Search for dissertations about: "alternative learning school"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words alternative learning school.

2. 1. Contingency in high-school students’ reasoning about electrochemical cells : Opportunities for learning and teaching in school science

   Author : Karim Hamza; Per-Olof Wickman; Gregory J. Kelly; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electrochemistry; laboratory work; concept mapping; high-school; learning; teaching; pragmatism; practical epistemology analysis; contingency; discourse; misconceptions; alternative ideas; curricular materials; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : The thesis takes its departure from the extensive literature on students’ alternative ideas in science. Although describing students’ conceptual knowledge in many science areas, the literature offers little about how this knowledge enters into the science learning process. READ MORE

4. 2. Joint discourses or disjointed courses : A study on learning in upper secondary school

   Author : Bengt-Olov Molander; Ola Halldén; Noel Entwistle; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conceptual change; Contextual learning; Cue-seeking; Learning approaches; Metalearning; Science education; Upper secondary school; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The main purpose of the present study is to investigate whether learning and ways of understanding subject content and structure differ between successful and less successful students—i.e. in terms of their grade point average—in upper secondary school. A second issue is whether different subjects and disciplines—i. READ MORE

5. 3. Epistemology of practice and its consequences in practice : Educating for knowing-in-action in working life

   Author : Marie Moström Åberg; Susanna Toivanen; Kerstin Isaksson; Ing-Marie Andersson; Gunnar Rosén; Lena Wilhelmson; Tina Forsberg; Camilla Thunborg; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Life Studies; arbetslivsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Education and competence development are of increased interest in today’s society and organizations, to increase the wellbeing, lifelong learning, and mobility of the labor force, and contribute to companies’ global competition. As a consequence, formal and informal education is growing. READ MORE

6. 4. Information and Communication Technology in Teacher Education : Thinking and learning in computer‐supported social practice

   Author : Evode Mukama; Sven Andersson; Gunilla Jedeskog; Ingrid Andersson; Roger Säljö; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collaborative learning; critical reflection; ICT; learning conditions; mediating tool; multilingual setting; Rwanda; teacher education; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how new knowledge can be developed in computer-supported social practice. Participants were selected from newly qualified secondary school teachers and student teachers at a higher education institution in Rwanda. READ MORE

7. 5. Living Away from Blessings : School Failure as Lived Experience

   Author : Carina Henriksson; Solveig Hägglund; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : school failure; lived experience; lived experience description.; temporality; spatiality; relationality; cognitive inadequacy; behavioral deficiency; the hidden curriculum; hermeneutic phenomenology; phenomenology of practice; Pedagogik; Pedagogics;

   Abstract : This dissertation seeks to unveil and describe students’ experiences of school failure. Traditionally, research in the field has tended to approach school failure from a societal perspective, often construing school failure as a drop-out problem. READ MORE