The aim of this article is to explore the relations constructed between final thesis work and student teachers’ future professional practice. Despite variations in scope and format, the final thesis is an essential part of prospective teachers’ educational trajectories in many countries. (pdf).

Previous research has stressed the importance of a good understanding of mathematical equivalence. However, despite decades of research, we still do not know to what degree the theory of operational understanding can explain errors. In this paper, children’s understanding of mathematical equivalence is studied using answers (n = 1608) and written solutions (n = 340) to a large-scale test.…

A key to developing inclusive practices resides in teacher-student interactions; however, little is known about the details of practice at the classroom level. Through investigating what teachers and students consider as valuable in their interactions, and how their accounts can be understood in relation to participation, the purpose of this article is to gain insight…

This article investigates the work of music teachers within Norwegian municipal schools of music and arts. These schools are publicly financed but face low attendance. What is taught has implications for the extent to which students feel included or excluded from the school system, and teachers play an important role in this respect. In order…

Nonverbal immediacy has proved to be an effective communication tool in fostering student-teacher relationships. The present study aims to validate the Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy (TeNOI) observation scale in a sample of 58 teachers and their students (n = 1,124) in lower secondary schools. (pdf).

This study investigated the effects of a fraction concept understanding intervention with six fifth-grade students with special educational needs in mathematics. Explicit instruction and CRA were cornerstones in the intervention program, with a specific focus of fraction as measurement. (pdf).

This study explores preschool teachers’ perspectives on child-initiated touch in early childhood educational settings in Sweden. Touch is an inevitable and integral part of everyday life in early childhood, where it is important for development, care, and the formation of trusting social relationships. (pdf).

The aim of this study was to capture the characteristics of teacher collaboration and aspects of teacher culture which hinder or enable co-teaching in Finnish schools where co-teaching has been implemented. The data of this multiple case study were collected in three Finnish primary schools where co-teaching between special education and class teachers has been…

Decentralized education systems increasingly rely on a positive collaborative relationship between school leaders and local educational authorities. In education policy, this relationship appears to be taken for granted, while research describes how such expectations fail to account for the complexities of the work of school leaders and LEAs. (pdf).

Students require feedback literacy to increase the potential impact of peer feedback on learning. This study investigates upper secondary students’ feedback literacy in both formal and informal peer feedback situations. (pdf).

This longitudinal study examines the relationship of psychosocial safety climate and psychosocial work factors with teacher turnover rates at 12- and 24-months follow-ups using objective turnover data from 14 schools in two Swedish municipalities. (pdf).

Research on student-active learning emphasises that engagement is crucial for developing competence. Yet, how engagement and study habits, especially lesson preparation and self-study, affect students’ perceived competence over time remains unclear. This study investigates these relationships in a flipped classroom mathematics course for early childhood teacher education in Norway. (pdf).