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Knowledge Transfer through Public-Private Development Partnerships: Sustainability of TVET Interventions in Ethiopia and Zambia
No full textThis article aims to add to the body of literature on knowledge transfer in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) focusing on the core stakeholders’ experiences in Public-Private Development Partnership (PPDP) in Ethiopia and Zambia. The qualitative case study comparatively examines practices and barriers to promoting knowledge transfer in two TVET programmes in Ethiopia and Zambia— both applied a similar PPDP model. The study draws on data generated through semi-structured interviews based on narratives perspective. Key informants were purposively selected from among stakeholders who were directly involved in the two initiatives. The data analysis process follows thematic analysis. The results show that anchoring the PPDP initiatives with the nationally mandated Ministry and broadening coalition with the private sector are critical in transferring knowledge into the national TVET systems. Knowledge transfer through PPDPs is challenged by difficulties of retaining staff the initiatives have invested and partnering with a model school isolated from a TVET system that the PPDP intends to influence. This article points to consideration of local schools’ prior experience of delivering similar programmes in order to insert new programmes into TVET systems. In Ethiopia, new TVET interventions are installed in a country and school not familiar with the knowledge field contrary to the programme in Zambia which was built on the existing programme. The successful transfer of PPDP interventions and their sustainability, it is argued, requires implementation of the initiatives with sound knowledge of the local context, and application of adaptive practices that encourage collaboration with diversified and committed local stakeholders
Education for sustainable clothing consumerism? : A critical examination of educational material for design and craft education
No full textThis paper sheds light on how aesthetic judgments govern actions in education for design literacy and sustainability behaviours. Educational material is examined by asking: (1) What meanings regarding becoming a sustainable consumer are made available to students in the educational material? (2) How are these narratives communicated to change students’ behaviours? The material in question consists of 17 design projects intended to be used in the Swedish school subject, Educational Sloyd. Using a practical epistemological analysis, two ways of becoming a sustainable consumer are identified: to have fun and to feel clever. The paper also shows how social marketing is used as a strategy in communicating how to change student behaviours. In the discussion, we turn to design literacy research to discuss the results from an educational perspective
Students’ Spatial and Visual Literacies : Examining Chinese Universities’ First-Year Design Courses
No full textThis research examines whether different disciplinary backgrounds influence the development of design students’ visual literacy. A compulsory first-year course in Chinese design degree programmes was selected for this research, as such a course is designed to develop students’ spatial literacy and visual expression during the discovery design process phase and to facilitate the development of students’ cognitive skills in defining and solving problems. An analysis of 16 students’ assignments from eight universities indicates that students’ disciplinary backgrounds play an important role in the development of their cognition performance related to visual literacy. The results indicate that the disciplinary subject background (i.e. arts or engineering) is an important factor affecting the development of students’ design literacy, specifically their spatial visual cognitive and problem-solving skills
Fortellingen om «estekster»: Om å utvikle et begrep og utforske det i en forskningsprosess om barnehagens lydlandskaper
No full textDenne artikkelen utforsker hvordan «estekster» kan bli til og skape mening i en praksisledet forskningsprosess om barnehagens lydlandskaper. Med «estekster» menes tekster med estetiske kvaliteter, gjerne i ulike modaliteter, som fungerer som redskaper i forskning både i individuelle tankeprosesser og i refleksive samarbeidsprosesser. Estekstene opptrer både som tankeredskaper i utforskingen av forskerroller, som empiri sammen med fotografier og transkriberte gruppesamtaler og som eksempler på analyse. «A/r/tografi», «poetic inquiry» og narrativ analyse er brukt som metodologiske tilnærminger. I artikkelen tas leseren med på utviklingen av estekstene fra verbaltekstlige, poetiske gjengivelser til auditive og visuelle narrativer. Gjennom denne endringen går også estekstene fra å fungere som et redskap i utforskingen av egen forskerrolle til å få betydning som samskapende forskningsredskap i en forskergruppe. Arbeidet viser også at estekster kan egne seg til å uttrykke kompleksitet og subjektive opplevelser som inkluderer det stemningsfulle, og at barnehagens lydlandskaper vokser frem med flere nyanser. I diskusjonen utforskes estekstene videre som kunnskapsressurser innen praksisledet forskning i nært samarbeid mellom barnehagesektoren og barnehagelærerutdanningen.
