Day 2: Wednesday 19 June |
09.00-10.30 |
Parallel sessions Paper session 2 b | Analysing Teaching Quality Chair: Birna Svanbjörnsdóttir, University of Akureyri Papers: Modelling quality in social science teaching in Nordic classrooms Quality teaching and the tradition of didactics Paper session 2 c | Analysing Teaching Quality Chair: Anna Slotte, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki Papers: Teachers on the "Math and Science Trails" (MAST) to become reflective practitioners Co-authors: Berit Reitan, Norwegian Centre for Science Education Action(re)call: a method researching knowing-in-action Teenagers evaluation of teaching quality in Icelandic compulsory schools Paper session 3 | Observation Protocols as Frameworks for Understanding Teaching Chair: Marie Tanner, Associate Professor, Karlstad University Papers: Using general observation tools in the evaluation of special education teachers Exploring the use of mathematics observation tools across the contexts of the United States, Norway, and Finland: How do these tools shape our understanding of instructional quality when applied in different school settings? Co-authors: Christie Martin, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina Exploring the quality of inquiry-based science - developing a framework for video analysis Using observation instruments to understand change in teaching quality over time Co-authors: Bridget Maher, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
11.00-12.00 |
Keynote presentation | How to study quality in teaching: Comparing designs and implicit assumptions in three QUINT subprojects Professor Nikolaj Elf, Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Nordic Centre of Excellence Quality in Nordic Teaching - QUINT Place: University Library building, Georg Sverdrups hus, Aud 1 |
12.00-13.00 |
Lunch |
13.00-14.30 |
Invited symposium | Nordic Policies for Teaching Quality The panel focuses on the existing procedures and measures to improve teaching quality in the Nordic countries. Representatives from each Nordic country present national actions from their respective countries. |
14.30-15.00 | Coffee break |
15.00-16.30 |
Parallel sessions Paper session 4 | Classroom Practices in Mathematics and Science Chair: Berglind Gísladóttir, Assistant Professor, University of Iceland Papers: Evaluating inquiry based learning in Mathematics What shapes classroom discourse in the mathematics classrooms? A study of instructional practices, meta-rules and teacher perspectives Designing data and statistics co-explorations for students and teachers Using video data to research teachers’ feedback practices – a matched comparison approach Paper session 5 | Reading Practices in the Nordic L1 (Language Arts) Subjects Chair: Anna Slotte, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki Papers: Quality in Language Arts/L1 teaching: A phenomenological inquiry-based approach to literature education Literature instruction – A study of instructional practices and the role of literary texts in 46 lower secondary Language Arts classrooms One teacher's reading comprehension instruction in one classroom in grade 8, 9 and 10 Reading as a starting point for extended writing opportunities in lower secondary English classrooms |
17.30-18.30 | Guided tour, Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo Photo Tour (limited to PhD Fellows) Meeting point: main entrance Vigeland Sculpture Park |
18.30 | Group photography (PhD Fellows) |
19.30 |
PhD Dinner (by invitation) |