Search for dissertations about: "compulsory school education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 104 swedish dissertations containing the words compulsory school education.

  2. 1. Upper Secondary Education: Access, Choices and Graduation

    Author : Vivika Halapuu; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Sandra McNally; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary education; Vocational education; Access to education; School choice; Skill inputs; High school performance; Graduation standards; School-to-work transition; Job match quality; Disability insurance; Education policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: We study how Swedish high school students match with programs given their skill endowments at the time of choosing. Using detailed administrative data on high school admissions and earlier school achievement, we construct a multidimensional measure of program match quality, reflecting the extent to which students select into programs with skill requirements that align with their skill portfolio. READ MORE

  4. 2. Nature's Canon : The Formation and Change of the Science Curriculum in Swedish Compulsory School 1842–2007

    Author : Magnus Hultén; Ingrid Carlgren; Svein Sjøberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Compulsory school; Science education; Curriculum history; Textbook; Primary; Secondary; Ideology; naturkunskap; naturkunnighet; naturorientering; naturvetenskap; folkskola; grundskola; lärmedel; läroböcker; lärobok; läroplansteori; läroplanshistoria; innehåll; ideologi; utbildning; fysik; kemi; biologi; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the science curriculum in Swedish compulsory school 1842–2007. National curricula, textbooks, textbook adverts, and handbooks are analysed. These all have a strong position in defining the school curricula and their contents, methods and aims, and can therefore be called canonic texts. READ MORE

  5. 3. Integrated and Subject-specific : An empirical exploration of Science education in Swedish compulsory school

    Author : I. Maria Åström; Karl-Göran Karlsson; Lars Owe Dahlgren; Björn Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science education; international studies; PISA; curriculum integration; Education; Pedagogik; Subject didactics; didactics of natural science;

    Abstract : This thesis is an explorative experimental study in two parts of different ways of organising Science education in the Swedish context. The first study deals with the question if students attain higher scores on test results if they have been working with integrated Science compared to subject-specific Science i.e. Biology, Chemistry and Physics. READ MORE

  6. 4. What do students’ feel about mathematics? : Compulsory school students’ emotions and motivation towards mathematics

    Author : Martin Nyman; Lovisa Sumpter; Kerstin Larsson; Peter Liljedahl; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Motivation; Emotion; Feelings; Primary education; Compulsory education; Motivation; Känslor; Grundskola; Grundskolelever; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis deals with compulsory school students’ expressed emotions and motivation towards mathematics. Theoretically, it has been guided by Hannula’s meta-theory on affect (e.g., 2012), of which emotion and motivation are part. READ MORE

  7. 5. To Describe, Transmit or Inquire : Ethics and technology in school

    Author : Viktor Gardelli; Gudmundur Frimannsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Ethics; Technology; Dialog; Philosophy; Philosophy with children; School; Curriculum; Interviews; Pedagogik; Skola; Etik; Teknik; Utbildningsfilosofi; Filosofi; Filosofi med barn; Dialog; Internet; Läroplan; Intervjuer; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Ethics is of vital importance to the Swedish educational system, as in many other educational systems around the world. Yet, it is unclear how ethics should be dealt with in school, and prior research and evaluations have found serious problems regarding ethics in education. READ MORE