Search for dissertations about: "Educational Science"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 357 swedish dissertations containing the words Educational Science.
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1. Education, Stratification and Reform : Educational Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Abstract : The main argument of this thesis is that research has to take the institutional character of education seriously. Educational institutions carry considerable weight for outcomes of education and their design is a matter of intense political debate. READ MORE
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2. Drawing Science : Visual Content Formation in Young Students’ Multimodal Science Compositions
Abstract : This thesis explores visual formation of science content in young students’ multimodal text-image compositions. In doing so, it also contributes a metalanguage for visual meaning-making about science content in the early school years. READ MORE
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3. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?
Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. READ MORE
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4. Different Images of Science - A study of how science is constituted in exhibitions
Abstract : Within the science and technology centre (STC) movement there exists explicit aims and ambitions to enhance visitors’ interest in and knowledge about science. Meanwhile, several researches question the choice of the scientific content in exhibitions when arguing that a too unproblematic view of science commonly is presented. READ MORE
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5. Staging Science : Some aspects of the production and distribution of science knowledge
Abstract : The dissertation presents a phenomenological view on the interaction between science knowledge and prescientific knowledge. Drawing on Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Lévinas the human bodily grounded existence is described, the central feature of this existence being its responsivity to the Other. READ MORE