Search for dissertations about: "educational organizations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words educational organizations.

  2. 1. Managerial Dilemmas of a Borderland Position : Professional Standardization in the Swedish School-age Educare

    Author : Richard Andersson; Carl-Henrik Adolfsson; Per Lindqvist; Mette Liljenberg; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; educational reform; educational management; school improvement; school-age educare; sensemaking; professional standards; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of the thesis is to explore how local school management actors, i.e. school principals and municipal management staff, interpret and enact changes in their organizations following the demands and intentions derived from the teacher certification reform in Swedish School-age Educare. READ MORE

  4. 2. Politics of Contemporary Education Policy : The case of programming in the Swedish curriculum

    Author : Anthemis Raptopoulou; Tore West; Jonas Gustafsson; Ulrika Bennerstedt; Neil Selwyn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; policy; politics; education policy; educational technology; digitalization of education; programming; coding; policy networks; network ethnography; critical discourse analysis; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : In recent years, computer programming has been introduced into school curricula in several national education systems across the world making it a key issue on the education policy agenda. In March 2017, the Swedish Government announced their decision to introduce programming as a mandatory teaching element as of the first grade of primary school. READ MORE

  5. 3. Telementoring Physics: University-Community After-school Collaborations and the Mediation of the Formal/ Informal Divide

    Author : Robert A. Lecusay; Michael Cole; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; informal learning; cultural historical activity theory; science education;

    Abstract : For several decades improvement of science education has been a major concern of policy makers concerned that the U.S. is a “nation at risk” owing to the dearth of students pursing careers in science. READ MORE

  6. 4. The heart of learning organizations : exploring competence for change

    Author : Thomas Hansson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Organisational theory and leadership theory form complementary sides of the researched object. It is a shared belief that organisations must learn to adapt to the influence of society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Epistemic beliefs and conceptions of competence in education for sustainable development

    Author : Marie Grice; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education for sustainable development; epistemic beliefs; teachers ESD competences; measuring instruments; exploratory factor analysis; philosophizing with; ethical competence; action readiness;

    Abstract : Education for sustainable development (ESD) raises critical questions regarding what knowledge should be taught and what the learning outcomes should be. The aim of this thesis is to explore epistemological, ethical and critical dimensions of ESD. There are two empirical sites. READ MORE