Ruth Jensen

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Email ruth.jensen@ils.uio.no
Phone +47 22844857
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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 35 Niels Henrik Abels hus 0851 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1099 Blindern 0317 OSLO

Educational background:

2014: PhD, University of Oslo

2005: Master Degree in Educational Leadership, University of Oslo

1984: Bachelor of  Education

1980: Degree from Teacher Education College.
 

 Research interests:

  • Leadership 
  • Leadership development
  • School improvement
  • Workplace learning
  • Pedagogy
  • Tool mediation
  • Boundary crossing
  • Social cultural theories
  • Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
  • Interaction analysis
  • Multilevel analyses
  • Intervention designs
  • Multiple-time designs
  • Mixed-methods designs
  • Comparative designs

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Current activities:

Post doc at Department of Teacher Education and School Research

Teaching:

Issues:  perspectives on learning and leadership, supervision, organizational learning, learning across boundaries

Other functions:

 

Tags: USA, Nordic

Publications

Jensen, Ruth; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (2016). How school leadership evolves: crossing timescales and settings. Journal of Workplace Learning, 28(6) 

Jensen, Ruth (2014). Leadership development as boundary work. Inspired moments and longitudinal efforts. Doctoral thesis for the PhD.

Jensen, R., & Lund, A. (2014). Horizontal dynamics in an inter-professional school improvement team. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 17(3), 286-303.

Jensen, R., & Møller, J. (2013). School data as mediators in professional development. Journal of Educational Change, 14(1), 95-112.

Jensen, Ruth & Hammersvik, Charles (2011). Lederutvikling med videosekvenser som "triggere" for læring, I:  Rektor som leder og sjef - om styring, ledelse og kunnskapsutvikling i skolen.  Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 978-82-15-01797-6.  9.  s 202 - 224

Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2012). Å utforske praksis- Videregående. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-33807-7.  227 s.

Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2011). Å utforske praksis - grunnskolen. Cappelen Damm AS.  ISBN 9788202338060.  1999 s.

Jensen, Ruth & Kranmo, Astrid Lill (2010). Å utforske praksis. Barnehage. Cappelen Damm AS.  ISBN 978-82-02-32225-0.  191 s.

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  • Jensen, Ruth; Karseth, Berit & Ottesen, Eli (2019). Styring og ledelse i grunnopplæringen. Spenninger og dynamikker.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-60554-4.  223 s.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2018). Profesjonelt arbeid i grensesoner. Skoleforbedring på tvers av virksomheter.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-48248-0.  176 s. Show summary
  • Jensen, Ruth & Kranmo, Astrid Lill (2015). Att utforska praktiken i förskolan. Studentlittertur.  ISBN 9789144105321.  192 s.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2012). Å utforske praksis- videregående. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-33807-7.  227 s.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2011). Å utforske praksis - grunnskolen. Cappelen Damm AS.  ISBN 9788202338060.  199 s.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Kranmo, Astrid Lill (2010). Å utforske praksis. Barnehage. Cappelen Damm AS.  ISBN 978-82-02-32225-0.  191 s.
  • Buli-Holmberg, Jorun; Jensen, Ruth & Guldahl, Tone (2007). Refleksjoner om opplæring i et læringsstilperspektiv. N.W. Damm & Sønn ASA.  ISBN 978-82-04-12310-7.  189 s.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2004). Å mestre mangfoldet. En bok om læringsstiler. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 82-04-09425-6.  142 s.

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  • Ottesen, Eli; Colbjørnsen, Tor; Gunnulfsen, Ann Elisabeth; Hall, Jeffrey Brooks & Jensen, Ruth (2021). Fagfornyelsens forberedelser i praksis: Strategier, begrunnelser, spenninger.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Gunnulfsen, Ann Elisabeth (2020). Leading Reform Work in Upper Secondary Schools- Change Laboratories as Method (ChangeLead).
  • Gunnulfsen, Ann Elisabeth & Jensen, Ruth (2019). Experiencing the Use of Tools in School Leadership Programs in Two Different National Policy Contexts.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2019). Partnerships between Educational Leaders and Researchers– how a Methodology Emerged.
  • Jensen, Ruth; Karseth, Berit & Ottesen, Eli (2019). Ledelse og styring i grunnopplæringen - spenninger og dynamikker, I:  Styring og ledelse i grunnopplæringen. Spenninger og dynamikker..  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-60554-4.  Kapittel 1.  s 13 - 20
  • Ottesen, Eli; Karseth, Berit & Jensen, Ruth (2019). Styring og ledelse i grunnopplæringen - spenninger og dynamikker, I:  Styring og ledelse i grunnopplæringen. Spenninger og dynamikker..  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-60554-4.  Kapittel 13.  s 211 - 218
  • Trujillo, Tina; Møller, Jorunn; Jensen, Ruth; Kissel, Rene & Larsen, Eivind (2018). Images of Educational Leadership: How Principals Make Sense of Democracy and Social Justice in Two Distinct Policy Contexts.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2017). A Cross-national Study of Tool Mediation in School Leadership Development Programs.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (2017). Causation in Qualitative Research: An Empirical Example from the Perspective of CHAT.
  • Jensen, Ruth; Helstad, Kristin & Møller, Jorunn (2016). Skolelederutdanning og ledelsesutvikling i skolen. Acta Didactica Norge.  ISSN 1504-9922.  10(4), s 1- 6
  • Jensen, Ruth & Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (2016). How "soft power" becomes visible in leadership development of principals.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (2016). The role of qualitative research as a basis for developing school leadership - Causality in qualitative research.
  • Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug & Jensen, Ruth (2016). Authentic cases derived from school practices: Learning resources in school leadership development.
  • Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug & Jensen, Ruth (2016). Case based Teaching and Learning in School Leadership Development.
  • Aas, Marit; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug; Helstad, Kristin & Jensen, Ruth (2015). Cased based instruction in school leadership education: Exploring how principals deal with complex leadership challenges.
  • Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug & Jensen, Ruth (2015). The use of authentic cases in school leadership program.
  • Aas, Marit & Jensen, Ruth (2014). Ledelse av læringsarbeid. Å utforske praksis.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2014). Entering the `black box´ of informal leadership development.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2014). How Leadership Development Evolved in an Inter-professional Team: Crossing Timescales and Boundaries.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2014). Leadership development as boundary work. Inspired moments and longitudinal efforts. Doctoral thesis for the PhD.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2012). Tripartite Collaboration in a School-District-University Boundary Zone.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2012). Å utforske praksis - videregående skole. [Video ].
  • Jensen, Ruth (2011). Boundary touching in a tripartit partnership.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2011). Leadership for learning. How do video sequences mediate professional development.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2011). Reflection in a Boundary Zone.
  • Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2011). Å utforske peaksis- grunnskolen. [Video ].
  • Jensen, Ruth & Aas, Marit (2010). Å utforske praksis-barnehagen. [Video ].
  • Jensen, Ruth & Ottesen, Eli (2008). Distributed Leadership.
  • Hammersvik, Charles; Jensen, Ruth & Møller, Jorunn (2007). En lærende skole. Skoler i utvikling - mange tilnærminger til organisasjonslæring.
  • Jensen, Ruth (2006). Educational leaders of learning communities focusing on teaching and learning.
  • Hammersvik, Charles & Jensen, Ruth (2005). Pedagogisk ledelse i et relasjonelt perspektiv- et aksjonsforskningsopplegg.

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