Ruth Jensen

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
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:
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.
- Trujillo, Tina; Møller, Jorunn; Jensen, Ruth; Kissel, René Espinoza & Larsen, Eivind (2021). Images of Educational Leadership: How Principals Make Sense of Democracy and Social Justice in Two Distinct Policy Contexts. Educational Administration Quarterly. ISSN 0013-161X. . doi: 10.1177/0013161X20981148
- Jensen, Ruth (2020). Professional development of school leadership as boundary work: patterns of initiatives and interactions based on a Norwegian case. International Journal of Leadership in Education. ISSN 1360-3124. . doi: 10.1080/13603124.2020.1716998
- Larsen, Eivind; Møller, Jorunn & Jensen, Ruth (2020). Constructions of professionalism and the democratic mandate in education A discourse analysis of Norwegian public policy documents. Journal of Education Policy. ISSN 0268-0939. . doi: 10.1080/02680939.2020.1774807
- Jensen, Ruth (2019). Bruken av pedagogiske verktøy i skolelederutdanning - eksempler fra to utdanningskontekster, I: Styring og ledelse i grunnopplæringen. Spenninger og dynamikker.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-60554-4. 11. s 179 - 194
- Jensen, Ruth (2016). School leadership development: What we know and how we know it. Acta Didactica Norge. ISSN 1504-9922. 10(4), s 48- 68 . doi: 10.5617/adno.3898
- Jensen, Ruth & Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (2016). How school leadership development evolves: crossing timescales and settings. Journal of Workplace Learning. ISSN 1366-5626. 28(6), s 338- 354 . doi: 10.1108/JWL-06-2015-0048
- Jensen, Ruth & Lund, Andreas (2014). Horizontal dynamics in an inter-professional school improvement team. International Journal of Leadership in Education. ISSN 1360-3124. 17(3), s 286- 303 . doi: 10.1080/13603124.2013.794302
- Jensen, Ruth & Møller, Jorunn (2012). School data as mediators in professional development. Journal of educational change. ISSN 1389-2843. . doi: 10.1007/s10833-012-9197-y
- Jensen, Ruth & Hammersvik, Charles (2011). Lederutvikling med videosekvenser som "triggere" for læring, I: Jorunn Møller & Eli Ottesen (red.), 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; 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.
- 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.