Search for dissertations about: "meaning making in science classes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning making in science classes.
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1. Bilingual students' learning in science : Language, gestures and phyiscal artefacts
Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to examine how language, gestures and physical artefacts are used in science classes with emergent bilingual students who do not share the same minority language as their classmates or teachers. The purpose is to contribute to findings that can enhance emergent bilingual students’ learning in science. READ MORE
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2. Learning Science Through Aesthetic Experience in Elementary School : Aesthetic Judgement, Metaphor and Art
Abstract : This thesis considers the role of aesthetic meaning-making in elementary school science learning. Children’s aesthetic experiences are traced through their use of aesthetic judgements, spontaneous metaphors and art activities. The thesis is based on four empirical studies: the first two examining children’s language use, i.e. READ MORE
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3. Sharing lived experience : How upper secondary school chemistry teachers and students use narratives to make chemistry more meaningful
Abstract : This dissertation concerns the place of teachers’ and students’ narratives in making school chemistry more meaningful to students. The material was collected at upper secondary school courses and consists of interviews with six experienced chemistry teachers, five adult students attending evening classes and six younger students. READ MORE
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4. MODELLING-BASED TEACHING IN CHEMISTRY IN A MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT : A tool to explore and visualise the non-spontaneous and abstract?
Abstract : The thesis aims to investigate modelling-based teaching in the multilingual context. Modelling-based teaching concerns when students create, discuss, and evaluate representations to visualise concepts and processes. In this thesis, modelling-based teaching has been used in polymer chemistry at a Swedish secondary school. READ MORE
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5. Social Networks and Privacy
Abstract : Centralized online social networks pose a threat to their users’ privacy as social network providers have unlimited access to users’ data. Decentralized social networks address this problem by getting rid of the provider and giving control to the users themselves, meaning that only the end-users themselves should be able to control access of other parties to their data. READ MORE