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Students (3 students per program per institute) were selected randomly (N = 36). They were all third year students, and thus the first students to be enrolled in the reformed teacher education programs which were introduced in 2010. Teacher educators that took part in the interviews were selected by the institute, but according to the subject areas requested by the researchers. Three teacher educators per program were requested to take part in the interviews (N = 36). The subjects taught by the teacher educators vary somewhat between institutes due to the courses made available to student teachers during their first three years of the four-year program. However, teacher educators who teach Education courses (Pedagogy) and Norwegian courses were represented at all HEIs.