• Bærekraftig utvikling i skole og utdanning: Med Norge og Japan som kontekst 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2021)
      Norge, Japan og mange andre land har sluttet seg til FN’s mål for bærekraftig utvikling som ble vedtatt i 2015. Hensikten med denne artikkelen er å belyse hvilke samfunnskrefter som har ledet fram til disse målene og hvordan ...
    • Education for Peace 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2021)
      The purpose of this article is to contribute to an understanding of Education Peace and to discuss its content and learning strategies. It was first prepared for a lecture at Taiwan Graduate School of Theology. A qualitative ...
    • Formgiving, design og håndverk. Fra Reform 94 til Kunnskapsløftet 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This article is about the areas of arts, design and crafts in Norwegian upper secondary education, with a particular focus on the changes that were implemented with the Knowledge Promotion Reform [Kunnskapsløftet] in 2006. ...
    • Fra fagbrev til ingeniør - et didaktisk perspektiv 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne; Hagen, Svein Thore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Veien fra fagbrev eller annen yrkesutdanning til høgere utdanning har vært et tema i den norske skoledebatten i mange år, og er igjen blitt aktuell. Land som Finland, Tyskland og Japan har etablerte systemer for høgere ...
    • Kunst og håndverk i et didaktisk perspektiv 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2004)
      Kunst og håndverk ble et nytt fag i norsk grunnskole fra 1997. Innholdet i den nye fagplanen er vesentlig forandret fra den gangen faget het forming. Men hvorfor skiftet faget navn fra forming til kunst og håndverk? Og ...
    • Kunst og håndverk, et skolefag for fremtiden? 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne; Kjosavik, Steinar (Journal article, 2001)
      Kunst og håndverk er blant de fagene elever i grunnskolen liker best. Elevene opplever at kunst og håndverk er lærerikt, interessant, nyttig og fremtidsrettet. Men elevene savner også viktige emner i faget, og overgangen ...
    • Methodology in Educational Research. A Critical Constructive Perspective 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Educational research and research in teacher education seem to have become more important than ever before. Norway is about to implement a new and comprehensive reform of teacher education from 2010. Key elements in the ...
    • More flexible Vocational and Professional Education. With Covid-19 and the Completion Reform as a context. 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2021)
      The purpose of this article is to discuss vocational training and education in the light of the Corona pandemic and the proposed completion reform. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to both unemployment and a shortage of labour, ...
    • Rjukan fagskole 1921-1953: En pioner i norsk yrkesutdanning? 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2023)
      Rjukan fagskole i Telemark ble etablert i 1921 og var en 2-årig forskole for håndverk og industri. 15. mai 2023 er det 100 år siden de første elevene ved skolen tok sin eksamen. Rjukan fagskole var nyskapende og ble en ...
    • SUISAN: Maritim utdanning og bærekraft i Japan. Fra et norsk perspektiv. 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2021)
      Norway and Japan are leading maritime nations where maritime industries and maritime education are of great importance for the countries' development - historically, economically and culturally. In light of global goals ...
    • Teacher Education and Policy in Japan. A Norwegian Perspective 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2023)
      The purpose of this article is to study teacher education in Japan and to discuss similarities and differences with similar education in Norway. Confucian principles and curriculum theory was used as a frame of reference. ...
    • Teacher Education in Norway: Challenges and Reforms 1992-2022 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2022)
      This article is based on a qualitative study of Norwegian teacher education for primary and lower secondary schools. The purpose is to contribute to the knowledge of teacher education in general, and specifically teacher ...
    • Technology and Design Education. From play to profession 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The purpose of this paper is to discuss the purpose and role of Technology and Design education, and to present the results from a case study on the topic. The motivations are the fact that modern Technology and Design ...
    • Technology and Design Education. From play to profession 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article, 2008)
      The purpose of this paper is to discuss the purpose and role of Technology and Design education, and to present the results from a case study on the topic. The motivations are the fact that modern Technology and Design ...
    • Teknologi, design og dannelse 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne; Knutsen, Berit (Journal article, 2007)
      Teknologi og design utgjør viktige sider ved vår kultur, og de er betydelige drivkrefter i nyskaping og samfunnsutvikling. Dannelse handler om holdninger og verdier, om innlevelse og den glød som skal til for å lede en ...
    • Vocational teacher education : a Norwegian context 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne; Hasegawa, Noriko; Mayu, Konishi (Journal article, 2008)
      The purpose of this paper is to present the development and status of vocational teacher education in Norway, and to discuss its contemporary philosophy, structure and content. As there is no very clear definition of the ...
    • Yrkesfaglæreres profesjonelle kompetanse: En kvalitativ undersøkelse med Norge og Japan som kontekster. [Professional competences of vocational teachers: A qualitative survey with Norway and Japan as contexts]. 

      Aakre, Bjørn Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The purpose of this article is to explore the characteristics of vocational teachers’ professional competences. Norway and Japan were chosen as contexts in the hope of finding possible contrasts and new perspectives. ...