Program
Please note that the main program for the conference is 20–21 October. On 22 October, there will be opportunity for masterclasses / process seminars for NAFOL students.
NB: Changes to the program may occur.
Zoom passcode for the whole conference: Conference
The conference is held in Norwegian time.
20 October 2020 – day 1, main program
13.00–13.30 Opening
- Musical piece: Øystein Kvinge Trio, “Mambo Influenciado”
- Vice-Dean Torill Larsen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO)
- Professor Mats Tegmark, Dalarne University (SE)/NorTED.
- Professor Kari Smith, NAFOL (NO)
13.30–14.15 Keynote: Professor Gert Biesta, Maynooth University (IE)
14.15–14.30 Break
14.30–16.00 Paper sessions: Doctoral candidates and «førstelektor» candidates
Discussant: Associate Professor Elin Thoresen (NLA University College)
Presenters
Selma Dzemidzic Kristiansen (University of South-Eastern Norway)
- About face-to-face promotive interaction: How primary school students practice it?
Helene Hauge (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Preservice teachers’ use of argumentation in elementary school mathematics classrooms.
Dorota Lembrér (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Power negotiations in parents’ and teachers’ interactions about mathematics education for young children.
Disscusant: Associate Professor Mats Tegmark (Dalarna University)
Presenters
Maroua Talbi (ELTE)
- Developing intercultural communicative competence within the framework of a university language course: the case of a BA in English Studies programme in Hungary.
Fredrik Stenhjem Hagen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Holocaust education and the potentiality of historical empathy.
Martin Sjøen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- A global teacher education: Intercultural outcomes for Norwegian teacher-training students with cross-cultural teaching practicums.
Discussant: Research Coordinator Carina Rönnqvist (Umeå University)
Presenters
Karen Dille (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- In-service teachers‘ professional development in online programs. A scoping review
Ragnvald Holst-Larsen (Oslo Metropolitan University)
- Action research with dropouts as a bridge to understanding theory
Georgia Kasari (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Teacher educator action-research for supporting pre-service teachers in language-responsive mathematics pedagogies in grades 1-7: developing an analytical tool for reflecting on practice
Discussant: Professor Ellen Beate Sandseter (Queen Maud University College)
Presenters
Trine Telnes (Nord University)
- Leading Inquiry-Based Learning with groups of Toddlers: A Part of Kindergarten teacher’s Professional Praxis’
Merete Nornes-Nymark (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- How too meet migration-related difficulties in Preschool - Multicultural practice in Norwegian Preschools
Karoline Jangård Selliseth (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Digital documentation and parental involvement in Norwegian kindergartens
16.00–16.15 Break
16.15–17.00 Keynote: Karen Hammerness, Director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (USA)
17.00–17.30 Dialogue with/about keynotes 1 and 2
21 October 2020 – day 2, main program
10.00–10.05 Good morning: Musical piece by Øystein Kvinge Trio, “You took advantage of me”
10.05–11.00 Keynote: Professor Anna Sfard, University of Haifa, (IL)
11.00–11.30 Lunch break
11.30–13.00 Paper sessions: Doctoral candidates and «førstelektor» candidates
Discussant: Professor Thomas Moser (University of Stavanger/University of South-Eastern Norway)
Presenters
Svein-Erling Greiner (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Student subjectivity as a contested position in kindergarten teacher education.
Sissel Halland (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- The professional conversation s a forming arena in the kindergarten education
Anders Ohlsson (Dalarna University)
- Importance of Teachers´ Practices in Children´s learning for sustainability
Disscusant: Professor Eva Maagerø (University of South-Eastern Norway)
Presenters
Bente Fossvold-Jørum (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- Teaching Mona Lisa - an aesthetic approach to learning art history in teacher education.
Silje Bjørnevoll (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Preservice music teachers as future agents for change.
Discussant: Professor Marit Ulvik (University of Bergen)
Presenters
Monika Merket (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- The Pedagogic Discourse relayed in Mentoring - A Discourse Analysis of Mentoring Dialogues in a Norwegian Teacher Education
Hege Fimreite (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- "Then there is not so much emotion and exhaustion" – a counselor’s understanding of counseling in meeting own practice
Ine Ophalvens (Ghent University)
- The guidance of mentors during mentoring conversations: Which supervisory roles do they adopt?
