In 2018, the Nordic Centre of Excellence: Quality in Nordic Teaching (QUINT) was funded through the initiative Education for Tomorrow. The QUINT centre has since united a critical mass of scholarly expertise from all the five Nordic countries and has provided numerous outputs, both in terms of academic publications and societal impact, and the close collaboration it fostered between researchers and practitioners.
“NordForsk is highly satisfied with the outcomes of both the initiative as a whole and QUINT in particular. Education for Tomorrow has strengthened Nordic educational research and provided valuable insights for practice and policy. Looking ahead, continued support for collaborative research in educational sciences remains crucial”, says Arne Flåøyen, Director of NordForsk.
A new report highlights the key outputs, impact and policy recommendations of the centre. A key aim of QUINT was to develop new forms of collaboration between researchers and practitioners. This was achieved through various professional development and teacher training initiatives, many of which incorporated innovative approaches like video-based teacher learning.
“In particular, QUINT has created an indispensable platform and data set for comparative classroom studies nurturing cross national and subject specific investigation. QUINT has used these data for teacher education, researcher-teacher collaboration and targeted professional development. Five recently funded and brand-new research projects in Denmark, Iceland and Norway are using these classroom video data, which indicates the crucial influence and long-term harvest of the QUINT scientific and social impact,” says centre director Kirsti Klette, Professor at University of Oslo.
