• Absenteeism and the new 10% ruling in Norway: A case study 

      Thomas, Paul; Hennum, Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      This study considers the issue of absenteeism in Norwegian high schools with a particular focus on the new controversial 10% ceiling, which began in August 2016. Data was obtained through documentary sources and participant ...
    • Anerkjennelse av minoritetsbarn 

      Car, Anesa (Master thesis, 2021)
      Denne forskningsoppgaven omhandler en kvalitativ studie, der problemstillingen er hvordan en som pedagogisk leder i barnehagen ivaretar behovet for anerkjennelse hos barn med minoritetsbakgrunn, og hvilke utfordringer en ...
    • Bunad, minorities and belonging in Norway 

      Thomas, Paul; Alhassan, Abdul-Razak Kuyini; Lie, Anne Liv Kaarstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The increase and visibility of non-white Norwegian minorities who wear the national costume, bunad, has generated much debate and rancor in the Norwegian media in recent years. This study employs a content analysis methodology ...
    • Delegitimizing multicultural education: populist politicians in Norway and the weaponizing of the autobiographical genre 

      Thomas, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The rise of populism in Norway has witnessed sustained efforts at undermining multicultural education. Given their distrust of established and mediated channels of public communication, several populist politicians seem ...
    • The discourse of international standard-setting: PISA tests and Norway, a critical discourse analysis 

      Thomas, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Employing a critical discourse analysis, this study considers three documents from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) assessing challenges related to the development of skills and educational ...
    • Doing Critical Pedagogy Together A Case Study in a Norwegian Postgraduate Program 

      Thomas, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper applies a critical lens to a Master’s degree program in education in one University in Norway and its stated aim of promoting critical skills in students from the global south in particular. Two groups of students, ...
    • Nyankomne minoritetsspråklige elever og særskilt språkopplæring i Norge 

      Malik, Maryam Sultana (Master thesis, 2023)
      I denne oppgaven gjør jeg en kvalitativ undersøkelse om forhold og føringer rundt nyankomne minoritetsspråklige elevers opplæringstilbud i Norge. Denne masteroppgaven tar sikte på å utforske hva slik opplæring innebærer, ...
    • ‘Seeing Whiteness’ in Norwegian education challenging a discourse of silence 

      Thomas, Paul; Alhassan, Abdul-Razak Kuyini; Ali, Ahmed Omar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Employing a systematic literature review, this study explores research into whiteness studies in Norwegian education. Whiteness is broached as a sociogenic rather than a phylogenic phenomenon homologous with constructed ...
    • Shadow Schools-Tamil Educational Success in Norway 

      Thomas, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper considers Tamil educational success in Norway. Employing Bourdieu’s cultural capital as a conceptual lens, the factors that drive Norwegian-Tamil parents’ educational ambitions for their children are explored. ...
    • The call for muslim schools in Norway: The Political Debate 

      Thomas, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Using a critical discourse analysis method, this study explores media coverage of six online newspapers and their coverage of the Muslim school debate in Norway in 2014, when ermission was initially granted, and then ...
    • The history syllabus in post-genocide Rwanda: Implications for teacher education 

      Thomas, Paul; Skinstad Van der Kooij, Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This case study examined the questions: How are relations between Hutus and Tutsis portrayed in recent History syllabi in post-genocide Rwanda, and how may the narrative about these relations affect efforts towards educating ...
    • Whose Vision 2020? The World Bank’s development and educational discourse in Rwanda 

      Thomas, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      n this paper, I argue that the World Bank’s development strategy in Rwanda is unsuitable for long-term sustainability. By applying content analysis I consider the strategic goals as outlined in the World Bank’s Rwanda – ...