• Quality in children’s digital picture books: seven key strands for educational reflections for shared dialogue-based reading in early childhood settings 

  Hoel, Trude; Jernes, Margrethe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02)

  The scope of digital children’s books is increasing rapidly; however, the quality of these books needs consideration in view of the educational context in which they are to be read. In this article, we present seven key ...

• Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) 

  Pollarolo, Enrico; Skarstein, Tuula Helka; Størksen, Ingunn; Kucirkova, Natalia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  This article investigates the perspectives of Norwegian early childhood educators on mathematics and higher-order thinking. Thematic analysis of the connection between mathematics and children’s higher-order thinking skills ...

• Profiles of Chinese preschoolers' academic and social–emotional development in relation to classroom quality: A multilevel latent profile approach 

  Huang, Runke; Siraj, Iram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02)

  Linking classroom quality to separate domains of child development might neglect the transactional interactions across developmental domains. This research utilized latent profiles across academic and social–emotional ...

• Nordic approaches to evaluation and assessment in early childhood education and care 

  Urban, Mathias Helmut; Reikerås, Elin Kirsti Lie; Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus; Jennifer, Guevara; Sæbø, Janken Camilla; Semmoloni, Carolina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-06)

  This paper presents and discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation into Nordic approaches to evaluation and assessment in early childhood education and care. The project explored values and principles that ...

• ”Nothing About Us Without Us”: the first example of inclusive research in Early Childhood Education in Norway 

  Granone, Francesca; Johansen, Mia; Reikerås, Elin Kirsti Lie; Kvalø, Tone Merethe Kolstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The term inclusive research is used in literature to describe a partnership between academics and people with intellectual disabilities, with the aim of conducting research together. This type of partnership must contain ...

• Critical thinking, problem-Solving and computational thinking : Related but Distinct : An analysis of similarities and differences based on an example of a play situation in an early childhood education setting 

  Granone, Francesca; Reikerås, Elin Kirsti Lie; Pollarolo, Enrico; Kamola, Monika (Chapter, 2023-05)

  In the twenty-first century, four important different and intertwined domains for children’s skills have been identified: cognitive, interpersonal, intrapersonal and technical. In the cognitive domain, key terms such as ...

• Litteraturen om den risikofylte leken 

  Hestad. Iselin (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

  Bakgrunn: Risikofylt lek er noe som finner sted i alle barnehager, men det er varierende i hvor stor grad denne type lek blir tilrettelagt eller godtatt. Her er det variasjon av hva som ses på som ok eller ikke. I rammeplanen ...

• Hva sier eksisterende forskning om personalets ansvar for inkludering av flerspråklige barn i lek 

  Holten, Micko (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

• Hva gjør pedagogiske ledere for å inkludere flerspråklige barn på avdelingen? 

  (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

• hvordan skal barnehagelærere forholde seg til lek i barnehagen? 

  Snåsøy, Torbjørn (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

  Lek er et av spenningsfeltene i pedagogisk arbeid i barnehagen og hvordan vi forholder oss til lek som barnehagelærere er noe som stadig forskes på. Jeg ønsker i denne bacheloroppgaven å lære mer om hvordan jeg skal forholde ...

• Barn, musikk og relasjonell helse : En studie av barns deltakelse i en sosialmusikalsk praksis i en barnehage 

  Tumyr, Beate Gilje (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)

  Formålet med denne studien er å bidra til å utvikle kunnskap om barn, musikk og relasjonell helse, og spesielt koblingen mellom barn og relasjonell helse i barnehagen. Bakgrunnen for utforskingen er rammeplanen for barnehagen ...

• Digital competence and digital technology: a curriculum analysis of Norwegian early childhood teacher education 

  Undheim, Marianne; Ploog, Helga Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  This paper explores how digital competence and digital technology are addressed in Norwegian early childhood teacher education (ECTE). The aim is to provide a national overview of the ECTE institutions’ programme and ...

• Educating to democracy and critical thinking. The Norwegian kindergarten model 

  Granone, Francesca; Lund, Thomas Hammerø; Pollarolo, Enrico; Caravita, Simona Carla Silvia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  In order to educate children to become an active part of the society, it is necessary to help them to understand the importance of values and attitudes funding the democratic society. These include the sense of community, ...

• Konstruksjon av identitetsfortellinger i barns sosiale lek 

  Zachrisen, Berit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Denne studien undersøker hvordan barn konstruerer identitetsfortellinger i sosial lek. Etter inspirasjon fra YuvalDavis (2010, 2011) legges et sosiologisk perspektiv til grunn for behandling og drøfting av identitetsbegrepet. ...

• Mediated learning strategies in families with children with disabilities: a literature review 

  Granone, Francesca; Stokke, Martin; Damnotti, Sandra; Chicco, Chiara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The purpose of this literature review is to identify patterns and to discuss key perspectives from empirical studies published from 2000 until 2021 that explore mediated learning strategies in families with children with ...

• Å høre til der du bor : om foreldres opplevelse av tilhørighet gjennom barnehagen 

  Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Denne artikkelen belyser hvordan minoritetsforeldre kan danne tilhørighet til lokalsamfunnet gjennom barnehagen. Minoritet brukes i denne sammenheng om foreldre med migrantbakgrunn. Med lokalsamfunn menes formelle og ...

• Affective responses to urban but not to natural scenes depend on inter-individual differences in childhood nature exposure 

  Koivisto, Mika; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Do humans have a hard-wired tendency to respond with positive affects to nature or do individual's meanings and learning experiences moderate the affective responses to natural or urban scenes? We studied the relative ...

• The Norwegian inclusive learning environment: an analysis. 

  Granone, Francesca; Stokke, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  After the Salamanca Declaration, integration was replaced with inclusion as an aim in Norwegian education policy. Since then, Norwegian education has sought to achieve the goal that every child and every student is included ...

• Barns språklige læring gjennom rollelek 

  Kaja Pernille Samuelsen (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

  Barns språklige læring i rollelek Sammendrag Gjennom denne bacheloroppgaven skal jeg ta for meg temaene språklig læring og lek, der jeg skal trekke hovedfokuset mot rollelek. For å belyse viktigheten rundt min problemstilling ...

• Parental perspectives on ECEC settings that foster child well-being: a comparison across nine European countries 

  van Trijp, Catharina Petronella Johanna; Broekhuizen, Martine Louise; Moser, Thomas; Barata, M Clara; Aguiar, Cecília (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Parents play a vital role in identifying children’s needs for support and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) features that support children’s well-being. This study examined parental perspectives on features of ECEC ...

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