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CANCELLED/ POSTPONED - Nordic Modes of Bildung, Schooling, and Upbringing - The interplay between individualism, collectivism, and institutionalized lives

Time and place: Apr. 23, 2020–Apr. 24, 2020, University of Oslo

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Conference organized by the two UiO:Nordic projects “The Nordic Education Model” and “Living the Nordic Model”.

POSTPONED - One day conference: Leading Higher Education As and For Public Good - How can teaching and learning contribute to a sustainable future?

Time and place: May 7, 2020 8:30 AM–5:00 PM, Georg Sverdrups hus

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Because of the coronavirus outbreak, we must postpone the 07 May, 2020 conference celebrating the conclusion of the five year research project, Formation and Competence Building of University Academic Developers (2015-2020)

We will convene the conference on 29 April 2021, and we look forward to seeing you then. We will send out new registration forms and more information next fall.

Open lecture: The new interfaces of education and working life - case Finland

Time and place: Jan. 7, 2020 2:30 PM–4:00 PM, Rom 231, Helga Engs hus

Welcome to an interesting hour with professor Anne Kovalainen, University of Turku, Finland.

Open seminar: Rethinking the role of thinking in research

Time and place: Dec. 13, 2019 2:15 PM–4:00 PM, Georg Sverdrups hus, Group room 1

Welcome to this open research seminar with Dr. Nick Peim, University of Birmingham. UK. The seminar explores the resources available from philosophy and theory that can be practically applied to any educational research project.

Disputation: Sverre Tveit

Time and place: Nov. 29, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 2, Helga Engs building, Blindern

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.

Open seminar: "Shall we teach for Open-mindedness?"

Time and place: Sep. 16, 2019 2:15 PM–4:00 PM, Room 231 Helga Engs hus

Open-mindedness is a virtue highly valued in educational contexts. However, does open-mindedness imply a tendency to reject firm beliefs? To embrace any idea? This seminar points to the need for qualified arguments. Also, to the ways in which open-mindedness may require synergy with other intellectual virtues if our aim is to promote a just and open society.

Disputation: Rachel Sweetman

Time and place: Sep. 9, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 2, Helga Engs building, Blindern

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.

Disputation: Jørgen Smedsrud

Time and place: Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 2, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Jørgen Smedsrud at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Mathematically gifted adolescents in Norway: Exploring mathematically gifted adolescents' experience with the school system in Norway.

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Open lecture: "U.S. higher education and inequality: How the solution became the problem”

Time and place: Aug. 14, 2019 9:15 AM–11:00 AM, Room 231, Helga Engs hus, Blindern

Welcome all to this open lecture with professor David F. Labaree, Stanford University, USA.

Open lecture: "Social problems and technological innovations: Motives of curriculum reform in the 1970s"

Time and place: Aug. 13, 2019 9:15 AM–11:00 AM, Room 231, Helga Engs hus, Blindern

Welcome all to this open lecture with Dr. Rebekka Horlacher, University of Zurich.

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Open lecture: "The educationalization of social problems and the educationalization of the world"

Time and place: Aug. 12, 2019 9:15 AM–11:00 AM, Room 231, Helga Engs hus, Blindern

Welcome all to this open lecture with Professor Daniel Tröhler, University of Vienna / University of Oslo.

Disputation: Rachelle Esterhazy

Time and place: June 21, 2019 1:15 PM, Lecture Hall 3, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Rachelle Esterhazy at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Productive feedback practices in higher education. Investigating social and epistemic relations in two undergraduate courses.

Disputation: Anna Therese Steen-Utheim

Time and place: June 17, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 3, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Anna Therese Steen-Utheim at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Students' sense making of feedback. Dialogue, interactions and emotions.

Open lecture: "A Story Without an Ending: Early Childhood Education Programs and the Ongoing Search for Long-Run Effects"

Time and place: May 28, 2019 9:00 AM–10:00 AM, Lucy Smiths bulding, The Hanna Ryggen room, 10th floor

Welcome all to this open lecture with Dr. Tyler Watts, New York University.

Open lecture: "Setting the stage for preschool intervention: Children’s early learning in the context of poverty and inequality"

Time and place: May 27, 2019 10:00 AM–11:00 AM, Lucy Smiths bulding, The Hanna Ryggen room, 10th floor

Welcome all to this open lecture with Professor Cybele Raver, New York University.

Disputation: Renate Andersen

Time and place: May 15, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 1, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Renate Andersen at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Mutual Development in Online Collaborative Processes. Three Case Studies of Artifact Co-creation at Different Levels of Participation.

Open Seminar: "Supporting fluent study paths with learning analytics: examples from higher and vocational education"

Time and place: May 15, 2019 12:00 PM–2:00 PM, LINKEN, Georg Sverdrups hus

Presenter in this seminar is Hanni Muukkonen, Professor in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Finland.

Open seminar: "The reform of education and leadership: Issues for research design and practice"

Time and place: May 7, 2019 9:15 AM–3:00 PM, Georg Sverdrup’s House, Group Room 1

Welcome to this open seminar with Professor Helen Gunter, University of Manchester, UK.

Disputation: Marianne Takvam Kindt

Time and place: May 2, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 3, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Marianne Takvam Kindt at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Beyond heritage and acculturation. Accounts of upbringing, choices, and plans from children of immigrants in prestigious higher education in Norway.

Open lecture: "Levelling up: Is it unethical not to use games in education?"

Time and place: Apr. 30, 2019 10:15 AM–11:00 AM, Auditorium U35, Helga Eng

Welcome to an interesting hour with Professor Sara de Freitas.

Disputation: Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa

Time and place: Feb. 13, 2019 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall 1, Helga Engs building, Blindern

Master Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Universal design for learning towards achieving inclusive higher education in Tanzania.

An open guest lecture on intraindividual research on students’ learning experiences by professor Lars-Erik Malmberg.

Time and place: Feb. 6, 2019 10:00 AM–11:30 AM, Helga Engs hus: Room U36

The Learning, Motivation, and Well-Being -research group is hosting an open guest lecture by professor Lars-Erik Malmberg (Oxford University, UK) on intraindividual research on students’ learning experiences.

An open lecture on multilevel structural equation modeling by professor Lars-Erik Malmberg.

Time and place: Feb. 5, 2019 2:15 PM–3:45 PM, Helga Engs hus: Room U36

The Learning, Motivation, and Well-Being -research group is hosting an open guest lecture by professor Lars-Erik Malmberg (Oxford University, UK) on the use of multilevel structural equation modeling.