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Circle Time as Whole-Class Teaching – Features, Form, and Content

A New Teaching Method in Norwegian and Swedish Lower Primary Classroom

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The educational placement of 6-year-olds in Norway and Sweden has undergone important changes at both a policy level and a practical level.

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Bjørnestad, E. (2013). Circle Time as Whole-Class Teaching – Features, Form, and Content. In: New Voices in Norwegian Educational Research. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-464-2_9

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