Search for dissertations about: "SOCIAL SCIENCES Other social sciences Civics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words SOCIAL SCIENCES Other social sciences Civics.

2. 1. The Emotional Community of Social Science Teaching

   Author : Katarina Blennow; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Science Education; SOCIAL STUDIES; Civics; Citizenship education; Emotions; Education; Emotional communities; symbolic boundaries;

   Abstract : Some of the most pressing concerns of our time, such as crises connected to migration, the welfare state, international law and terrorism, are part of the Swedish upper secondary school subject Social Science. This means that Social Science teaching easily generates intense emotions, sparks of which are lit in the encounter between the students, the teacher, and the specific content of the school subject Social Science. READ MORE

4. 2. Creating sustainable citizens? : constructions of sustainable development in textbooks

   Author : Elin Biström; Ragnar Lundström; Annica Brännlund; Malin Ideland; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable development; education; ESD; gender equality; sexuality; sex; environment; individualisation; Sweden; textbooks; biology; civics; geography; home and consumer studies; religion; hållbar utveckling; utbildning; UHU; jämställdhet; sexualitet; sex; miljö; individualisering; Sverige; läroböcker; läromedel; biologi; samhällskunskap; geografi; hem- och konsumentkunskap; religion; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : There is a general consensus that education is crucial for achieving sustainable development. Education for sustainable development aims to foster citizens capable of participating independently and actively in creating a sustainable future. READ MORE

5. 3. Framing The Israel/Palestine Conflict in Swedish History School Textbooks

   Author : Michael Walls; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The following dissertation has examined the ways in which the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict has been framed in a number of Lower Secondary school Swedish History textbooks as well as in a small number of Social Science/Civics teachers’ statements. The initial problem discussed has been a noted discrepancy between textbook content and scholarship on the conflict’s history. READ MORE

6. 4. Epistemic beliefs among upper-secondary students in education for sustainable development

   Author : Marie Grice; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemic beliefs; sustainable development; transdisciplinarity; action-guidingness; factor analysis; philosophizing with;

   Abstract : This research project explores an educational context through two approaches. The first analyses the interpretability and role of the concept of sustainable development according to the writings of four syllabuses in the curriculum for Swedish compulsory school. READ MORE

7. 5. Bilingual subject-specific literacies? Teachers’ and learners’ views and experiences of two school languages in biology, civics, history and mathematics : Case studies from the Swedish upper secondary school

   Author : Ylva Sandberg; Tore Nilsson; Inger Lindberg; Liss Kerstin Sylvén; Jenny Wiksten Folkeryd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teacher and learner cognition; CLIL; subject-specific literacies; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis investigates teachers’ and students’ cognitions of bilingual subject-specific literacies. The thesis builds on three different studies, referred to as case studies, conducted in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) study programmes in the Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE