About
Marit Lensjø is an associate professor in vocational pedagogy at the Department of Vocational Teacher Education, Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies at OsloMet. She has academic responsibility for the bachelor program Vocational teacher education. Lensjø has a background as a plumber, engineer, and vocational teacher. Research approach and research interest are in particular phenomenology and ethnography - related to pedagogy and didactics in subject and vocational education in upper secondary school and working life, as well as in vocational teacher training/higher vocational education.
Field of study
Vocational education Workplace learning Vocational education Ethnographic fieldwork
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Lensjø, Marit
(2025).
From Craftsman to Vocational Teacher: A Narrative Study of Tacit Knowledge and the Nexus between Complex Cultures.
Vocations and Learning.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-025-09363-8
Lensjø, Marit
(2025).
From Craftsman to Vocational Teacher: A Narrative Study of Tacit Knowledge and the Nexus between Complex Cultures.
Vocations and Learning.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-025-09363-8
Lensjø, Marit
(2024).
Vocational Teachers’ Craft Knowledge and Working-life Experiences in Building and Construction: a Narrative Study of Embodied and Tacit Learning.
Vocations and Learning.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-024-09344-3
Lensjø, Marit
(2021).
Grounded Theory Analysis of Work-based TVET and Intersectional Challenges Between Construction Workers.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.126103
Lensjø, Marit
(2020).
Stories of Learning: A Case Study of Norwegian Plumbers and Apprentices in TVET at the Construction Site and in a Training Agency.
International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training.
https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.7.2.2