Discussant: Professor Henning Fjørtoft (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Presenters
Claire Walsh (University of Limerick)
- How to do teacher educators negotiate curriculum change?: Exploring the relationship between school based curriculum change and initial teacher education
Dziuginta Baraldsnes (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- A Relationship between Teachers’ Perceptions of and Practices within an Anti-bullying Programme
Ívar Rafn Jónsson (University of Iceland)
- Teachers’ perspective about the gaps between teachers' and students' perceptions of assessment and feedback practices in the classroom.
Discussant: Professor Sven-Erik Hansén (Åbo Akademi University)
Presenters
Maria-Rosa Rapahela Doublet (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- From a monolingual being to a bilingual reality. A case study on a bilingual four-year-old in kindergarten
Anne Sætersdal Myklestad (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Adolescents' writing: Exploring the writing fluency of a diverse group when writing in Norwegian vs English within the classroom context
Jingwei Song (University of Glasgow)
- Assessing for learning in English language classrooms in Shenzhen, China
13.00–13.15 Break
13.15–14.45 Paper session: Doctoral candidates and «førstelektor» candidates
Discussant: Professor Knut Steinar Engelsen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Presenters
Lorraine Counihan (University of Limerick)
- The relationship between teachers' understanding of curriculum development and assessment in Ireland and the implications of this relationship on teaching and learning in a multifaceted curriculum.
Kristin Belt Skutlaberg (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Legal standards and professional discretion in principals work.
Lise Porsanger (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- Bridging theory and practice: Exploring teachers’ talk of risk and safety management in physical education
Disscusant: Associate Professor Catrine Torbjørnsen Halås (Nord University)
Presenters
Runa Westerlund (Umeå University)
- Next stop learning - please mind the gaps!
Anne Brit Lauvsnes (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- Klafki’s categorical Bildung and the role of existential questions in Religious Education (RE/KRLE).
Stine Utler (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- “What characterizes how teachers in 1st-4th grade in the Norwegian Primary School teach social studies? – a pre-political perspective”.
Discussant: Associate Professor Vigdis Vangsnes (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Presenters
Yueying Gong (University of Limerick)
- Chinese higher education-based physical education teacher educators (PETEds)’ professional learning needs for involvement in research activities
Nina Grini (University of Stavanger)
- Social and emotional learning - a contribution to the interdisciplinary theme Public health and life mastery in the new curriculum?
André Moura (University of Porto)
- Bridging theory and practice in teacher education: the experience of supporting PE preservice teachers in assessment understandings and practices
Discussant: Senior Professor Jörgen Dimenäs (Dalarna University)
Presenters
Dylan Scanlon (University of Limerick)
- Teachers educators as policy actors in positioning curriculum development in (physical education) teacher education
Leonie Johann (Nord University)
- Why cells are round – design, procedure, and evaluation of teaching experiments in cell biology learning
Johannes Sæleset (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
- Specialized science courses in teacher education and their impact on classroom teaching: A case study
Discussant: Professor Elin Ødegaard (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Presenters
Anne Mette Karlsen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences)
- How voices of students are reflected in teacher discussions in Lesson Study, and how this expand the concept of teachers' professional learning
Audun Mollan Kristoffersen (Trondheim Municipality/ Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- Performative consciousness as a bridge between theory and practice in education
14.45–15.00 Break
15.00–15.45 Keynote: Associate Professor Jennifer Symonds, University College Dublin (IE)
15.45–16.15 Dialogue with/about keynotes 3 and 4
16.15–16.30 Conclusion and farewell
- Doctoral candidate Hilde Birgitte Hjertager Lund, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO) and NAFOL
- Professor Knut Steinar Engelsen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO)
- Professor Kari Smith, NAFOL (NO)
22 October 2020 – NAFOL masterclasses and process seminars
10.00–10.15 Good morning
10.15–11.00 Masterclass
- Inger Margrethe Tronstad (cohort 10) meets Associate Professor Leif Inge Magnussen, University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
11.00–11.15 Pause
11.15–12.00 Masterclass
- Elin Aaness (cohort 9B) meets Professor Eva Maagerø, University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
12.00–12.30 Lunch
12.30–13.15 Masterclass
- Petra Røise (cohort 9B) meets head of research Joakim Caspersen, NTNU Social Research (NO)
13.15–13.30 Pause
13.30–14.15 Masterclass
- Julie Lysberg (cohort 9A) meets Associate Professor / Professor II Gunilla Eklund, Åbo Akademi University / OsloMet (FI)
Conclusions and farewell
