Norsk forskerskole i matematikkdidaktikk
Norwegian Graduate School in Mathematics Education
Main research interests
and areas for scientific inquiry
Theoretical perspectives and
methodology
Qualitative studies, developmental research (UiA)
Socio-cultural, socio-political and dialogical perspectives (HiB, UiA)
Teaching and learning, developmental research (UiA, HiST)
Action
research (HiB, UiA)
Teaching and Learning Mathematics Classroom
research (UiA, UiS, HiST,HiB)
Communities of inquiry in developing
mathematics learning and teaching.
School based developmental research
(UiA, HiB, HiST)
Classroom studies of pupils' conceptual development,
(HiST)
Communication in mathematics classrooms (UiA)
Pupil-teacher
interaction (HiST)
Teachers' knowledge, learning and development
Mathematics
teaching, teacher education and teachers' development (UiA)
Research based
teacher education, teacher education (UiA)
Teachers' knowledge (UiS)
Various areas of mathematics and mathematical concepts: Mathematical
modelling (UiA)
Mathematical problem solving as a didactical tool (UiA)
School mathematics and relevance of context for youth (UiA)
Student
teachers' reasoning in algebra (HiST, UiA)
Conceptual development in
mathematics (UiA)
Other areas of research:
ICT in
mathematics teaching and learning (UiA)
Gender issues (UiA)
Longitudinal studies, tests of pupils performance and follow up
studies (UiA)
Analysis of textbooks (UiA)
Programme and project evaluation (UiA)
History of
mathematics (UiA)
Mathematics education and special needs
(UiS)
Early childhood education (UiS)
Major research and development projects by the partners the last 5 years
KUL-projects LCM and ICTMLThe research Council of Norway (RCN) projects at UiA, in the programme Knowledge, education and learning/ Kunnskap utdanning og læring, KUL programme 2004-2007, two projects, both in close collaboration with local schools, working in co-learning partnership with a focus on inquiry as an approach to teaching and learning: Learning Communities in mathematics (LCM), leader, Barbara Jaworski and ICT and mathematics learning (ICTML), leader Anne Berit Fuglestad http://fag.hia.no/lbm and http://fag.hia.no/iktml
IKT kompetanse i matematikk i ungdomsskolen (2002-2004). UiA, leader Anne Berit Fuglestad, Financed by the Department of Education and Sciences. Collaboration with teachers in lower secondary schools developing mathematics teaching with ICT tools.
Teaching Better Mathematics (TBM), 2006 - 2010, leader Anne Berit Fuglestad. Consortium led by UiA, and with four university colleges (HiB, HiST, HiO, HiBo). Financed by RCN in the programme Praksisrettet FOU i grunnopplæring, barnehage og lærerutdanning (PraksisFOU). Developmental research, implemented in close collaboration with schools, pre schools and their leaders. TBM-UiA has also funding from The Competence Development Fund of Southern Norway (Sørlandets kompetansefond). The partner institutions have separate projects locally in schools and pre schools. http://prosjekt.hia.no/tbm/
Learning Better Mathematics (LBM), developmental project in schools and pre-schools in Agder in close collaboration with TBM-UiA, and funded by The Competence Development Fund of Southern Norway. http://lbm.vaf.no/ RCN, Strategisk høgskoleprogram (2003-2007), UiA
Mathematics, Learning and Teacher-Competency (Matematikk, læring og lærerkompetanse) led by Anna Kristjansdottir. Includes collaboration with Kristiansand kommune in the project "Regn med Kristiansand".
Læringssamtalen i matematikkfagets praksis (LIMP) 2006-2011, HiB, leader Marit Johnsen Høines. Financed by RCN in the programme. Praksisrettet FOU i grunnopplæring, barnehage og lærerutdanning. Developmental research based on collaboration between researchers, school-teachers and student teachers. LIMP takes part in the TBM-consortium.
TEDS-M consortium, Teacher Education and Development Study - Mathematics (2007-2009) UiA, HiB, HiST are partners in the project led by ILS- UiO. http://folk.uio.no/bjornals/teds/teds1.html See also http://teds.educ.msu.edu/
Nordic Graduate School in Mathematics Education, (2004 - 2009) led by Barbro Grevholm, UiA, Financed by Nordforsk supporting PhD education in Nordic and Baltic countries, http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/teknologi_og_realfag/forskning_realfag/forskerskolen or http://www.nogsme.no Graduate Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (GRASSMATE), led by University of Bergen and University of the Western Cape, South Africa. UiA is one of the partner institutions. PhD programme with supervision of several doctoral students in Africa.