PhD defence: Helga Norheim - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

Helga Norheim will will be defending her thesis for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

10 Feb

Practical information

Date: 10 February 2022
10.00 - 16.00
Online, Zoom
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Programme

10.00-10.45: Trial lecture: «Impact of partnerships between parents and professionals in ECEC on children, parents, and professionals: What is the quality of the evidence with the focus on growing diversity of families?»
12.00-15.00: Public defence: «Partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in ECEC» (openarchive.usn.no)

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The programme will be lead by Vice Dean for Research, Nils Asle Bergsgaard, USN

Assessment comittee

First opponent: Professor Michel Vandenbroeck, University of Gent (Belgium)
Second opponent: Professor Henrik Daae Zachrisson, Universitety of Oslo
Administrator: Associate professor Kristin Danielsen Wolf, USN

Supervisors

Professor Thomas Moser, Universitety of Stavanger (Norway)
Post doc. Martine L. Broekhuizen, Utrecht University (Netherlands)

Helga Norheim will defend her dissertation for the degree of philosophia doctor (PhD) in the program pedagogical resources and learning processes in kindergarten and school.

Read the dissertation: «Partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in ECEC» (openarchive.usn.no)
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Summary of dissertation:

This thesis investigates barriers and facilitators for partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in early childhood education and care (ECEC), through three papers and an extended abstract.

Paper I synthesizes previous international empirical research on the topic, whereas Papers II and III investigate partnerships empirically, from the European and Norwegian context, using data from the collaborative research project Inclusive education and social support to tackle inequalities in society (ISOTIS).

The thesis identifies that barriers and facilitators for partnerships between parents with immigrant backgrounds and professionals in ECEC are mainly found within the content areas of language, power dynamics, and multiculturalism.

It further shows how barriers and facilitators for partnerships are largely interconnected and highly context-sensitive as they, for example, may differ between immigrant groups and countries.

Lastly, several of the identified facilitators are found among professionals’ practices. This emphasizes the significance of professionals` role and their opportunities to facilitate partnerships with parents with immigrant backgrounds.