Search for dissertations about: "authentic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 178 swedish dissertations containing the word authentic.

2. 1. Authentic Language : Övdalsk, metapragmatic exchange and the margins of Sweden’s linguistic market

   Author : David Karlander; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Tomas Riad; Judith T. Irvine; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; authenticity; history of linguistic thought; indexicality; linguistic anthropology; linguistic minorities; metalanguage; metapragmatics; philosophical anthropology; Övdalsk; autenticitet; filosofisk antropologi; indexikalitet; lingvistisk antropologi; metaspråk; metapragmatik; språkliga minoriteter; språkvetenskapens idéhistoria; älvdalska; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis engages with practices that in some way place stakes in the social existence of Övdalsk (also älvdalska, Elfdalian, Övdalian), a marginal form of Scandinavian used mainly in Sweden’s Älvdalen municipality. The practices at hand range from early 20th century descriptive dialectology and contemporary lay-linguistics to language advocacy and language political debate. READ MORE

4. 2. Assessing Scientific Literacy as Participation in Civic Practices : Affordances and constraints for developing a practice for authentic classroom assessment of argumentation, source critique and decision-making

   Author : Jens Anker-Hansen; Maria Andrée; Per-Olof Wickman; Aik Ling Tan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific literacy; assessment; authentic; communities of practice; expansive learning; argumentation; peer assessment; moderation meetings; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : This thesis takes a departure from a view of scientific literacy as situated in participation in civic practices. From such a view, it becomes problematic to assess scientific literacy through decontextualised test items only dealing with single aspects of participation in contexts concerned with science. READ MORE

5. 3. Teacher to learner and back again : a narrative inquiry into teacher voice in professional learning

   Author : Lena Glaés-Coutts; Shelley Stagg Peterson; Canada University of Toronto; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; authentic; experienced teachers; knowledge; narrative; Ontario; professional learning; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : My research investigates how four experienced Ontario elementary teachers use their personal and professional knowledge to define what they consider to be personal, purposeful and relevant professional learning, or authentic professional learning (Mockler, 2013; Webster-Wright, 2009). Authentic learning is here understood to represent what the teachers themselves described as their lived experiences of ongoing professional learning, and what they identified as relevant and purposeful for their continued professional, as well as personal learning. READ MORE

6. 4. Searching for Authentic Living Through Native Faith : The Maausk Movement in Estonia

   Author : Jenni Rinne; Maria Zackariasson; David Thurfjell; Laura Stark; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; native faith; neo-paganism; affect; affective pattern; emotions; place; tradition; authenticity; neoliberalism; globalisation; identity; Estonia; lived religion; post-soviet; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : The broad aim of this thesis is twofold: firstly, I contextualise the Maausk movement and its practitioners’ understandings in relation to history and the surrounding society; secondly, I analyse the affective and embodied experiences of being a Maausk practitioner from a phenomenological perspective.The thesis focuses on the formation and practice of Maausk, which is perceived to be deeply tied to the society and history where it exists. READ MORE

7. 5. Authentic Communication and Trustworthy Location in Mobile Networks

   Author : Felipe Boeira; Mikael Asplund; Marinho Barcellos; Alexey Vinel; Panos Papadimitratos; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Widespread mobile network connectivity has changed society and, consequently, increased our dependency on its proper functioning for transportation, safety, finance, and more. This thesis is concerned with improving the security of mobile networks and focuses on two such instances: vehicular and cellular networks. READ MORE