Search for dissertations about: "Group-based learning"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Group-based learning.

  2. 1. Understanding Group-based Learning in an Academic Context : Rwandan Students’ Reflections on Collaborative Writing and Peer Assessment

    Author : Faustin Mutwarasibo; Ingrid Andersson; Suzanne Parmenius-Swärd; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Group-based learning; higher education; student-initiated groups; instructor-guided group work; collaborative writing; peer assessment; Rwanda; Gruppbaserat lärande; högre utbildning; studentstyrda grupper; lärarlett grupparbete; kollaborativt skrivande; inbördes bedömning; Rwanda;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of the present thesis is to gain knowledge about how Rwandan university students understand and practice group-based learning. Specifically, this research takes a social constructivist perspective when examining how second year students within the area of Modern Languages reflect on collaborative writing and peer assessment as means to promote academic writing and active learning. READ MORE

  4. 2. Active lifestyle all your life : a multifactorial group-based falls-prevention programme

    Author : Erika Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Internationally, gerontology focuses on an emerging paradigm of healthy ageing where the goal is to extend the senior years in absence of morbidity by improving human health. A major threat to healthy ageing is accidental falls, as falls are the second-leading cause of unintentional injury or deaths worldwide. READ MORE

  5. 3. Farmer Field Schools as a transformative learning space in the rural African setting

    Author : Deborah Duveskog; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aims of this research was to understand how education in the rural African faming setting can contribute to development and well-being in a way that is empowering for the poor. The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach, provided an empirical frame for the research. READ MORE

  6. 4. Elever på ett anpassat individuellt gymnasieprogram : skolvardag och vändpunkter

    Author : Kristina Hellberg; Lars-Christer Hydèn; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Solveig Hägglund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aspergers syndrome; ethnography; individual programme; intergration; segregragation; narratives; special education; turning points; upper- secondary school; Pedgogical work; Aspergers syndrom; berättelser; etnografi; individuellt gymnasieprogram; integrering; segregering; specialpedagogik; vändpunkter; Pedagogiskt arbete; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap; Pedgogical work;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study is to describe and research students roate into the programme, and what it means to students to follow a special secondary school course. The students attended a small specail needs teaching group based on the neuropsychiatric diagnosis of Asperger´s syndrome, which had been made during their years at school. READ MORE