Articles learning and personal growth

Brain researchers hope that the sense of smell can reveal more about how the brain organises information.

Volunteer work requires personal involvement, but it should not become a personal development project. 

With books like Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom and the Eight Children series, Anne-Cath. Vestly renewed Norwegian children's literature. But is she still relevant?

Norwegian lower secondary school students are eating breakfast less frequently, and also perform poorly in maths and science. Researchers from UiA have identified this correlation and are calling for measures to be put in place.

The Nobel Prize winner deals with anxiety in a way that draws on both Sigmund Freud and Søren Kierkegaard, says Professor Unni Langås.

Teachers must become more aware of why they are using technology in the classroom, says Assistant Professor Marianne Engen Matre.

New measures have contributed to a better education and a more relevant teaching practice period for student teachers at UiA.

“The findings are astounding. I understand well why many are leaving the profession,” says Professor Morten Øgård.

Researchers discuss the loss of meaning for teachers in a new book about everyday life in Scandinavian schools.

Having a reading dog in school has a number of positive effects for pupils. Andreas Reier Jensen and Ilmi Willbergh are researching why the interaction works so well.

“The teachers care about their pupils, but not talking about violations and abuse is a mistaken way of showing care,” says researcher Beate Goldschmidt-Gjerløw.

The computer and software largely determine how pupils write according to writing researcher Jon Olav Sørhaug.

“Coping self-efficacy is among the key factors for the quality of life of children and young people,” says UiA researcher Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen.

The dialogue model involves staff, parents and pupils in efforts to combat bullying. “As far as I know, this approach has never been tried before”, says project manager Ingrid Lund.

Many adult learners who receive lessons in Norwegian have little experience with novels, but more experience with oral texts. This should be reflected in the curriculum, according to a researcher.