Search for dissertations about: "Science teaching traditions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Science teaching traditions.

2. 1. Black & white or shades of grey : teachers perspectives on the role of nature of science in compulsory school science teaching

   Author : Lotta Leden; Lena Hansson; Andreas Redfors; Malin Ideland; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Nature of science; teachers perspectives; Didactical questions; Focus groups; Nature of science; School science; Science teaching traditions; Scientific literacy; Teachers’ perspectives;

   Abstract : Avhandlingen utforskar lärares perspektiv och förhandlingar gällande vilken roll “naturvetenskapens karaktär” (engelska ”nature of science”, NOS) kan spela i grundskolans NO-undervisning. Tidigare forskning har visat att NO-undervisning ofta har ett starkt fokus på naturvetenskapliga begrepp och strukturerade laborationer med ett implicit fokus på ”korrekta svar”. READ MORE

4. 2. Becomings of Swedish secondary sexuality education : Enactments in natural science subjects and interdisciplinary teaching about pornography

   Author : Sara Planting-Bergloo; Auli Orlander Arvola; Britt Jakobson; EJ Renold; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish sexuality education; practice-based approach; lower and upper secondary school; Karen Barad; Donna Haraway; student participation; material engagements; relationality; pornography education; virginity; contraceptive methods; science education; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : This thesis is about Swedish secondary sexuality education with a particular focus on the becomings of natural science and pornography education. Recent scrutiny of the knowledge area has stressed the need for teaching to include student perspectives, cover more than mere medical and biological knowledge, and be more affirmative. READ MORE

5. 3. Analogical reasoning in science education : - connections to semantics and scientific modelling in thermodynamics

   Author : Jesper Haglund; Helge Strömdahl; Konrad Schönborn; Roland Kjellander; Kevin Dunbar; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science education; thermodynamics; analogical reasoning; semantics; scientific modelling; naturvetenskapsdidaktik; termodynamik; analogiskt tänkande; semantik; vetenskaplig modellering;

   Abstract : Analogiskt tänkande är en central kognitiv förmåga som vi använder i vardagslivet, såväl som i mer formella sammanhang, såsom i forskning och undervisning. Föreliggande avhandling behandlar hur analogier och analogiskt tänkande, uppmärksamhet på semantik och förståelse för vetenskaplig modellering kan användas för att hantera utmaningar i naturvetenskapsundervisningen, särskilt inom området termodynamik. READ MORE

6. 4. New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR

   Author : Kongsy Chounlamany; Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh; Britt-Marie Berge; Ann-Louise Silfver; Marianne Bloch; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : education; reform; new methods of teaching; student-centred education; gender; ethnicity; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Education; pedagogik;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. READ MORE

7. 5. Programmed or Not : A study about programming teachers’ beliefs and intentions in relation to curriculum

   Author : Lennart Rolandsson; Inga-Britt Skogh; Sirkku Männikkö Barbutiu; Erik Barendsen; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; computing; programming education; teachers’ beliefs; intentionality; curriculum development; curriculum studies; upper secondary school; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences;

   Abstract : In the intersection of technology, curriculum and intentions, a specific issue of interest is found in the gap between teachers’ intentions and implementations of curriculum. Instead of approaching curriculum and technology as something fait accompli, teachers are considered crucial in the re-discovery of what and how to teach. READ MORE