Foto på webside: "Lyttelinjer" av Tona GulpinarThis article explores how "aestexts" can be created and create meaning in a practice-led research process on exploring the kindergarten’s soundscapes. By ‘aestexts’ is meant texts with aesthetic qualities, often in different modalities, that serve as tools in research both in individual thought processes and in reflexive collaborative processes. The aestexts act as ’tools of thought‘ in the exploration of researcher roles, as empirical data together with photographs and transcribed group conversations, and as examples of analysis. A/r/tography, poetic inquiry and narrative analysis are used as methodological approaches. In the article, the reader can follow the development of the aestexts from being verbal, poetic renderings to also encompassing auditory and visual narratives. Through this change, the aestext also goes from acting as a tool in exploring one’s own research role to having significance as a co-creative research tool in a research group. The’work also shows that aestexts can lend themselves to express complexity and subjective experiences including the evocative and that the kindergarten’s soundscapes emerge with several nuances. The texts are further explored as knowledge resources in practice-led research in close cooperation between the kindergarten sector and early childhood education.
Webpage photo: "Lyttelinjer" by Tona Gulpinar
Denne artikkelen utforsker hvordan «estekster» kan bli til og skape mening i en praksisledet forskningsprosess om barnehagens lydlandskaper. Med «estekster» menes tekster med estetiske kvaliteter, gjerne i ulike modaliteter, som fungerer som redskaper i forskning både i individuelle tankeprosesser og i refleksive samarbeidsprosesser. Estekstene opptrer både som tankeredskaper i utforskingen av forskerroller, som empiri sammen med fotografier og transkriberte gruppesamtaler og som eksempler på analyse. «A/r/tografi», «poetic inquiry» og narrativ analyse er brukt som metodologiske tilnærminger. I artikkelen tas leseren med på utviklingen av estekstene fra verbaltekstlige, poetiske gjengivelser til auditive og visuelle narrativer. Gjennom denne endringen går også estekstene fra å fungere som et redskap i utforskingen av egen forskerrolle til å få betydning som samskapende forskningsredskap i en forskergruppe. Arbeidet viser også at estekster kan egne seg til å uttrykke kompleksitet og subjektive opplevelser som inkluderer det stemningsfulle, og at barnehagens lydlandskaper vokser frem med flere nyanser. I diskusjonen utforskes estekstene videre som kunnskapsressurser innen praksisledet forskning i nært samarbeid mellom barnehagesektoren og barnehagelærerutdanningen.
