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The historiography of Norwegian migration to North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries had, until recently, largely ignored its impact on indigenous people. Taking as a point of departure the presentations of migration to America in Norwegian lower and upper secondary school textbooks in social studies and history, this article demonstrates that the displacement of Native Americans is mostly absent in these presentations, and almost none of the textbooks discuss it in terms of settler colonialism. Such a narrative sustains the perception of North America as a sparsely inhabited continent with enough space for everyone and ultimately justifies Europeans’ right to claim possession of the land. Given that the consequences of settler colonialism continue to persist to the present day, I argue that ignoring the fact that Norwegian migrants were also settlers reproduces historical power relations and oppressive epistemologies. Aligned with the view that history education based on a single master narrative hinders critical thinking, this article contends that there is a need to decolonize the teaching of Norwegian migration to America by incorporating the perspective of Native Americans.

Relationell professionalism är en betydelsefull aspekt av personalens professionalism inom småbarnspedagogik och förskoleundervisning. I de finländska styrdokumenten betonas personalens förmåga att bygga förtroendefulla relationer till barn, vårdnadshavare och kolleger. I denna studie utforskar vi hur pedagoger inom småbarnspedagogik och förskoleundervisning kan uppleva att arbete i forskningscirklar kan stöda deras relationella professionalism. Studien är fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk och forskningsmaterialet består av skrivna loggar och fokusgruppintervjuer. Studien visar att arbete i forskningscirklar kan bidra till att utveckla pedagogernas kunskap, förhållningssätt, handlingsmönster samt professionella självförtroende, självkänsla och kollegialitet. Betydelsefulla aspekter av arbetet i forskningscirkeln kan vara observation, diskussion, reflektion och bearbetning av känslor och upplevelser, arbete med facklitteratur samt interaktion med forskningscirkelledaren. Resultaten av studien indikerar att forskningscirklar kan vara ett kraftfullt verktyg för professionell utveckling och ett ändamålsenligt sätt att stöda pedagogers relationella professionalism. Nyckelord: forskningscirklar, småbarnspedagogik, förskoleundervisning, relationell professionalism

Title: “Is it good, or?” Pedagogical tensions when meeting digital tools in Norwegian Early childhood education. Abstract: In this article a qualitative study about preschool teacher’s perspectives on digital technology in Early Childhood Education and care (ECEC) is presented. The research question is: What challenges and possibilities with digital technology does preschool teachers meet in educational practice in kindergarten? The results are based on empirical data from group interviews with the pedagogical staff in three Norwegian Early ECEC institutions. The study is anchored in socio cultural perspectives on knowledge-building. The results are presented and discussed within three categories: knowledge, process and vision. Finally, among other things, the meaning of critical reflection when it comes to implementation of digital technology is discussed.