Comparative studies based on video-data from LISA Nordic have already revealed a number of interesting similarities and differences when it comes to how teachers across the Nordic countries design and implement their literature instruction. Still, there is much to learn. “We think that it is important that teachers get the opportunity to provide information about their own instruction,” says Researcher Camilla Magnusson.
The researchers will distribute an online-survey to a large number of lower secondary teachers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. In this way, they expect to gain extended knowledge about Nordic lower secondary literature instruction.
“It will be interesting to compare and contrast what teachers say about their own instruction to what was possible to discover when analysing video-data” says Researcher Anna Nissen. “In comparative studies, it is possible to discern patterns, trajectories and characteristics that might be taken for granted within a national context. This makes the Nordic perspective valuable: We have much to learn from each other!”
Researchers for this project:
Anna Nissen (Karlstad University, Sweden)
Camilla Magnusson (University of Oslo, Norway)
Thomas Illum Hansen (UCL University College, Denmark)
Birna Svanbjörnsdóttir (University of Akureyri, Iceland)
Heidi Höglund (Åbo Academi University)