Foto på webside: "Lyttelinjer" av Tona GulpinarDenne artikkelen utforsker hvordan «estekster» kan bli til og skape mening i en praksisledet forskningsprosess om barnehagens lydlandskaper. Med «estekster» menes tekster med estetiske kvaliteter, gjerne i ulike modaliteter, som fungerer som redskaper i forskning både i individuelle tankeprosesser og i refleksive samarbeidsprosesser. Estekstene opptrer både som tankeredskaper i utforskingen av forskerroller, som empiri sammen med fotografier og transkriberte gruppesamtaler og som eksempler på analyse. «A/r/tografi», «poetic inquiry» og narrativ analyse er brukt som metodologiske tilnærminger. I artikkelen tas leseren med på utviklingen av estekstene fra verbaltekstlige, poetiske gjengivelser til auditive og visuelle narrativer. Gjennom denne endringen går også estekstene fra å fungere som et redskap i utforskingen av egen forskerrolle til å få betydning som samskapende forskningsredskap i en forskergruppe. Arbeidet viser også at estekster kan egne seg til å uttrykke kompleksitet og subjektive opplevelser som inkluderer det stemningsfulle, og at barnehagens lydlandskaper vokser frem med flere nyanser. I diskusjonen utforskes estekstene videre som kunnskapsressurser innen praksisledet forskning i nært samarbeid mellom barnehagesektoren og barnehagelærerutdanningen.Foto på webside: "Lyttelinjer" av Tona Gulpina
Discourses of democratic education in the preparation of teachers for international contexts: an analysis of curriculum documents
No full textThis article offers a critical and comparative view of democratic education as expressed in curriculum documents of ten teacher education programmes aimed at educating teachers for international contexts. Democracy and democratic education are concepts with contested meanings, and I use the discourses of democratic education identified by Sant (2019) as an analytical tool for mapping the understandings or approaches present in the documents. Intercultural competence, global citizenship, and International Mindedness are contested and overlapping concepts which intersect with these democratic discourses. The tension between a neoliberal discourse and a traditional focus on international-mindedness and global citizenship is often described as characteristic of international schools. The “internationalist” ethos dominates course descriptions and learning objectives. While several discourses of democratic education are present, the focus is mainly individual and geared towards intercultural understanding rather than democratic competences. The idea of the student as a citizen beyond the limits of the classroom walls is not very visible, nor are concepts of power and privilege
Becoming Artography: Movements of possibility in the art-making process of a Theatre-In-Education programme
No full textThis study focuses on mapping Theatre-In-Education (TIE) practices through the research methodology artography. The study is inspired by agential realism, using diffraction as a way of reading different insights and discoveries with an artographic lens and how these multiple dimensions intra-act as an entanglement. The article provides an example of TIE artists co-labouring their practice as research by exploring the entangled intra-action between the positions ‘artist, researcher, teacher’. This study aims to explore how the multiple perspectives offered by an artographer’s lens contribute to significant knowledge in the art-making process of the TIE programme The Clearing. Learning for the TIE artists involves moving in and through spaces of possibilities folding and unfolding new understandings, a becoming intensity of an entangled artist, researcher, teacher. The process of becoming artography in TIE produced movements of possibility in four evolving spaces: Lingering in-between, Transformation and affect, Knowing and being, and Encouraging diffractions. The study also produced artistic and pedagogical principles regarding dramaturgical thinking concerning how to structure an aesthetic learning process and how it is facilitated
“I Stay Because of My Students“: Urban Lower Secondary School Teachers\u27 Experiences of Belonging at Work
No full textThis study explores urban lower secondary school teachers’ sense of belonging, focusing on their relationships with students and their work experiences. Despite heightened interest in students’ sense of belonging in educational settings, empirical research on teacher belonging – especially in the context of urban lower secondary education – remains sparse. The limited focus on teachers’ experiences of belonging at work is paradoxical, given their crucial role in fostering student belonging and the global challenges regarding the recruitment and retention of teachers. While previous research on belonging has underscored its importance for job satisfaction, professional identity development, and motivation at work, there has been a lack of focus on understanding how student-teacher relationships specifically influence teachers’ experiences of belonging to their school. This study draws from interviews and observational data to gain a deeper understanding of teachers’ day-to-day practice. It gives voice to the reflections and experiences of teachers and leaders. The findings emphasize the critical role of reciprocal student–teacher relationships through three interrelated themes. Relationships of this nature not only foster student development but also enhance teachers’ sense of belonging. The study also highlights the importance of supportive collegial relationships. In particular, teachers report strong experiences of belonging when their identity as teachers and individual contributions resonate with their school’s values and educational goals
