Search for dissertations about: "motivation and attitudes towards learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words motivation and attitudes towards learning.

2. 1. Learning Chemistry at the University level : Student attitudes, motivation, and design of the learning environment

   Author : C. Anders R. Berg; Johan Lithner; Lisbeth Lundahl; Helge Strömdahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : laboratory work; open experiments; attitude; university level; motivation; cognitive load; laboratory instruction styles; attitude change; design of learning situation; student questions.;

   Abstract : The main purpose of the research this thesis is based upon was to study students’ attitudes towards learning chemistry at university level and their motivation from three perspectives. How can students’ attitudes towards learning chemistry be assessed? How can these attitudes be changed? How are learning situations experienced by students with different attitude positions? An attitude questionnaire, assessing views of knowledge, learning assessments, laboratory activities, and perceived roles of instructors and student, was used to estimate students’ attitude positions. READ MORE

4. 2. Language policy and Sámi education in Sweden : ideological and implementational spaces for Sámi language use

   Author : Kristina Belancic; Eva Lindgren; Patrik Lantto; Ylva Jannok Nutti; Hilde Sollid; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sámi language use; Sámi Indigenous education; implementational and ideological spaces; Swedish Sápmi; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik;

   Abstract : In Sámi schools in Sweden, the use of the Sámi languages and Swedish as languages of instruction is regulated by government and education policy; legislation allows Sámi and Swedish to be used for teaching and learning. However, agency and personal beliefs about Sámi languages play important roles in language use. READ MORE

5. 3. Safety Culture in Sea and Aviation Transport

   Author : Åsa Ek; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; organizational climate; air traffic control; safety culture; passenger shipping; airport ground handling; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Development psychology; Utvecklingspsykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Technological sciences; Teknik; Säkerhetsteknik; Safety technology;

   Abstract : The research presented in this thesis investigates sea and aviation transport safety culture, with a focus on perceptions and attitudes. A safety culture reflects the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values that individuals share in relation to safety. READ MORE

6. 4. Feeling ready and always more to learn : Students' journeys towards becoming a professional nurse

   Author : Susanne Lundell Rudberg; Hanna Lachmann; Margareta Westerbotn; Max Scheja; Hans Hjelmqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sophiahemmet Högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Background: Well-educated competent professional nurses are needed to ensure sustainable healthcare systems and reduce health inequalities. Nursing is a global profession, and the requirements and competences vary between regions regarding both education and professional requirements. READ MORE

7. 5. Young students’ Language Choice in Swedish compulsory school – expectations, learning and assessment

   Author : Ingela Finndahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young language learners; modern languages; language learner beliefs; teaching; assessment; agency;

   Abstract : The second foreign language, referred to as Modern Languages in the Swedish curriculum, begins no later than year 6 in compulsory school. Swedish students normally make their Language Choice (in Swedish “Språkval”) in year 5 and begin their learning of the chosen language in year 6. READ MORE