New Perspectives on Educational Resources Learning Materials Beyond the Traditional Classroom

Part 1: Places  1. Choreographing the Rjukan-Notodden industrial heritage: Uses of heritage in the Cultural Schoolbag Audhild Lindheim Kennedy  2. Museums and the socio-material emergence of curiosity Lise Camilla Ruud  3. “An ‘Acropolis’ in miniature” and a house that “must be filled with spirit and content”: Ideals of Bildung in the building of two Scandinavian schools in the 1920s Anne Helene H. Mork  4. Street names as monuments and a starting point for teaching historical knowledge Karl Christian Alvestad  5. Reboot and gather your thoughts. Place-based writing as a learning resource for novice scholars Iben Brinch  6. Discovering ecologies of learning in place-conscious education Inger Birkeland  Part 2: Activities and artefacts 7. A war souvenir as learning resource Kerstin Bornholdt  8. Working with twenty-first-century skills through engaging with indigenous perspectives in teacher education Åsmund Aamaas, Anne-Line Bjerknes and Kristin Gregers Eriksen   9. Play-based learning discourses in the Norwegian and English curricula Aye Thida Oo and Anders Davidsen  10. Critical thinking in the 1950s: Language dispute, textbooks, and newspaper debates in a Norwegian upper secondary school Merethe Roos  11. Into the woods: Forestation as education Hege Roll-Hansen  12. Songs in English-language education: A well-known resource used in the twenty-first century Ragnhild Elisabeth Lund Part 3: New Media  13: Teaching about pornography: A historical perspective on educational resources Kari H. Nordberg  14. Gamers’ perspectives on the First World War: Developing historical consciousness using video games in teacher education Eirik Brazier and Magnus Henrik Sandberg  15. Roles in peer interaction in comment sections in educational blogs Kari Anne Rustand  16. Redesign as method in critical literacy education Marthe Øidvin Burgess

Biography

Karl Christian Alvestad is an Associate Professor in Social Studies at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

Kari H. Nordberg is an Associate Professor in Social Studies at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

Hege Roll-Hansen is an Associate Professor in Social Studies at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

"Further aligning with contemporary thought on contextual learning, the volume’s particular strength lies in its adept fusion of theoretical insights with palpable, lived experiences. The contributors do not simply advocate for pedagogical transformation; they vividly illustrate its potential through tangible scenarios. Whether envisioning a child learning history via digital simulation, a teenager understanding physics through skateboarding, or students engaging in profound discussions on online forums, such examples powerfully argue for a redefinition of educational resources. The book thereby challenges its readers to perceive learning not as a linear, curriculum-dictated process, but as an evolving, interactive journey shaped by context, curiosity, and technology."

- William Xaveriano Waresindo, Lecturer, Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan and Rohmatulloh Rohmatulloh, Lecturer, Postgraduate Department of Islamic Education Management, Universitas Islam An Nur Lampung