Browsing HVL Open by Document Types "Doctoral thesis"
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An Action Research Approach to Initial Teacher Education in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-02)This study is an Action Research approach to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Norway. Starting from the most important question for me as a teacher educator in Religious Education (RE), namely, ‘How can I improve my ... -
Adventure tourism: Exploring relations between knowledge and innovation
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-08-08)In a rapidly changing tourism industry, the international competition is strong and the well-travelled tourists have high expectations. This has led to an increasing emphasis on the development of new services and ... -
Agency–context interaction in industrial path development – a multidimensional approach
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)This dissertation investigates agency in industry path development, and how it interacts with context. A multidimensional approach to agency–context interaction is developed and used to understand both the ability of people ... -
Antirasisme etter Auschwitz: Didaktiske refleksjoner om Holocaust som antirasistisk verktøy i den norske skolen
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Siden årtusenskiftet har historien om Holocaust vært en sentral del av norske skolemyndigheters beskrivelse av arbeidet mot rasisme. Denne sammenkoblingen har konkret betydd at undervisning om Holocaust er løftet frem fra ... -
Barnelitterære landskapskonstruksjoner. Økokritiske lesninger av tre danningsfortellinger.
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)I denne avhandlingen undersøker jeg fremstillinger av natur og barndom i et utvalg norske barnebøker. Utvalget består av Stian Holes bildeboktrilogi om Garmann (2006; 2008; 2010), den illustrerte barneromanen Tonje Glimmerdal ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children: effects of a two-year school-based daily physical activityintervention: The Sogndal school-intervention study
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Western world. Several studies have shown that the pathological processes of atherosclerosis begin in childhood and progress throughout life. Consequently, ... -
Change and Communication. Long-Term Norwegian PsychoMotor Physiotherapy Treatment for Patients with Chronic Muscle Pain
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)The aim of the present thesis is to enhance knowledge of processes of change and communication during long-term Norwegian PsychoMotor Physiotherapy (NPMP) treatments for patients with chronic muscle pain located to back ... -
Changes in funding of higher education and research: stronger governmental steering and organisational control of higher education institutions and academic behaviour?
(Doctoral thesis, 2015)Funding of higher education and research has experienced substantial changes in the last decades. Although there is variation across European countries, a stronger competitive element increasingly characterises higher ... -
Compositional process as discourse and interaction : a study of small group music composition processes in a school context
(Doctoral thesis, 2007)“Compositional Process as Discourse and Interaction” is a study on compositional processes of pupils working in small groups in a public school music context. The study describes and discusses the main elements ... -
Computational modelling and simulations of materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Photocatalytic hydrogen production has been of interest since Fujishima and Honda first demonstrated it in 1972 with the help of a titanium-oxide electrode. Thanks to the rapid development of nanotechnology, this method ... -
Critical mathematics education and climate change A teaching and research partnership in lower-secondary school
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)This study took place at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The research question is: How can teachers facilitate students’ critical mathematical competencies in a climate change context? To enable students to ... -
Deep learning in medical image analysis: Efficient use of data and radiological expertise
(Doctoral thesis, 2023)Deep learning (DL), a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), has experienced significant growth and advancements over the past decade and has shown great potential in various sectors, including the medical domain. The ... -
Den tenkende soldat? Verneplikt i Norge som demokratisk institusjon.
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Developing user-centred interfaces for marine navigation systems – The S-mode odyssey
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Human factors, also known as ergonomics, is an area not properly considered when designing shipboard navigation equipment. This shortcoming results in some design issues which pose a risk to safe and efficient maritime ... -
Disease and Ageing Biomarker Identification from multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (DABI)
(Doctoral thesis, 2024)Introduction: Examining brain changes through a lifespan perspective allows for multiple ways of answering fundamental questions about the brain’s development and to identify biomarkers of ageing and disease. One opportunity ... -
Domstolskapt rett. En institusjonell analyse av utviklingen av regelen om lovfestet ojektivt ansvar fra 1866 til 2003
(Rapport. Universitetet i Bergen. Institutt for administrasjon og organisasjonsvitenskap, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Oppsummering Denne avhandlingen er en studie av regelanvendelse og regeldannelse i norsk Høyesterett. Den gir en analyse av hvordan og hvorfor et bestemt juridisk resonnement etableres og utvikles – regelen om ulovfestet ... -
Efficient techniques and tools for software testing based on traces and coverage analysis
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)To ensure ultra-high dependability and ultra-low defect rates, certification standards such as DO-178C requires safety-critical software with the highest safety level (Level A) in avionics systems to conform to the modified ... -
(En)gendering body politics. Physiotherapy as a window on health and illness
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-02-13)The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about what patients do to negotiate possibilities and constraints for recuperative encounters with physiotherapists. The historical tenets of Norwegian physiotherapy are recapitulated ... -
Erobring av handlingsrom : helsesøsterstudenters læring i praksis
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, Doctoral thesis, 2007)Hensikten med studien har vært å få innsikt i hva som var hovedproblemet til helsesøsterstudenter i praksisstudier og å utvikle en substantiv teori som kan forklare hvordan de handlet for å løse problemet. Målet er å utvikle ... -
Evaluating the implementation of the Norwegian guidelines for healthy school meals. A case study involving three secondary schools.
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-06-30)Introduction Healthy eating is an important factor in children’s health and academic performance. Children and adolescents eat at least one daily meal at school and school meals represent a considerable part of their overall ...