Utilizing the Theory of Practice Architectures in research on mentoring and professional development

A self-study approach

Forfattere

  • Eli Lejonberg Universitetet i Oslo
  • Hilde Marie Madsø Jacobsen Universitetet i Oslo
  • Tove Seiness Hunskaar Universitetet i Oslo
  • Ingrid Elna Elden Nord universitet
  • Beverley Goldshaft Universitetet i Stavanger
  • Ela Sjølie Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/ntvp.v10i2.4402

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Educational Research, Mentoring Research, Professional Development, Self-Study Research Design, Theory of Practice Architectures

Sammendrag

Å forske på veiledning og profesjonell utvikling er krevende praksis. Ved å ta i bruk Self-Study Research Design, vil vi med dette bidraget sette søkelys på utfordringer knyttet til slike prosesser. Mer spesifikt undersøker vi utfordringer knyttet til bruk av teorien om praksisarkitekturer i vår egen forskningspraksis. Hensikten med bruk av teorien om praksisarkitektur er å bidra til forståelse av komplekse praksiser ved å fokusere på hva praksiser består av og samspillet mellom praksiser og strukturene som omgir dem. Funnene som presenteres her utforsker utfordringer relatert til anvendelse av teorien i møte med forskningspraksis. Ved å benytte Self-Study Research Design (LaBoskey, 2004; Pithouse-Morgan, 2022; Vanassche & Kelchtermans, 2015) som en tilnærming undersøkes utfordringer knyttet til bruk av teorien om praksisarkitekturer (Kemmis et al., 2013). Studiens funn om opplevde utfordringer og implikasjoner for bruk av teorien om prakisisarkitektur, blir i artikkelen belyst og drøftet.

Forfatterbiografier

Eli Lejonberg, Universitetet i Oslo

Eli is professor in mentoring in education, and works with mentor education, tools for mentoring, video-based learning designs and teachers’ professional development.

Hilde Marie Madsø Jacobsen, Universitetet i Oslo

Hilde holds a PhD in mentoring in education, and works with mentor education, mentoring of newly qualified teachers and leadership and organization of mentoring.

Tove Seiness Hunskaar, Universitetet i Oslo

Tove holds a PhD in mentoring in education and works with mentor education and tools in school-based mentoring.

Ingrid Elna Elden, Nord universitet

Ingrid is associate professor in pedagogy, and works with mentoring, teachers’ professional development and teachers’ practices.

Beverley Goldshaft, Universitetet i Stavanger

Beverley is an associate professor in education and works with observation of teachers’ practices and mentoring schools’ professional development to improve learning environments

Ela Sjølie, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Ela is professor in education and works with student learning in higher education, organizational learning and practice theory.

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Nedlastinger

Publisert

2025-09-12

Hvordan referere

Lejonberg, E., Jacobsen, H. M. M., Hunskaar, T. S., Elden, I. E., Goldshaft, B., & Sjølie, E. (2025). Utilizing the Theory of Practice Architectures in research on mentoring and professional development: A self-study approach. Nordisk Tidsskrift I Veiledningspedagogikk, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/ntvp.v10i2.4402