Cecilie Pedersen Dalland

About

Research Areas and Academic Interests

My research focuses on classroom practices and students’ learning conditions, with particular emphasis on:

Classroom research and instructional quality
Gender, academic writing and assessment practices
Qualitative methods and data collection in educational research
Creativity in schools and student-active learning
Work plans and self-regulated learning
Home–school collaboration and parental involvement

My work examines how learning environments, instructional approaches and collaboration between home and school shape students’ development, engagement and well-being.

Background

I am a qualified teacher from Oslo University College and hold both a master’s degree and a PhD in Education from the University of Oslo (Department of Education). I have extensive teaching and research experience from universities, university colleges and primary schools, and have worked across several institutions over many years.

Teaching Experience and Current Teaching

I have taught at OsloMet, the University of Oslo, and in Oslo’s primary schools. At OsloMet I currently teach:

Master’s Programme in Education and Student Development, courses 1 and 2 (M5GPE4100 and M5GPE5100)
Master’s course in Professional Pedagogy (MGMO5900) – course leader
Doctoral course in Classroom Research (PHUV9370) – course coordinator
I am also responsible for LUI’s PhD cohort 2024.

Research

I have participated in and contributed to several research projects examining instructional practices, classroom processes and students’ learning environments. Ongoing project:

FRAME (Framing Reading Across Mediums). Led by Marte Blikstad-Balas, UiO.

Previous projects:

KlassPrax 2.0 – evaluation of the six-year-old reform (WP leader)
IMaT (Inclusive Mathematics Teaching) – WP leader
PISA+ – University of Oslo

My scholarly work is published nationally and internationally, covering topics such as instructional design, student strategies, self-regulated learning, digital home schooling during the pandemic and home–school relations.

Teaching and Academic Competence

I primarily teach and write within the following areas:

Creativity in schools and student-active learning
Home–school collaboration and parent–teacher relationships
Academic writing at bachelor’s, master’s and PhD level
Self-regulated learning, work plans and student strategies
Qualitative research methods and video-based studies

Field of study

Academic writing Research method Classroom research Self regulated learning Qualitative research Gender and Gender studies Creativity Work plans Gils and boys High and low achievers Startegies used when working with work plans Bachelor students Method of analysis Educational reforms orrally skills Re-use of qualitative data Copperation between school and home Creative methods

Administrative field of work

Training

Research groups

Research projects

Completed research projects

Classroom activities for the six-year-olds – 20 years on (Klassprax_20)
The project investigates and evaluates the classroom activities of six year old children.
IMaT – Inclusive Mathematics Teaching: Understanding and developing school and classroom strategies for raising attainment
This project aims to strengthen mathematics teaching in Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools.

Scientific publications

Bjerke, Annette Hessen ; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Mausethagen, Sølvi ; Knudsmoen, Hege (2025). Negotiating performative and professional accountability in inclusive mathematics education in Norway. International Journal of Educational Research. Vol. 129.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102518

Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Svenkerud, Sigrun (2023). The Eclectic Use of Theory in Educational Research Doctoral Theses. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). Vol. 17.
https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.9837

Knudsmoen, Hege ; Mausethagen, Sølvi ; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (2022). Ledelsesstrategier for utvikling av inkluderende undervisning. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.23865/ntpk.v8.3435

Mausethagen, Sølvi ; Knudsmoen, Hege ; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (2022). The clustering of public values in local educational governance: the case of inclusion. Education Inquiry.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2022.2112013

Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Klette, Kirsti; Roe, Astrid (2022). Hjemmeskole under korona: individuelle oppgaver og høye krav til selvregulert læring. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.18261/npt.106.4.4

Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Klette, Kirsti; Roe, Astrid; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (2021). Homeschooling in Norway During the Pandemic-Digital Learning with Unequal Access to Qualified Help at Home and Unequal Learning Opportunities Provided by the School. Reimers, Fernando (Ed.). Primary and Secondary Education During Covid-19. p. 177-201. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81500-4_7

Roe, Astrid; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 and Homeschooling on Students' Engagement With Physical Activity. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.589227

Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; White, Mark Christopher; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Roe, Astrid (2021). Individualised home schooling – at odds with the equity ambitions in the Nordic model of education?. Education In The North. Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.26203/9dvz-5f97

Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth ; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (2021). Observasjon som metode i barnehage- og klasseromsforskning. Andersson-Bakken, Emilia; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (Ed.). Metoder i klasseromsforskning Forskningsdesign, datainnsamling og analyse. p. 125-152. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4693003

Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Hølland, Silje (2021). Analyse og kategorisering av videodata. Andersson-Bakken, Emilia; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen (Ed.). Metoder i klasseromsforskning Forskningsdesign, datainnsamling og analyse. p. 263-286. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4104687

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These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.