This evening Kate Crowe and I met with Nord University researchers (Kathrin Olsen and Karianne Berg) to discuss their Language of the Heart research project with children within the Sámi community of Norway. What wonderful opportunities for collaboration. We have begun a plan.
Here is a description of the project from their website (
https://www.uv.uio.no/spedaims/english/SpedAims-Language-of-the-Heart/):
In the research project SpedAims Language of the Heart, we want to find out more about how we can support Sami-speaking children's linguistic, academic and social learning and development opportunities in Norway. The study includes children from both Northern Sami, Lule Sami and Southern Sami language environments and language regions. It consists of both qualitative and quantitative studies, and we will follow a large number of children from all over the country through the last few years in kindergarten and further up to school.
