Research events - Page 2

Master Gro Skåland at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic  "Library maker spaces: Pedagogical possibilities and constraints for fulfilling educational goals".

Master Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Role of Child Temperament and Process Quality" for the degree of PhD.

Master Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: 

“Change of perspective: a group-orientated approach to childcare.

- Childcare quality has its roots in dyadic attachment-based adult-child relationships. However, unique in childcare is the group-based setting. What does quality look like from a group-orientated perspective?”

In today's school, much of the emphasis is on competitiveness, confidence and equality. But what about humility, asks Liz Jackson?

HEDWORK seminar with Robert Kordts, University of Bergen

Welcome to an open lecture with Professor Emeritus Harvey Siegel, University of Miami, USA. The lecture explores the ideal of critical thinking and the latent effects of anti-critical thinking in the world of today.

In an age that focuses on function, goal management and instrumental utility, education easily falls into the background. Why is it like that?

Putting the World in the Centre of Education

“The idea of world-centred education is first of all meant to highlight that educational questions are fundamentally existential questions, that is questions about our existence ‘in’ and ‘with’ the world, natural and social, and not just our existence with ourselves” (Biesta, 2021, pp. 90-91)

Intercultural communication, pedagogy, and the question of time: An exploration

In this seminar, we will have the pleasure to discuss Gert Biesta's latest article "Becoming Contemporaneous: Intercultural Communication Pedagogy beyond Culture and without Ethics". A version of this article will be sent to everyone attending the seminar.

Master Natalia Latini at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Reading in Limbo: Caught in Transition between Paper and Digital Texts." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Natalia Latini at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "How can educational professionals instill in-depth reading comprehension skills in children reading digital texts?"

The LiDA research group organises a seminar on Ethical aspects of Learning Analytics. Guest speaker is Olga Viberg from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Anna Mavroudi from The Department of Education, University of Oslo, will also give a presentation.

Our school systems and pedagogical practices need to radically reflect on how they have contributed to the fact that life on Earth is on the edge of disaster, claims Birgit Schaffar-Kronqvist from the University of Helsinki.

David Williamson Shaffer, Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Master Jo Inge Johansen Frøytlog at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Participation in classroom dialogues mediated by microblogging technology: Multidimensional investigations" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Jo Inge Johansen Frøytlog at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "What are the affordances and constraints of new media such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook and the like for the quality of public discourse and democratic society? What if anything is the role of education in addressing this issue?".

Master Rogers Kaliisa at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Designing Learning Analytics Tools for Teachers with Teachers - A Design-Based Research Study in a Blended Higher Education Context." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Rogers Kaliisa at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "What does it mean to say that Learning Analytics are “theory-based” and why does this matter?"

Welcome to an open research seminar on human-centered learning analytics.

Cand.phil. Synnøve Hedemann Amdam at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Media teachers’ discursive understandings in developing 21st century education: Are we the tugboat, the satellite, or the terror cell?" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.phil. Synnøve Hedemann Amdam at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "Teacher identity in the Digital Age: How can we take the work further and invite teachers to co-design research which explores their identity as media educators in the digital age?"

Master Anja  Amundrud at the Department of Education will defend her dissertation "Microblogging and classroom talk – Teachers' practices and students' participation in talk for learning during microblogging activities in the classroom." for the degree of PhD.

Master Anja Amundrud at the Department of Education will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "An exploration of sociolinguistics as a theoretical and methodological field of knowledge for the study of language in use in educational settings."

In this presentation, the aim is to explore perspectives on STEM education focusing on the affordances of sociocultural and dialogic approaches to education for increasing and improving our knowledge of science and technology, while meeting the social needs of vulnerable people?