Pedagogy and interdisciplinarity: Research on the reformed kindergarten teacher education (KTE) in Norway

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Table 1. The structure of the Kindergarten Teacher Education (KTE) as illustrated in § 3 in the current Act

Year of study		Pedagogy	Practice	Study credits
Years 1 and 2	Area of knowledge: Children’s development, play and learning	Integrated in all areas of knowledge	Minimum 100 days integrated in all areas of knowledge. 75 days in the first two years and 25 days in the last year of study	20 study credits
	Area of knowledge: Society, religion, beliefs and ethics			20 study credits
	Area of knowledge: Language, text and mathematics			20 study credits
	Area of knowledge: Art, culture and creativity			20 study credits
	Area of knowledge: Nature, health and movement			20 study credits
	The institutions should heighten focus on one or two of the areas of knowledge in the first two years of study			20 study credits
Year 3	Area of knowledge: Leadership, co-operation and development			15 study credits
	Specialisation			30 study credits
	Obligatory bachelor thesis			15 study credits

Table 2. Overview of the informants from interviews conducted by four researchers in pairs (1,2,3 and 4,5,6). The research field is educational science (pedagogy)

No of institution	Informant with mainly administrative function	Educators with different subjects	Educators in pedagogy
1	1	3 (language, music)	1	5
2	3	3 (physical education, drama,	2	8
3	2	3 (language, social studies)	3	8
4	4	2 (drama, social science)	1	7
5	2	3 (physical education, music, social science)	1	6
6	2	2 (religion, music)	3	7
			Altogether	41