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Eli Kristin Aadland; Hege Wergedahl – Education Inquiry, 2024
The Food and Health subject is a mandatory subject in primary and lower secondary schools in Norway and has many similarities to the internationally known subject Home Economics. This study aimed to examine how learning activities are structured in Food and Health education, both from the teacher's and the student's perspective. Momentary time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Health Education, Foods Instruction
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Sandvik, Lise Vikan; Svendsen, Bodil; Strømme, Alex; Smith, Kari; Aasmundstad Sommervold, Oda; Aarønes Angvik, Stine – Educational Assessment, 2023
The lockdowns that began during the spring of 2020 changed the conditions for teaching and assessment across the globe. In Norway, schools were closed, and all school activities took place online. Moreover, all final exams were canceled, and all student grading was based on final grading by the individual teacher. Because of this, teachers'…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
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Burner, Tony; Madsen, Janne; Zako, Nadia; Ismail, Adham – Educational Action Research, 2017
In Iraqi Kurdistan, the educational system is going through significant changes. The educational system influences the students' attitudes, and one wants the educational system to support the young democracy. In this study, student-centred learning (SCL) is seen as a first step to learning, but also to participation and engagement as a citizen.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Student Centered Learning, Secondary School Students
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Hilt, Line Torbjørnsen – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
This article will show how the global educational policy expectations of being a "self-managing learner" unfold in the context of two school organisations in Norway, and contribute to the exclusion of so-called newly arrived minority language students. The theoretical framework is Niklas Luhmann's theory of the global educational system,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Language Minorities
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Støen Utvaer, Britt Karin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The experience of meaning in a learning situation is a stated goal of Knowledge Promotion Reform in Norway. This study, guided by self-determination theory, examines how pursuing intrinsic and extrinsic life goals relates to the experience of meaning in vocational education. The study also examines how learning support, perceived competence, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Goal Orientation, Self Determination