Student craft teachers’ garment-fitting process analysed using qualitative video analysis
No full textWe studied student craft teachers’ garment-fitting activity as a demanding learning task that is indicative of students’ understanding of garment fit. Studying fit is essential in garment making. Simultaneously, fit is a complicated issue. As part of this clothing course, the students were given a form that listed areas to examine (bust, seams, darts etc.). They were instructed to think aloud, mark problematic areas and the placement of darts on a picture, and make written notes. While appreciating the potentially challenging social character of this peer-evaluation situation, this research aimed to understand how student craft teachers assess garment fit on a master’s-level clothing course. Two research questions were set: 1) What roles did the students take on during the fitting sessions? 2) How did the students assess garment fit? Eleven students provided their informed consent to participate and their video recordings of their fitting sessions. The study results are based on a qualitative content analysis of these participants’ videos. The results show that the students’ understanding of fit and the fitting activity was underdeveloped. Students missed or explained away even obvious fit issues (e.g., horizontal or vertical folds of fabric, horizontal or diagonal drag lines, bagging, overly long/short sleeves or bodices), and their discussions showed that a basic understanding of fitting-related vocabulary and technical structures was underdeveloped. Three different ways to handle fit issues were identified: through peer dialogue, independently and through confirmatory questions. We conclude with some future directions for refreshing the teaching of garment fitting in teacher education.Keywords: student craft teacher, garment fitting, history of teaching clothing, teacher education, video-based qualitative content analysisWe studied student craft teachers’ garment-fitting activity as a demanding learning task that is indicative of students’ understanding of garment fit. Studying fit is essential in garment making. Simultaneously, fit is a complicated issue. As part of this clothing course, the students were given a form that listed areas to examine (bust, seams, darts etc.). They were instructed to think aloud, mark problematic areas and the placement of darts on a picture, and make written notes. While appreciating the potentially challenging social character of this peer-evaluation situation, this research aimed to understand how student craft teachers assess garment fit on a master’s-level clothing course. Two research questions were set: 1) What roles did the students take on during the fitting sessions? 2) How did the students assess garment fit? Eleven students provided their informed consent to participate and their video recordings of their fitting sessions. The study results are based on a qualitative content analysis of these participants’ videos. The results show that the students’ understanding of fit and the fitting activity was underdeveloped. Students missed or explained away even obvious fit issues (e.g., horizontal or vertical folds of fabric, horizontal or diagonal drag lines, bagging, overly long/short sleeves or bodices), and their discussions showed that a basic understanding of fitting-related vocabulary and technical structures was underdeveloped. Three different ways to handle fit issues were identified: through peer dialogue, independently and through confirmatory questions. We conclude with some future directions for refreshing the teaching of garment fitting in teacher education.Keywords: student craft teacher, garment fitting, history of teaching clothing, teacher education, video-based qualitative content analysi
Greetings to Liv Merete Nielsen
No full textLiv Merete Nielsen has meant a lot to me in my development as a researcher and person. She has shown how she can be a personal and friendly person just being herself, while at the same time entering large international research arenas with the greatest naturalness. She has shown in an exemplary way how to build a new research field within the design profession in Norway where you combine professional expertise at an international level with interpersonal relationships. She has impressed me in taking an appropriate number of initiatives, but not too many, which she has then followed up with systematic, gentle and friendly, iron will. There has never been an unkind word, but through pleasant and enthusiastic appeals, everlasting, she has engaged, gathered, and uplifted an entire professional environment. This has happened across institutions, across departments and across national borders.Liv Merete Nielsen has meant a lot to me in my development as a researcher and person. She has shown how she can be a personal and friendly person just being herself, while at the same time entering large international research arenas with the greatest naturalness. She has shown in an exemplary way how to build a new research field within the design profession in Norway where you combine professional expertise at an international level with interpersonal relationships. She has impressed me in taking an appropriate number of initiatives, but not too many, which she has then followed up with systematic, gentle and friendly, iron will. There has never been an unkind word, but through pleasant and enthusiastic appeals, everlasting, she has engaged, gathered, and uplifted an entire professional environment. This has happened across institutions, across departments and across national borders