Search for dissertations about: "local development work in school"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words local development work in school.
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1. Adolescent self-reported health in the Umeå region : Associations with behavioral, parental and school factors
Abstract : This thesis consists of a quantitative and a qualitative study. The quantitative study (articles I-III) aimed to examine how self-reported health in adolescence is associated with behavioral, parental, and school factors. Through a survey directed at all adolescents in grades 7-9, data were collected in 2005 in a region in northern Sweden (n=5060). READ MORE
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2. English-medium instruction for young learners in Sweden : A longitudinal case study of a primary school class in a bilingual English-Swedish school
Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the policies, perspectives, and practices of language use in a bilingual English-Swedish primary class during Grades 4–6, where English was the medium of instruction in several subjects. A rapidly increasing number of Swedish compulsory schools offer these programs, which are often associated with high status and academic achievement (Skolverket, 2010). READ MORE
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3. Future School Management : Do Plans and Needs Match? A Comparative Study with Examples from Four OECD-Countries
Abstract : The overriding aim of this study is to focus a factor affecting the readiness of the education systems of four OECD countries (or, to be quite correct, three countries and one state in the U.S.) to meet and adapt to changing demands and expectations on educational outcome. READ MORE
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4. Improving school functioning – the inschool and out of school blend – the Sri Lankan effort
Abstract : Sri Lanka’s past, present and future efforts to improve the provision of education are in focus. Decentralization of education is reviewed. READ MORE
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5. Agents of change and policies of scale : A policy study of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in Education
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe and understand the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise projects in primary and secondary schools in the North of Sweden and to identify and analyse the driving forces and actors behind this process. In particular the influence and significance of education policy at supranational, national and subnational level for the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise in education are analysed. READ MORE