriculum Reform in Zanzibar." for the degree of Dr.philos.
Self-selected topic: "Paradigm shift in indigenous language: A right in education aid for African development.."
Designated topic: "What lessons of success and failure can be learned from the efforts of African and Asian countries (other than Tanzania and Malaysia) to use English as the medium of instruction at the upper levels of education and in particular curricular areas?"
Ulrikke Rindal
May 2nd, 2013
Master Ulrikke Rindal will be defending the thesis "Meaning in English: L2 attitudes, choices and pronunciation in Norway." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "To what extent do educators need to take the social aspects of English, including pronunciation, into account when developing curricula and in instruction design?."
Leila Eve Ferguson
Mars 21st, 2013
Master Leila Eve Ferguson will be defending the thesis "Making sense of multiple texts: An investigation into epistemic beliefs and multiple-text comprehension when students read about controversial science topics." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Epistemic Cognition: What is it about and what should it be (i.e., what do we students want to believe about knowledge?)"
Kenneth Silseth
Mars 14th, 2013
Master Kenneth Silseth will be defending the thesis "Constructing learning dialogically; learners, contexts and resources. Exploring how students and teachers participate in game-based learning and digital storytelling in educational settings" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Meeting the opportunities and challenges of encouraging students to bring in knowledge and skills gained through interacting with digital technologies in leisure contexts.."
Ratib Lekhal
Mars 1st, 2013
Master Ratib Lekhal will be defending the thesis "The relationship between children's attendance in Norwegian childcare centers and language and behavioral development during early childhood" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "What is the best way to assess the quantity and quality of childcare to understand its influence on children?"
Monica Johannesen
February 20th, 2013
Master Monica Johannesen will be defending the thesis "The Sociomateriality of Teaching. Virtual Learning Environments in Teaching Practice" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Actor-network theory as a research methodology: dilemmas and possibilities."
Stackus Okwaput
February 13th, 2013
M.Phil. Stackus Okwaput will be defending the thesis "Teacher Training for Inclusion of Children with Special Needs. Towards Achieving Communicative Interaction in Education in Uganda" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Education vs schooling: The clash between the modern type of schooling in Uganda and an education based on inherited ideas and values, habits and customs, institutions and traditional world views - a discussion taking into account processes of inclusion-exclusion in education."
Ove Gunnar Drageset
January 22nd 2013
Cand.scient. Ove Gunnar Drageset will be defending the thesis "Mathematics teachers' knowledge, beliefs and communication" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "A research and evidence-based vision for better mathematics teaching and learning in Norwegian schools."
2012
Hilde Wågsås Afdal
November 26th, 2012
Cand.polit. Hilde Wågsås Afdal will be defending the thesis "Constructing knowledge for the teaching profession. A comparative analysis of policy making, curricula content, and novice teachers' knowledge relations in the cases of Finland and Norway" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Comparative research in teacher education; methodological challenges and issues for practice and policy."
Kari-Anne B. Næss
October 4th, 2012
Master Kari-Anne B. Næss will be defending the thesis "Language and Reading Development in Children with Down Syndrome" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The development of phonological awareness in Down syndrome."
Margrethe Naalsund
Mai 16th, 2012
Cand.scient. Margrethe Naalsund will be defending the thesis "Why is algebra so difficult? A study of Norwegian lower secondary students' algebraic proficiency" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Preparing for early algebra learning."
Louise Mifsud
Mai 11th, 2012
M.A. Louise Mifsud will be defending the thesis "Learning with Mobile Technologies: Perspectives on Mediated Actions in the Classroom" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Mobile learning and the socio-materiality of classroom practices."
Heidi Biseth
Mai 8th, 2012
M.phil. Heidi Biseth will be defending the thesis "EDUCATORS AS CUSTODIANS OF DEMOCRACY. A comparative investigation of democracy in multicultural school environments in the Scandinavian capitals" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Conceptual and Practical Links between Multicultural Educastion and Democratic Education."
Blackson Kanukisya
April 30th, 2012
M.phil. Blackson Kanukisya will be defending the thesis "Globalization Impacts on Adult Education - A comparative study of adult education policies and practices in Tanzania and Uganda" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Based on analysis of relevant policy documents and related policy making processes, discuss how global Education for All and Millennium Development Goal policies have impacted national education policies in Tanzania and Uganda and the implications for cultural specificity."
Maria Vetleseter Bøe
April 19th, 2012
Cand.scient. Maria Vetleseter Bøe will be defending the thesis "What's in it for me? Norwegian students' choices of post-compulsory science in an expectancy-value perspective" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Getting more girls to study physical sciences - an achievable aspiration or a failed project... or is it just the girls?"
Rómulo Pinheiro
Mars 5th, 2012
M.phil. Rómulo Pinheiro will be defending the thesis "In the Region, for the Region? A comparative study of the institutionalisation of the regional mission of universities" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The future of entrepreneurial universities: Resolving or propelling the tensions between the regional and the global? Today's universities are expected to assume a multitude of roles and responsibilities. Discuss what this means for the overall structure, character and future development of the institutions."
Moshi Mussa Kimizi
January 27th, 2012
M.phil. Moshi Mussa Kimizi will be defending the thesis "Language and Self-Confidence: Examining the Relationship between Language of Instruction and Students' Self-Confidence in Tanzanian Secondary Education" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "A description and discussion of different East African countries' policies regarding language of instruction in primary and secondary education."
2011
Kristin Børte
November 4th, 2011
Cand.ed. Kristin Børte will be defending the thesis "Software Effort Estimation as Collaborative Planning Activity." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Specificities of project work compared to other forms of work."
Jorunn Solheim
August 26th, 2011
Cand.ed. Jorunn Solheim will be defending the thesis "HEARING LOSS IN THE ELDERLY. Consequences of hearing loss and considerations for audiological rehabilitation." for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Fem faktorer som kan påvirke utfallet av hørselsrehabilitering hos eldre mennesker."
Guri Anne Nortvedt
June 16th, 2011
Cand.scient. Guri Anne Nortvedt will be defending the thesis "Norwegian Grade 8 students' competence in understanding and solving multistep arithmetic word problems" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Problemløsningsoppgaver i matematikk: Gjør kort rede for begrepet og drøft slike oppgavers plass i skolematematikken."
Melanie Kirmess
June 14th, 2011
Cand.ed. Melanie Kirmess will be defending the thesis "The Applicability and Outcome of Constraint Induced Language Therapy (CILT) in Early Aphasia Rehabilitation" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Mechanisms of recovery of language function in aphasia: Evidence from brain imaging."
Terje Nærland
June 10th, 2011
Terje Nærland "Social Status and Communicative Competence in Preschool Years. An observation-based approach" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "Studiet av barn i barnehage - barn som aktive og passive og som subjekt og objekt. Utviklingen i forskningsmetoder og teoribruk de siste tiårene."
Greta Bjørk Gudmundsdottir
May 30th, 2011
M.Phil. Greta Bjørk Gudmundsdottir "From digital divide to digital opportunities? A critical perspective on the digital divide in South African schools" for the degree of PhD.
Trial lecture: "The potential and limitations of ICTs to effect equitable and qualitative transformations in education: the case of South Africa."
M.Phil. Safwat Y. Diab
February 11th, 2011
"Undermined Academic Potentials: A multi-level study of the main psychosocial factors that contribute to Palestinian sixth-grade children's academic underachievement in the Gaza Strip" for the degree of PhD
Trial lecture: "Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of analyzing children's learning, achievement and underachievement from U. Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological theory. Compare Bronfenbrenner's theory to other theoretical perspectives that are relevant within the field of special education."