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Honorary doctor with a focus on the classroom.

QUINT researchers are well represented at the AERA Conference 2022 "Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21 Century", 21-26 April.

What have the Nordic countries learned from their experience of schooling during COVID-19? On February 17, the QUINT Centre brought together researchers and key education stakeholders from across the Nordic region to discuss this question.

When the COVID-19 pandemic first began causing temporary school closures, the shift to remote learning was quick and often dramatic. Teachers, students and parents all had to drastically adjust to the new situation. So too, did researchers studying teaching in Nordic schools. 

The inter-faculty QUALI-FAIR hub will work on making qualitative and context-sensitive research data more available to researchers.

Four QUINT researchers and four teachers teamed up to present the newest findings from two QUINT professional development projects. 

The QUINT centre in Oslo is currently hosting Anders S. Christensen, Assistant Professor at UCL University College, Denmark. Anders is one of a group of researchers involved in the project Comparing Quality in Social Science Teaching in Nordic Classrooms (QUISST).

How can we overcome the theoretical and methodological fragmentation when analysing classroom teaching and learning? Professor Kristi Klette, director of the QUINT centre, believes video classroom research and observation protocols might hold the answer.

QUINT researcher Dr. Jennifer M. Luoto discusses how we can understand good mathematics teaching from different perspectives of classroom research.

QUINT Deputy Director Marte Blikstad-Balas presents at the conference "Back to school – lessons learned from the pandemic. How can it change the classroom of tomorrow?"

Både tilgangen på digitale verktøy i skolen og ambisjonene om å bruke dem på nye måter er store, men bruken i undervisningen er fortsatt preget av at informasjon overføres til elevene på en relativt tradisjonell måte, viser ny klasseromsforskning.

QUINT Center Director Kirsti Klette will participate in the interactive forum where the results and research opportunities of the OECD's Global Teaching InSights Video Study.

For the collaboration between the research and the school to succeed, one should pay more attention to the teachers' professional development.

More than one third of school children spent less than 30 minutes per day on physical activities during Corona lockdown. 

QUINT documentary looks at the emergency teaching situation this year and its impact on quality of education.

QUINT Researcher Michael Tengberg has published a chronicle about many aspects of teaching quality in the Swedish journal Svenskläraren.

QUINT researchers share findings from research into lockdown schooling.  Sneak preview of a new video. 

A professional development programme for teachers in Iceland enables teachers to reflect on their own practice.

QUINT researcher Nikolaj Elf receives funding for a project investigating Green Transition in Education.

QUINT lectures ignited interesting discussions about the quality of teaching in Icelandic compulsory schools.

QUINT researchers join for another video coding webinar using PLATO as a framework for deeper discussions on instruction.

QUINT researcher Ane Qvortrup continues researching the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic school closures and the subsequent re-opening phase in Denmark.

QUINT research on how home schooling was experienced by parents discussed in a seminar by NordEd.

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