Glossary entry

Norwegian term or phrase:

formlære

English translation:

Art & Design

Added to glossary by jeffrey engberg
Apr 23, 2013 15:28
11 yrs ago
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Norwegian term

formlære

Norwegian to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy school subject / skolefag
A school subject from a diploma (from the 80s) on the list of general upper secondary subjects (vidergående).
This must be a general subject from the past, but what "form"?
there is language and grammer as a form, art, music...
Any 30 or 40-something Norwegians remember formlære?
Proposed translations (English)
4 -1 morphology
3 +1 design

Discussion

Egil Presttun Apr 30, 2013:
Art & Design is correct In this context "Art & Design" is probably correct while "morphology" is wrong.
Norskpro Apr 30, 2013:
Very odd choice I agree with Michele's comments.
Michele Fauble Apr 30, 2013:
Grading I fail to understand the asker's grading decision. The answer awarded the points is wrong according to the asker's grading comment and glossary entry.
Egil Presttun Apr 24, 2013:
Formgivningsfag Formgivningsfag er et fag på videregående skole:
http://verdal.vgs.no/Utdanning2/Studiespesialisering/Sider/F...

Det kan være dette kandidaten mener med formlære.
jeffrey engberg (asker) Apr 24, 2013:
formlære probably sam as formingslære and form- og farge...
Norskpro Apr 24, 2013:
context Maybe looking at the other subjects on the diploma can give you an idea of what kind of "formlære" this could be. It is easy to confuse the term "formlære" with "formingslære", which is the usual term for art and design.
Egil Presttun Apr 23, 2013:
skolefag Jeg tror ikke formlære er et språkfag på videregående skole.

Det er antakelig best å spørre kunden hvilket fag dette er.
jeffrey engberg (asker) Apr 23, 2013:
morphology I had a feeling this is a language subejct.
Morphology was my second guess. I first considered something like Grammar and composition.
Egil Presttun Apr 23, 2013:
Formlære I grunnskolen har man de velkjente fagene sløyd (woodwork) og forming (art). Jeg mener å huske at formlære ganske enkelt betydde det samme som forming (kanskje som et konservativt bokmålsord for hva jeg vet), men dette går så langt tilbake i tid at det er vanskelig å huske. Forming er ikke vanlig i videregående, så betydningen kan være en annen. Ordet formlære kan bety så mange forskjellige ting at det blir svært lett å ta feil her. Tror man må forstå det ved å se på de andre fagene. Hvis eleven f.eks. har gått musikklinjen, kan formlære være relatert til musikk.

Proposed translations

-1
4 mins
Selected

morphology

Linguistics: the study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms:
grammar is organized along two main dimensions: morphology and syntax
Peer comment(s):

disagree Norskpro : Not the term for the asker's context
6 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "In the context of education, high school / upper secondary Art & Design, Arts and crafts or Intro to Art...."
+1
1 hr

design

books.google.com/.../Sådan_laver_du_smukkere_... - Translate this page
Title, Sådan laver du smukkere grafisk design: grundbog i grafisk formlære. Author, Henrik Birkvig. Edition, reprint. Publisher, Grafisk Litteratur, 1999 ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-23 17:13:24 GMT)
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Design principles

laustdeleuran.deviantart.com/.../Exam-Project-2009-Poster-2-158712...
Mar 28, 2010 – Exam Project for my course "Design Principles" (Formlære), which I took in the fall of 2009.
Peer comment(s):

agree Charlesp
11 hrs
thanks
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