In Norway, as in many other countries, there is political pressure to make teacher education more research-based under the assumption that it is a means to improve teacher education. A 2014 governmental document, ‘Lærerløftet’ (‘Lifting the teachers’ – author’s translation), reads:

As with any other higher education, teacher education shall be research-based. The content of teacher education shall be based on up-to-date knowledge. Research-based teaching also means that the education is characterised by scientific methods and oriented towards new ways of thinking and developing the practice field. (Norwegian Ministry of Education