Research events

Department of Special Needs Education, Department of Education and Department of Teacher Education and School Research are hosting an open seminar on October 18th. The speakers are the internationally renowned professors, James Wertsch, Washington University in St.Louis and Per Linell, Linköping University.  

Professor Julian Sefton-Green, and commentators, will give a talk about the new book Learning beyond the School.

Welcome to open lecture with Professor Marianna Papastephanou. Introduction by Professor Torill Strand, comments by Professor Inga Bostad.

Feel free to join this open lecture with Professor Allison Littlejohn from The Open University in the UK.

Master Fesseha Abadi Weldemichael at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Integrated Functional Adult Literacy Education for Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Ethiopia. A Comparative Study of Tigray and Amhara Regions.

Master Kristin Rogde at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Improving children's linguistic comprehension skills. A systematic review and a randomized controlled trial.

Master Christine Ijino Oyenak at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

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.

University of Oslo and Chr. Michelsen Institute have collaborated with the Brookings Institution on two research projects - one conducted in Norwegian schools and one in developing countries - to better understand what skills young people require for the 21st century and how to equip them to adapt effectively to a changing world. The seminar will combine presentation of results from the two projects investigating 21st century skills with panels discussing policy implication and directions.

Presenter in this seminar is Professor Teboho Moja from New York University (NYU).

Master Niri Talberg at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Young Poker players. Learning processes between education and stigmation.

Master Irina Engeness at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Learning and Teaching with Digital Tools: Insights for Learning Arising from the Cultural-Historical Theory.

Master Caroline Cruaud defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

The Playful Frame. Design and use of a gamified application for foreign language learning.

Presenter in this seminar is Professor Heidrun Allert, Head of the department of Media Education/ Educational Computer Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Welcome to a seminar focusing on Cornelius Castoriadis´ significance for social philosophy and pedagogy.

Cand.polit. Eva Elisabeth Hessevaagbakke defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Title:

The characteristics of nurses’ pedagogical competence.

Welcome to this seminar with Barbara Emma Hof from The Department of Education, University of Zürich.

Master Jarmila Bubikova-Moan defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Discursive portraits of language, literacy and learning: emerging bilinguals in Norway.

We are delighted to invite to an open lecture with Professor Marianna Papastephanou.

Presenters are Silvia Gherardi (University of Trento and Prof II University of Oslo), Bente Elkjær (Danish school of education, Aarhus University) and Mervi Hasu (ExCID, University of Oslo)

The lecture will be held by Professor Yunxiang Yan, University of California, Los Angeles.

Master Solveig Roth defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Title: Educational trajectories in Cultural worlds: An ethnographic study of multiethnic girls across different levels of schooling.

Cand.philol. Ingvill Krogstad Svanes defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Title: Teachers' instructional practices during seatwork in Norwegian language arts lessons