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Written language skills and the notion of "Lexicon"
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)In mainstream theory about written language skills there is a strong relation between the notion of 'lexicon' and 'phonology'. The work of both researchers and teachers is rooted in this theoretical relation between lexicon ... -
Yeast, coal, and straw: J. B. S. Haldane's vision for the future of science and synthetic food
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-03)British biologist and science populariser J. B. S. Haldane was known as a contrarian, whose myriad ideas and beliefs would shift to oppose whomever he chose to argue with. Yet Haldane's support for synthetic food remained ... -
"Yes! Jeg er veldig god til å lese bøker". En studie av gode lesere på 2. trinn.
(Master thesis, 2022)Hensikten med masteroppgaven var å undersøke lesekompetansen til elever på 2. trinn for å få mer kunnskap om hva som kjennetegner gode lesere i den tidlige fasen av leseopplæringen. Følgende forskningsspørsmål ble stilt: Hva ... -
'You are putting yourself in their position': Facilitating 6th-grade EFL students' interrogation of multiple viewpoints through Image Theatre
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract This small-scale qualitative participatory study examines the potential of Image Theatre to facilitate 6th grade EFL students' interrogation of multiple viewpoints. Image Theatre (Boal, 1995) is a drama convention ... -
‘You could win Masterchef with this soup. Can I get some more?’ Request production and the impact of instruction on young EFL learners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)This paper presents a study exploring the impact of concept-based instruction of requests with two intact classes of young learners of English (aged 12–13) in a Norwegian primary school. Based on sociocultural theory, the ... -
"YOU-ARE-ME": A case study on social theatre’s potential to create space for intercultural dialogue in the context of Bologna, Italy
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IGIS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-30)In a time characterized by globalized migration patterns and consequential cultural diversity, intercultural conflicts, prejudice and xenophobia are potential threats to peaceful co- existence. However, research on the ... -
Young children’s participation in a Q study with visual images: Some comments on reliability and validity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-10)In this study we discuss various aspects of the participation of young children as informants in research relating to their own adjustment and behavior. We ask whether it is meaningful to include young children as participants ... -
Young children’s use of personalized technologies: insights from teachers and digital software designers in Japan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)Many smart technologies offer personalized experiences, such as the possibility for children to record their voice, add their own pictures or drawings to digital stories, customize their avatars or adjust display settings ... -
Young Greek Cypriot and Norwegian EFL learners: Pragmalinguistic development in request production
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Situated within the field of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, this cross-sectional study examines pragmalinguistic development in the request production of two groups of young English learners: Greek Cypriot and ... -
Young students' perception of the health perspective in the Norwegian school subject Food and Health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In Norway, Food and Health (FH) is taught throughout compulsory school. Data acquisition for this study consists of 15 interviews with teachers and 26 focus group interviews (FGI) with 4th grade students (9-10 years), from ... -
Young students’ motivation to write : An investigation of K-5 students’ own responses and of the self-reports used to capture their voices
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)The present project contributes knowledge of K-5 students’ motivation to write and foregrounds the students’ voices by examining students’ self-reports, like surveys, interviews, and alternative reports (e.g., drawings and ... -
'Your worships, all of you do you think this is true?' A study of pragmatic strategies in the records of the Salem Witch-hunt trials
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Earlier studies have shown that the successful survival strategy for defendants at Salem was submission and co-operation (Archer 2002:18). The six defendants here studied were accused at an early stage in the process and ... -
Youth perspectives on citizenship discourses: Navigating exclusionary public sphere rhetoric against the backdrop of ‘inclusive’ citizenship education
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“You’ve aged like milk on a radiator”: An investigation of verbal humour on r/RoastMe
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon of “roasting” on an internet forum called r/RoastMe. The analysis is based on politeness theory (Brown & Levinson, 1987; Grice, 1975), impoliteness theory (Culpeper, 1996), ... -
Å fjerne eller ikke fjerne?
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)Mellom 2015 og 2020 har debatten rundt konføderale symboler vært dagsaktuell i det amerikanske samfunn. Det har vært store protester og folkesamlinger på grunn av uenighet over hva man skal gjøre med statuene. Denne ... -
Å forstå, oppdage og håndtere elever i skolen som lever i hjem med rus. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av læreres erfaringer.
(Master thesis, 2023)Temaet for denne studien omhandler barn som lever med foreldre avhengige av rus, og hvordan lærere oppdager og håndterer disse elevene på skolen. Bakgrunnen for valg av temaet er at det anslagsvis lever over 100 000 barn ... -
Å gi de stille barna en stemme
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)I bacheloroppgaven vår har vi valgt å skrive rundt problemstillingen "Hvordan inkluderer barnehagepersonalet de stille barna til å medvirke i barnehagehverdagen?”. Vi har gjennom denne oppgaven undersøkt hva som blant annet ... -
Å gripe – og begripe – det flyktige. En studie av den sosiale praksisen i Helsesistas Snapchat-kanal.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)Dette prosjektet retter oppmerksomheten mot et sosialt digitalt tekstlandskap. Tale Marie Krohn Engvik, bedre kjent som Helsesista, flytta i 2016 sitt helsesøsterkontor fra en videregående skole til Snapchat. Tre år senere ... -
Å hoppe eller ikke hoppe. Hvordan Kjerag ble et senter for risikosport.
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne masteroppgaven fokuserer på basehopping på Kjerag i Lysefjorden, og hvordan Kjerag ble et «Mekka» for basehoppere rundt om i hele verden. I sentrum av oppgaven står diskusjonen om et forbud mot basehoppingen i 1996 ...