About the project
EDUCATE is an evaluation of how the curricular renewal is operationalised in the school subjects. The project will conduct comparative classroom studies in primary, lower and upper secondary school over time and across school reforms (LK06 and LK20).
EDUCATE aims to develop understanding of how teachers include life skills, exploration and digital competence in the subjects English, religion, mathematics, science, Norwegian, social studies and German. We aim to carry out systematic video observations of classroom teaching in the same classes over time at schools in different parts of the country, combined with student surveys and teacher interviews.
Sub-projects
EDUCATE is organised into foursub-projects. In addition, three public sector ph.d. projects and one post doctoral project are connected to EDUCATE:
Sub-project 1: Observation protocols
Report 1 was published January 2023: Observing the Curricular Reform in the classroom. Observation protocols for life skills, exploration and digital competence.
Sub-project 2: Life skills in the classroom
Report 2 was publihed June 2023: How to master life in 8th grade. Various perspectives on life skills in the classroom across seven subjects.
Sub-project 3: Exploration in the classroom
Report 3 was publihed January 2024: How to work exploratively in Vg1 and Vg2. The individual teacher's teaching means more than the nature of the subjects.
Sub-project 4: Digital competence and algorithmic thinking
Report 4 on digital competence will be published 10th September 2024.
Report 5 on algorithmic thinking will be published November 2024.
Public sector ph.d: (Digital) life skills, AI and assessment
PhD candidates: Ingrid Evertsen, Anja R. Isaksen, and Annie K. Olafsrud
The three public sector ph.d. projects are financed by Research Council Norway (RCN) for the period 2022-2028, in collaboration with Oslo Municipal Officer/Marienlyst school, Viken municipality/Strømmen upper secondary school, and Oslo Municipal Officer/Hartvig Nissen school. Two of the projects investigate how life skills is taught in school subjects, specifically in English, in relation to the new curriculum reform in Norway. The last project examines the use of AI and formative assessment in English and Norwegian in upper secondary school.
Read about Annie K. Olafsrud's project: AI and formative assessment in school in light of LK20
Postdoctor: Exploratory literature teaching over time
Postdoctor: Katherina Dodou
Objectives
- develop knowledge of how the realisation of live skills, exploratory work and digital competence in the new curriculum influences and potentially changes classroom practices,
- develop new and sought after knowledge of how teachers conduct their teaching of exploratory practices and digital competence in naturally occurring instruction,
- examine the experiences with such practices among students and teachers, and
- identify teacher and student perspectives on changes in teaching practices to suggest implications for future practice.
Financing
EDUCATE is funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (2021-25).