In this article the connection between transfer, interaction and reflective thinking is analyzed, especially within the context of learning mathematics. Attention is paid to the question of how to use or to explore the knowledge that has already been acquired. It may be relevant to make a distinction between the "classical" concept of…

The focus of this article is a theoretical discussion and analysis of the concept of intuition. The article investigates how intuition, in the psychological sense, is connected with concepts like problem-solving, reflective thinking, automatized thinking activities and understanding 'gestalt' or structure and meaning. Automatisms are based on…

This article explores the need to locate individuals' personal life stories in their life histories when the narrative approach to studying different aspects of teachers is used. This is partly done by revealing the limitations of the narrow focus on personal stories in research on teachers when it is restricted to researching teachers' personal…