• Early childhood education in Norway: From private initiative to state intervention 

  Korsvold, Tora (Chapter, 2022)

  This chapter reconstructs the history of day nurseries in Norway, with a particular focus on the changes that occurred in the1960s and ’70s. Using a historical and narrative approach that takes into account pedagogy and ...

• Foreldreperspektiv på overgangen fra barnehage til skole 

  Lyngseth, Else Johansen; Schanke, Tuva; Smeby, Kristine Warhuus (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Foreldres erfaringer fra og synspunkter på barnas overgang fra barnehage til skole blir sjelden tematisert i forskning. Vårt kapittel bidrar med å utforske og løfte fram foreldres erfaringer fra et innovasjonsprosjekt, og ...

• Results from the PROmoting Early Childhood Outside cluster randomized trial evaluating an outdoor play intervention in early childhood education centres 

  Ramsden, Rachel; Mount, Dawn; Lin, Yingyi; Fox, Emily; Herrington, Susan; Loebach, Janet; Cox, Adina; Bundy, Anita; Fyfe-Johnson, Amber; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Stone, Michelle; Tremblay, Mark S.; Brussoni, Mariana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Participation in outdoor play is beneficial for the health, well-being, and development of children. Early childhood education centers (ECECs) can provide equitable access to outdoor play. The PROmoting Early Childhood ...

• Interprofessional collaboration in ECEC: a review of European countries with different levels of system integration 

  Ooms, Marian; Fukkink, Ruben; Devliegre, Jochen; Dreier, Annette; Fischback, Robert; Zwart-Langner, Jana van der; Strømsøe, Kari Mæland; Lombergen, Lobke Van (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  In various European countries, there is significant variation in thelevel of early childhood education and care (ECEC) systemintegration. In these countries, in which the level of systemintegration varies from split to ...

• Children's participation positions in various activities within Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions 

  Sivertsen, Anne Holla; Bjørgen, Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  This study focuses on children’s own perceptions of participation inNorwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings.Research on children’s perceptions of participation in different ECECactivities has been ...

• Toddlers’ actualization of affordances during free exploration in a varied natural environment 

  Olsen, Alexander; Tangen, Steffen; Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Research indicates that the natural environment offers diverse and challenging play and exploration opportunities that support developmental aspects in children. However, studies on toddlers’ utilization of natural settings ...

• Processes of subjectification through students’ teamwork – openings for sound professional judgment 

  Tvinnereim, Kathrine Rønning; Heldal, Marit; Haugen, Gry Mette D.; Moe, Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  The study was carried out at an early childhood education and care (ECEC) teacher education campus, where the students are future ECEC teachers and leaders of teams. The purpose of the study was to investigate how ...

• Om lesepraksiser i den norske barnehagen 

  Hoel, Trude; Fodstad, Cecilie Dyrkorn; Bjorvand, Agnes-Margrethe; Stangeland, Elisabeth Brekke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Målet med denne studien er å få innsikt i lesepraksiser i norske barnehager slik de kommer til uttrykk i en nasjonal spørreundersøkelse og fem semistrukturerte fokusgruppeintervju med barnehagelærere. I studien forstår vi ...

• Pedagogical practices used by early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers to promote participation 

  Sivertsen, Anne Holla; Bjørgen, Kathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  This qualitative study explores pedagogical practices of early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers in Norway, focusing on promoting participation among 4–6-year-old children. Through semi-structured interviews ...

• Understanding depiction in tactile Norwegian sign language interpreting 

  Zorzi, Giorgia; Urdal, Gro Hege Saltnes; Raanes, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Interpreting settings involving tactile signed languages (TSLs) require the conveyance of information from visual and auditory channels into the tactile modality. A TSL is defined as a tactile adaptation of a visual signed ...

• Breaking the silence: Norwegian teachers’ perspectives on adapting language environments for AAC users 

  Egeland-Eriksen, Siv; Bjørkøy, Ingrid; Pettersen, Marit; Chahboun, Sobh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Introduction: Many children experience challenges and limitations in spoken language, necessitating the use of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) to communicate effectively. Learning to communicate with AAC ...

• Perspectives from science teacher educators on the potential contribution of Sámi traditional knowledge to sustainable development 

  Melis, Claudia; Kvivesen, Mona; Munkebye, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Introduction: This study investigates how Sámi traditional knowledge is integrated in science teacher education in Norway, and what teacher educators declare about its potential contribution to sustainable development. Methods: ...

• Recommendation section of psychoeducational reports: A barrier or opportunity to promote inclusion in early education and care? 

  Vaags, Agnete; Uthus, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

• Barnehageovertakelse – en svært realistisk praksis 

  Lysklett, Olav B.; Berger, Henrik Wien Berre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Barnehagelærerutdanningen er en profesjonsutdanning der det legges stor vekt på praksis. Denne skal bidra til kontinuitet og progresjon i studiet, og til å skape sammenheng mellom teoretisk og praktisk kompetanse. Likevel ...

• The Instrumental Use of Incorporation Philosophies in a Multicultural Norway. Becoming Norwegian or Running in Place? 

  Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  This chapter is based on 20 interviews with volunteer-run organisations working on the incorporation, that is the integration and inclusion, of Norwegian Muslims. The participating organisations differ from each other in ...

• Environmental pediatric physiotherapy and risky play: making the case for a perfect match 

  Sturm, Andrea; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Scheiber, Barabara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Environmental physiotherapy is epistemologically anchored in the critical recognition that physiotherapeutic practice is fundamentally embedded within a planetary ecological framework, demanding a holistic, systemically ...

• Perspective Chapter: Myths of the Child Welfare Services – An Online Bogeyman for Muslim Families 

  Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This chapter explores the social media myths that surround the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS). Twenty-three migrant parents from Muslim majority countries were interviewed about how they experienced collaboration ...

• Materielle og relationelle invitationer i forskningsnetværket BLÆK (Børn, leg æstetik og kunst) 

  Kusk, Hanne; Blomgren, Henriette; Hovik, Lise; Jørgensen, Helle Hovgaard; Waterhouse, Ann Hege Lorvik (Journal article, 2024)

  I denne artikel har vi valgt en form, der er baseret på fotos, forskerfortællinger og fælles refleksioner. I stedet for at starte vores artikel med et abstract starter vi med noget konkret. En figuration. Et objekt. En ...

• Kunsten å kreve. En studie av personalets multimodale kravtekster til foreldre i barnehagens garderobe 

  Semundseth, Marit; Munch, Christine Bjerkan Østbø; Hopperstad, Marit Holm (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  I denne studien undersøker vi hvordan ansatte utformer kravtekster om påkledning i 13 garderober i norske barnehager med utgangspunkt i følgende problemstilling: Hva kjennetegner personalets multimodale kravtekster til ...

• Fletværk. At flette sammen – en artikel om bærekraft / bæredygtighet / hållbarhet 

  Sørensen, Pernille Welent; Hallgren, Eva; Hovik, Lise; Iversen, Trude (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)

  Resumé. Denne tekst er et fletværk, skabt af 4 fletsøstre. Fletværket er blevet til med et ønske om at lade kulturelle hverdagspraksisser, tanker og ord flettes fra forskellige nordiske lande. Et flet, der undersøger ...

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