Search for dissertations about: "contextualization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the word contextualization.

2. 1. A structural view on conceptual change : Integration, differentiation, and contextualization as fundamental aspects of individual meaning making

   Author : Åsa Larsson; Jon Ohlsson; Erno Lehtinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual development; conceptual change; coherence; contextualization; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : Conceptual development and conceptual change processes are described by a longitudinal study on preschool children’s conception of the earth. Conceptual change is often described as a causal process in which changes in an embraced system of beliefs result in a new system of beliefs. READ MORE

4. 2. The Vulnerable Power of Worship A Study of a Power Approach to Contextualization in Christian Mission

   Author : Mats Rydinger; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religious Studies and Theology; Ritual Strategies; Religious Field; Power negotiation; Mission; Contextualization; Missio Dei; Religion och teologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the process of contextualizing the Christian discourse with a specific focus on worship and power negotiation. The study is based on literature, interviews and approximately six months of fieldwork in the U.S. in the years 1996,1998, and 2004. READ MORE

5. 3. The World of the Sumerian Mother Goddess : An Interpretation of Her Myths

   Author : Therese Rodin; Eva Hellman; Mattias Gardell; Jakob Andersson; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sumerian mother goddess; Mesopotamia; myth; Ninḫursaĝa; Ninmaḫ; Enki; kingship; midwifery; birth-giving; creation; death; sexual intercourse; gender; ideology; contextualization; History of Religions; Religionshistoria; Intercultural Studies;

   Abstract : The present study is an interpretation of the two myths copied in the Old Babylonian period in which the Sumerian mother goddess is one of the main actors. The first myth is commonly called “Enki and Ninḫursaĝa”, and the second “Enki and Ninmaḫ”. The theoretical point of departure is that myths have society as their referents, i.e. READ MORE

6. 4. Approaching Mathematical Discourse : Two analytical frameworks and their relation to problem solving interactions

   Author : Andreas Ryve; Kimmo Eriksson; Inger Wistedt; Anna Sfard; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Didactics of Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Analytical approaches; Communication; Concept maps; Contextualization; Discourse; Engineering students; Higher Education; Intentional analysis; Methodological framworks; Problem solving; Prospective teachers; Student teachers; Teacher education; Theoretical frameworks; MATHEMATICS; MATEMATIK; Matematik tillämpad matematik;

   Abstract : The driving force of conducting the two studies presented in this thesis is to examine ways that conceptual understanding and problem solving could be part of mathematics teaching, and through that, part of students' mathematical knowledge. The specific aims of the thesis are: 1) to characterize the classroom discourse of two, apparently similar, problem solving courses in teacher education and 2) to discuss the possibilities of developing two analytical approaches - the communicational approach to cognition and the dialogical approach - used for studying mathematical discourse. READ MORE

7. 5. Planning contexts : Bureaucracy and rule relations in French urbanism

   Author : Jenny Lindblad; Jonathan Metzger; Maria Håkansson; Simone Abram; KTH; []
   Keywords : urban planning; bureaucracy; plans; interpretative practices; contextualization; France; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis examines practices of contextualization in urban planning in Bordeaux. While planning theorists have established the importance of attending to the diversecontexts that shape urban planning, few studies have inquired about the ways urbanplanning activities shape contexts. READ MORE