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Sundby, Anniken Hotvedt; Karseth, Berit – Curriculum Journal, 2022
'The knowledge question', addressing what students need to know and learn, becomes particularly relevant during the process of a new school reform. This paper examines the political messages and the role of knowledge in the current curriculum reform initiative for primary and secondary education in Norway (2020). The study is based on a document…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Course Content, Competency Based Education
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Steiner-Khamsi, Gita; Karseth, Berit; Baek, Chanwoong – Journal of Education Policy, 2020
The study presents a bibliometric network analysis of the two most recent schools reforms in Norway. Two research questions have been pursued: First, do the government-appointed expert commission use (in Green Papers) the same type of knowledge as 'evidence' for their reviews and recommendations as the Ministry of Education and Research (as…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Network Analysis, Position Papers, Educational Change
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Mølstad, Christina Elde; Karseth, Berit – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
The core curricular category of "learning outcomes" has entered the educational policy scene in Europe. While content-oriented curricula have dominated the Nordic countries, a shift towards outcomes can also be observed. In this article, we describe the fundamental distinctions between "Didaktik" and learning outcomes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Core Curriculum
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Karseth, Berit; Sivesind, Kirsten – European Journal of Education, 2010
The core theme of this article is the implications of a global language for the curriculum and how it can be dealt with in terms of content knowledge and reform. First, the article conceptualises curriculum from the perspective of schooling within a geographical territory, symbolising its own cultural history and the nation as a key agent in…
Descriptors: Semantics, Educational Change, Guidelines, Foreign Countries
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Karseth, Berit – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
The purpose of this article is to explore the development of qualifications frameworks as a key element in the Bologna Process, which aims to develop a European Higher Education Area by 2010. By setting up descriptors of learning outcomes, a European qualifications framework is intended as an instrument that enables Europe to coordinate and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Student Mobility
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Karseth, Berit; Nerland, Monika – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
This article explores how contemporary professional associations employ discourses of knowledge as a means of promoting professionalism. By analysing policy documents from the Norwegian associations for teachers, nurses, engineers and accountants, we reveal dominant knowledge discourses and discuss how they serve to position the associations in…
Descriptors: Nurses, Professional Associations, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy