Research in Pedagogical Entrepreneurship (RiPE)
The research group is concerned with the school of the future, and aims to contribute to research on the use of entrepreneurial approaches in subjects in schools, the implementation of participatory learning as a principle of teaching in teacher education and schools, and the use of play.
The RiPE research group is an interdisciplinary research group related to teacher education, with members belonging to Campus Sogndal. The group works interdisciplinary, and in recent years has worked on emphasizing pedagogical entrepreneurship related to teacher education, participatory learning as a principle of teaching, and the possibilities of play in facilitating learning. The group works with research and development work aimed at both primary and secondary schools and teacher education, and is particularly focused on the teacher and the learning environment.
Research on entrepreneurial approaches in school subjects
The research group focuses on research projects, development projects and publishing, and the goal is to contribute to research on the use of entrepreneurial approaches in subjects in schools, and the implementation of pedagogical entrepreneurship as a learning strategy in teacher education and schools. To this end, we have been working for several years on projects and publications related to the development of an entrepreneurial didactics for work in schools.
Didactic tools for the school of today and the future
The research group has a broad spectrum of interests related to its intention to be an actor in influencing school and learning for the future, and sees this both in relation to individual subjects in school and teacher education, and in teacher education in general. The group is currently working broadly on research and development related to didactic tools for the school of today and the school of tomorrow. Examples of this are work with an overview of measures for low-performing students in mathematics, programming in mathematics at the primary level, the use of Escape Rooms as a didactic tool, the principle of participatory learning, and co-determination through play.
Coopertaive partners
Nationally, the group has had RD-cooparation with The Eastern Norway Research Institute and KS Education.
RiPE is a member of the Nexus Nordic Network, a Nordic development community for work with Playful Learning. The network has representatives from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and Sweden, and is administered by UCL Business Academy and Odense University College, and VIA University College in Aarhus, with financial support from the Lego Foundation.
In September/October 2026, Kvåle School in Sogndal and RiPE will host the fourth network meeting since the network was established in early 2025.
Internationally, we collaborate with the research network CIE (Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship), which includes researchers from Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Collaboration with the Danish partnership Playful Learning has been initiated, related to participatory learning and co-determination through play.
Collaboration Partners
- Practice schools linked to the teacher education programs at Campus Sogndal
- Junior Achievement Sogn og Fjordane
- Municipalities and regions
- Eastern Norway Research Institute
- KS Education
- The Nordic research network CIE (Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Education international network.
Projects
- Research on Escape Room as a didactic tool for use in operationalizing the general part of the Fagfornyelsen (LK20), and the mathematics curriculum.
- Investigation of the possibility of establishing a development project related to play, creativity, participatory learning and pedagogical entrepreneurship in school and teacher education, together with international partners.
- Collaboration with teacher education schools in the Sogn region on research on mathematics teachers' facilitation for the development of problem-solving competence in mathematics.
Publications
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Skåsheim G, Haara FO and Kolderup H (2025) A review of measures aimed at low-performing students in mathematics—What to do?. Front. Educ. 10:1705140. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1705140 Jenssen, E. S. & Haara, F. O. (2024). High-quality practicum – according to teacher education students on their practicum at partnership schools. European Journal of Teacher Education, 47(5), 876 – 894. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2024.2370892 Haara, F. O. (2022). Mathematical modelling in upper primary school: finding relevance and value for others outside school. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 10(4), 555-569. Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.30935/scimath/12403 Holo, O-E., Kveim, E. N., Lysne, M. S., Taraldsen, L. H., & Haara, F. O. (2022). A review of research on teaching of computer programming in primary school mathematics: Moving towards sustainable classroom action. Education Inquiry. Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2022.2072575 Taraldsen, L. H., Haara, F. O., Lysne, M. S., Jensen, P. R. & Jenssen, E. S. (2020). A review on use of escape rooms in education – touching the void. Education Inquiry, 13(2), 169 – 184. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2020.1860284 Jenssen, E. S., Sagar, H., Agger, A. & Haara, F. O. (Red.) (2020). Læring for fremtiden. En entreprenøriell didaktikk for arbeid i skolen. Oslo: Kommuneforlaget. Jenssen, E. S. & Haara, F. O. (2019). Teaching for Entrepreneurial Learning. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7(8), 1744 – 1755. Haara, F. O. & Jenssen, E. S. (2019). The Influence of Pedagogical Entrepreneurship in Teacher Education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Haara, Frode Olav (2018): Pedagogical Entrepreneurship in School Mathematics: An Approach for Students’ Development of Mathematical Literacy. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Jenssen, Eirik S.; Haara, Frode Olav; Kårstein, Asbjørn (2018): Læring gjennom pedagogisk entreprenørskap. Husabø, Eivind Standal (2017): Den entreprenørskapsorienterte skuleleiaren. Haara, Frode Olav; Jenssen, Eirik S. (2016): Pedagogical entrepreneurship in teacher education – what and why? Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun. Haara, Frode Olav; Jenssen, Eirik S.; Fossøy, Ingrid; Ødegård, Inger Karin Røe (2016): The ambiguity of pedagogical entrepreneurship - the state of the art and its challenges. Education Inquiry. |
