Search for dissertations about: "student academic support"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words student academic support.

2. 1. Student Entrepreneurs : The Influence of University, Entrepreneurship Education and Research

   Author : Eva Berggren; Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand; Håkan Ylinenpää; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Student entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship education; student start-ups; university spin-offs; academic entrepreneurship; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis deals with the questions if and how entrepreneurship education and access to research at university stimulate student start-ups. The phenomenon of student entrepreneurs is approached in three empirical studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Upper Secondary School Student Engagement and Disengagement : in Blended Learning

   Author : Nina Bergdahl; Uno Fors; Ola Knutsson; Daniel Spikol; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary school; Student engagement; Student disengagement; Blended Learning; Technology-enhanced Learning; Mixed Methods; Information Society; informationssamhället;

   Abstract : The present research approaches Swedish upper secondary school students’ engagement and disengagement in Technology-enhanced Learning (TEL). To date, research on engagement in TEL have mainly focused on university-level students and have overlooked the dimension of disengagement. READ MORE

5. 3. Developing Academic Literacies in Times of Change : Scaffolding Literacies Acquisition with the Curriculum and ICT in Rwandan Tertiary Education

   Author : Charles Karoro Muhirwe; Ingrid Andersson; Nigel John Musk; Martin Stigmar; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic literacies; English for Specific Purposes ESP ; scaffolding; curriculum embedment; ICT; tertiary education; Rwanda; Academic literacies; allmän engelska och engelskt fackspråk; stödjande redskap; integrerade läroplaner; IKT; högre utbildning; Rwanda;

   Abstract : Inspired by the Bologna Process and other globalising influences from modern higher education, and driven by policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reforms that have ushered in expectations, requirements and demands that call for both reinvigorated and new academic literacies in undergraduate study since 2007. With its aim of producing a highly skilled human resource as a panacea for Rwanda’s social and economic development deficits, the tertiary education curriculum is more than never before focused on outcomes that are linked to further education and the labour market. READ MORE

6. 4. Teaching in an age of complexity : exploring academic change and development in higher education

   Author : Claire Englund; Anders D. Olofsson; Linda Price; Shirley Booth; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Academic Development; Educational Technology; Conceptions of Teaching and Learning; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Change and Development; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : Higher education (HE) has expanded and diversified at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate. Change and development are omnipresent, a constant part of university teachers’ sociocultural and organisational practice at multiple levels; the micro-level, the meso-level and the macro-level Against this background, the aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence academic change. READ MORE

7. 5. Social Climate and the Student in the Learning Environment : Advances in Assessment, Observation, and Coaching

   Author : Carina Wikman; Mara Westling Allodi; Laura Ferrer-Wreder; Snyder Patricia; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : classroom climate; social climate; social-emotional learning; whole child approach; self-concept; prosocial behaviors; well-being; academic achievement; intervention; Practice-Based Coaching; elementary school; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

   Abstract : Relationships and what is taking place socio-emotionally in the classroom may support or hinder students´ learning and development. All students benefit from a positive, supportive classroom climate, especially children with special educational needs. READ MORE