Diversity and intercultural communication in education (FLEKS)
The research group is interdisciplinary with a main focus on social sustainability.
The research group is interdisciplinary and emphasizes social sustainability. The focus areas are, among other things, children and adults with a minority language background and their everyday life in kindergarten, school, and higher education.
Ongoing projects
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The leadership’s work with multicultural professional development in kindergartens: The kindergarten as an arena of inclusive for refugees. Anne Grethe Sønsthagen
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Student mobility in Africa: Teacher student’s intercultural communication skills through the subject «Education and Sustainability». Monica Vattedal Helgesen and Ane Bergersen
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Transformative Learning through student mobility from Norway to Zambia and from Zambia to Norway. Ane Bergersen and Gistered Muleya
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Zambian teacher students’ reflections on how a good teacher should be and how their own cultural background have had an impact on their choice to be a teacher. Ane Bergersen, Samwangala, Milimo and Fidelis Mumba
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Professional leadership and cross-cultural competence. Ane Bergersen and Merete Nornes-Nymark
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Music as cultural bridge-building. Hans Mark Svedal
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Norwegian kindergarten teachers` cooperation and trust building with Polish parents. Sigrid Bøyum
Networks
- Norsk nettverk for bærekraft og utdanning
- The Nordplus network Global & Intercultural competence through practicum in the global south (GIPS)
- Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC)
Collaborations
- David Livingstone College of Education, (DALICE), Zambia
- University of Zambia, School of Education, Department of Language and Social Sciences , Zambia
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