Search for dissertations about: "Curriculum Reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Curriculum Reform.

2. 1. International large-scale assessments and mathematics textbooks in a curriculum reform process : Changes in lower secondary school algebra in Sweden 1995–2015

   Author : Kristina Palm Kaplan; Johan Prytz; Kajsa Bråting; Astrid Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; curriculum reform; algebra; textbooks; international assessment; TIMSS; secondary school; test validity; student achievement.; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

   Abstract : Reforming a curriculum entails more than simply launching new steering documents: it includes the development of new materials, evaluation of reform and identification of needs for further action. Drawing from algebra material surrounding the 2011 Swedish curriculum reform, this thesis contributes to understanding the process of curriculum reform concerning mathematics textbooks and international large-scale assessments. READ MORE

4. 2. Bringing women into computer engineering : Curriculum reform processes at two institutes of technology

   Author : Minna Salminen-Karlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engineering education; curriculum development; female students; Bourdieu; gender contract;

   Abstract : This study looks at curriculum reform processes at two Swedish institutes of technology in a gender perspective and relates them to two social theories: the reproduction theory of Bourdieu & Passeron and the gender contract theory of Yvonne Hirdman.The aim of the reform processes was to make educational programmes in computer engineering more attractive to female students. READ MORE

5. 3. The influence of national curricula and national assessments on teachers’ beliefs about the goals of school mathematics

   Author : Björn Palmberg; Torulf Palm; Ole Björkqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mathematical competence; competency goals; policy; reform; national curriculum; national assessment; teachers’ goals; teachers’ belief change; didactics of mathematics; matematikdidaktik;

   Abstract : What students should learn in school and therefore also what teachers should teach is an important issue worldwide. Mathematics teaching (and teaching in other subjects) is often regulated by some form of governing text in a written curriculum communcating a set of standards. READ MORE

6. 4. Changing practice by reform : the recontextualisation of the Bologna process in teacher education

   Author : Richard Baldwin; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bologna; teacher education; policy implementation; recontextualisation; Teacher education and education work;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to investigate a specific case of curriculum change; that of organizing teacher training courses around learner outcomes in line with the Bologna process. The investigation is an example of a practitioner research case study and looks at how official Bologna policy messages are re-interpreted and recontextualised at the local micro level. READ MORE

7. 5. Chinese Daycare in Cultural Change

   Author : Limin Gu; Inger M. Andersson; Marianne Block; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chinese kinderagrten; political and economic reform; curriculum; Education; Pedagogik;

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