Norwegian version
Tove Lafton

Tove Lafton

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Social sciences   General education

Subject areas

Early Childhood Education   Critical reflection   Digital praxis   Mentoring and leadership

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

Scientific publications

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

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.

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

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

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#DOI

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/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-

Lafton, Tove ; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Kapella, Olaf; Sisask, Merike; Zinoveva, Liudmila (2023). Children’s Vulnerability to Digital Technology within the Family: A Scoping Review. Societies. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13010011

Lafton, Tove ; Hauge, Heidi (2022). Har «øyeblikkets pedagogikk» fortsatt en plass i barnehagen?. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF). Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v19.247

Lafton, Tove (2022). Når nettbrett dokumenterer barnehagens innhold, revidert utgave. Letnes, Mari-Ann; Lafton, Tove; Broström, Stig (Ed.). Barnehagedidaktikk. En dynamisk og flerfaglig tilnærming. 2. utgave.. p. 110-129. Fagbokforlaget.

Letnes, Mari-Ann; Lafton, Tove ; Broström, Stig (2022). Barnehagedidaktikk. En dynamisk og flerfaglig tilnærming. 2. utgave. ISBN: 9788245037845. 291 p. Fagbokforlaget.





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete