‘The teachers do not see us.’ The challenges of teacher education in rural areas
The northernmost region of Norway has difficulties in recruiting qualified teachers, in 2019 9.5 % of the teachers in Finnmark were unskilled. To ensure education for people who, for various reasons, are unable to move to education centres to study, UiT the Arctic University of Norway offers a flexi...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/21666 2023-05-15T13:20:43+02:00 ‘The teachers do not see us.’ The challenges of teacher education in rural areas Johanson, Lisbeth Bergum Karlsen, Silje Solheim 2021-05-28 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21666 https://doi.org/10.26203/qqw4-xn70 eng eng University of Aberdeen Education In The North Johanson LB, Karlsen ss. ‘The teachers do not see us.’ The challenges of teacher education in rural areas. Education In The North. 2021;28(2):46-63 FRIDAID 1912893 https://doi.org/10.26203/qqw4-xn70 0424-5512 2398-0184 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21666 Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Social science: 200::Education: 280 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.26203/qqw4-xn70 2021-07-07T22:52:38Z The northernmost region of Norway has difficulties in recruiting qualified teachers, in 2019 9.5 % of the teachers in Finnmark were unskilled. To ensure education for people who, for various reasons, are unable to move to education centres to study, UiT the Arctic University of Norway offers a flexible teacher education model from campus Alta. This is a model which alternates between teaching on campus, home studies and online supported teaching in different nodes/localities. In this article we present a case study addressing some of the challenges with flexible teacher education connected to structure, technology and digital didactics. Through interviews and observations we have collected data from both teachers and students, which raises questions concerning the organisational forms of teacher education. ICT-support must be ensured by the educational institution and not be entrusted to the teachers. The opportunities for gaining relevant competence must be facilitated. Furthermore, a flexible education model demands adapted pedagogical and didactical thinking. content Full content in PDF Article in Journal/Newspaper Alta Finnmark Arctic University of Norway Finnmark UiT The Arctic University of Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Alta Arctic Norway |
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The northernmost region of Norway has difficulties in recruiting qualified teachers, in 2019 9.5 % of the teachers in Finnmark were unskilled. To ensure education for people who, for various reasons, are unable to move to education centres to study, UiT the Arctic University of Norway offers a flexible teacher education model from campus Alta. This is a model which alternates between teaching on campus, home studies and online supported teaching in different nodes/localities. In this article we present a case study addressing some of the challenges with flexible teacher education connected to structure, technology and digital didactics. Through interviews and observations we have collected data from both teachers and students, which raises questions concerning the organisational forms of teacher education. ICT-support must be ensured by the educational institution and not be entrusted to the teachers. The opportunities for gaining relevant competence must be facilitated. Furthermore, a flexible education model demands adapted pedagogical and didactical thinking. content Full content in PDF |
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