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Home schooling during the spring 2020 school closures highlighted big differences in the digital preparedness between schools.

QUINT researcher Camilla Magnusson speaks about the implications of her research to instructional practice, educational policy making and parenting. 

Ida Gabrielsen is researching how literature is taught as part of Norwegian language instruction. 

To what extent is being and learning together in a shared space necessary for democratic citizenship education?

Following on-line teaching in Nordic Connected Classrooms due to pandemic restrictions.

Recapping the highlights from the first full year of activity and research at the QUINT centre. 

The second webinar replacing the June conference this year brought together QUINT researchers to discuss coding shared classroom videos.

A zoom workshop for PLATO certified coders this week was one of the virtual meetings held to replace the June conference in Iceland.  

What constitutes teaching practice has been contested by the global pandemic home schooling situation. QUINT researcher Nikolaj Elf is investigating what this means to teaching quality.  

New study shows that the choice of literature used in Norwegian classrooms is limited and stems from the textbooks. 

A recent survey shows big differences in how much contact the oldest and youngest students had with their teacher.

En fersk spørreundersøkelse blant foreldre i grunnskolen viser stor forskjell i hvor mye kontakt de eldste og de yngste elevene hadde med læreren sin.

Research into home schooling experiences in Denmark during corona crisis shows that students missed classroom teaching and everyday school life.

QUINT study finds that the use of digital technology in classroom instruction is still quite traditional. 

Due to the current Corona crisis, digitalisation of teaching has become a shared focus for teachers all over the world.

Capitalising on QUINT Centre’s work so far, SYNTEQ project sets out to re-analyse Nordic classroom data in order to synthesise research on teaching quality.

In a world where emojis are increasingly replacing punctuation, will we miss the question mark?

At the NERA Conference 2020, the QUINT PhD Network presents "Researching teaching quality across Nordic lower secondary classrooms – a cross disciplinary perspective".

QUINT Centre Director Professor Kirsti Klette is among keynote speakers at the NERA Conference 2020. Title of her presentation is "Beyond Fragmentation: Towards a common language in researching Nordic classrooms".

After working as a teacher for over a decade, Reynisson is now pursuing a PhD investigating instructional quality with the hope of improving educational practices and policies. 

As a video-based professional development effort, VIST relies on the work of a dedicated film team recording lessons in the different classrooms.

Deliberation is a popular concept in Nordic social studies research. 

The gender gap in educational performance in the Nordic countries is widening and there is a need for more research to understand why.

QUINT Centre Director Professor Kirsti Klette receives a grant from the Research Council of Norway. Together with the QUINT researchers and leading international experts in the field, Klette will lead the process of synthesising research on teaching quality. 

Facilitating philosophical dialogues in schools led Cæcilie Ketil Hejl to wonder if there is a need for more professional development for teachers in this area.