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Tove Lafton

Tove Lafton

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 42, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 970 13 199
  • Office: +47 672 37 559
E-mail
  • tove.lafton@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Field of study

Early Childhood Education   Critical reflection   Digital praxis   Mentoring and leadership

Research groups

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

  • Vibrant Connections

    In the project Vibrant Connections, we are particularly involved with how music, both traditional and new songs, can contribute to the preservation and renewal of immaterial cultural heritage in kindergartens and in kindergarten teacher training programmes.

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Gulpinar, Tona ; Lafton, Tove (2026). 11. Måltidet som metode – sanselige møter gjennom fire retter. Bergstedt, Bosse; Jamouchi, Samira (Ed.). Multisensorisk læring Om intensitet og kropp-materiell i en performativ kunstpedagogikk. p. 267-286. Fagbokforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.55669/oa660911

Moxnes, Anna Rigmor; Lafton, Tove (2025). Teori og fagbegrepers posisjon i profesjonsfaglig veiledning. Moxnes, Anna Rigmor; Bjerkholt, Eva; Krogen, Tine Dahlskås; Opdal, Lars (Ed.). Veiledningspraksis, kollektive læringsprosesser og veilederutdanning. p. 225-245. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.255

Lafton, Tove (2025). Å 'få øye på seg selv' i fellesskapet - diffraktive lesninger av erfaringer med video som veiledningsgrunnlag. Moxnes, Anna Rigmor; Bjerkholt, Eva; Krogen, Tine Dahlskås; Opdal, Lars (Ed.). Veiledningspraksis, kollektive læringsprosesser og veilederutdanning. p. 67-85. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.255

Lafton, Tove ; Moxnes, Anna Rigmor (2025). String figuring toy pedagogy in kindergartens through sticky photos. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491241304529

Engesnes, Nina ; Lafton, Tove (2025). Soundscaping. Early childhood teachers’ professional work with sound environment in kindergartens. Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis. Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.23865/up.v19.5914

Aaserud, Geir ; Gulpinar, Tona ; Lafton, Tove (2024). A Memory of Experiencing Milk in Kindergarten. Lyngstad, Mette Bøe; Schei, Tiri Bergesen; Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen (Ed.). The Shaping of Professional Identities Revisiting Critical Event Narrative Inquiry. p. 149-163. Brill | Sense.
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004699236_010

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Lafton, Tove ; Andreasen, Kristina Johnsdatter (2024). Children’s digital boundary crossings when moving in between porous ecosystems. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3175231

Lafton, Tove ; Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch ; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2024). Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway. Journal of Children and Media.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2299956

Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch ; Lafton, Tove (2024). Discourses and gender divides in children’s digital everyday lives. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 209-237. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9_8

Roth, Maria; Schmidt, Eva-Maria; Lafton, Tove ; Kapella, Olaf; Barbuta, Alina (2024). A developmental view on digital vulnerability and agency of children under 10 years of age. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9_7



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Textbooks

Lafton, Tove ; Grindheim, Liv Torunn (2026). Læring i barnehagen Teoretiske perspektiv og pedagogisk praksis. ISBN: 9788245052275. 99 p. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5539496

Grindheim, Liv Torunn; Lafton, Tove (2026). Leik i barnehagen - teoretiske perspektiv og pedagogisk praksis. ISBN: 9788245061215. 80 p. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5539490



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Research reports

Danbolt, Ingrid ; Lafton, Tove ; Hernes, Leif ; Imeland, Synne Sagstad ; Hyunh, Johnny ; Bergvik, Eilen Sunniva ; Anvik, Elisabeth ; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye ; Gulpinar, Tona ; Karlsson, Eivind ; Onsrud, Line Marie ; Petersen, Evi ; Syed, Bushra Fatima (2025). Samlingsstund for studenter. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://doi.org/https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/f

Lafton, Tove ; Grimsgaard, Kaja Bjølgerud ; Garmann, Nina Gram (2023). Digitalt lese- og skrivekurs. Kunsten å lese og skrive akademiske tekster. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3670304

Seland, Idunn ; Aldrich, Richard; Ayllón, Sara; Barbovschi, Monica; Barbuta, Alina; Brugarolas, Pablo; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Eickelmann, Birgit; Gosme, Elizabeth; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Hyggen, Christer ; Lado, Samuel; Lafton, Tove ; Kapella, Olaf; Karatzogianni, Athina; Kazani, Aggeliki; Labusch, Amelie; Mifsud, Louise ; Olabode, Shola; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Roth, Maria; Schmidt, Eva-Maria; Shorey, Holly; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha; Zinoveva, Liudmila (2022). Understanding children and young people as digital citizens. 155 p. DigiGen - The impact of technological transformations on the digital generation.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/99969

Lafton, Tove ; Furu, Anne (2019). Arbeidsplassen som læringsarena i ABLU-studiet. Rapport fra ABLU 2015-2019, Kompetanse for framtidens barnehager. ISBN: 9788283642018. 30 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3293878

Lafton, Tove (2016). Refleksjoner og handlinger i barnehagens møter med teknologi. Sosio-materielle teorier som optikk for (re)konstruksjoner av barnehagepraksiser. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3257083



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Dissemination

Odegard, Nina ; Lafton, Tove (2026). Disturbing the notion of immateriality in intangible cultural heritage. Disturbing the notion of immateriality in intangible cultural heritage. EECERA 2026.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5564570

Lafton, Tove ; Danbolt, Ingrid (2026). Å aktivere egen bakgrunn i studier og yrke.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580430

Danbolt, Ingrid ; Anvik, Elisabeth ; Ågedal, Lise Lotte ; Lafton, Tove (2026). Hey guys, the teacher plays Dabke music. Let's dance. NERA conference 2026. NERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580387

Lafton, Tove ; Danbolt, Ingrid (2026). Hear I belong: The role of Musical Play in Multicultural Early Childhood Education. NERA. NERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580375

Lafton, Tove ; Torsnes, Elise ; Hagen, Liv Anna (2026). How can inclusive music practices that foster belonging and participation in ECEC contribute to the understanding of quality?. NERA. NERA .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580365

Lafton, Tove (2026). Levende kulturarv, musikk i barnehagen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580352

Lafton, Tove (2026). Danning og kompetanseutvikling i et digitalt samfunn. Hyunh, Johnny (Ed.). Barns lek og danning i en teknologisk tidsalder. p. 84-97. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5581098

Lafton, Tove ; Torsnes, Elise (2025). Hvordan forstå kvalitet i lys av en helhetlig tilnærming til barns musikkopplevelser i barnehagen. Norsk barnehageforskningskonferanse. Filiorum, UiS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5350260

Danbolt, Ingrid ; Anvik, Elisabeth ; Lafton, Tove (2025). Her hører jeg til. Lek i begynneropplæringen 2025. USN og OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5580330

Lafton, Tove (2024). Barnehageansatte dokumenterer barnas dobesøk: – Kravene har absolutt økt.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4984272



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