Search for dissertations about: "student learning theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words student learning theory.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Bridging the gap between caring theory and nursing practice : Learning experiences of undergraduate nursing students in a caring behavior course

    Author : Sophie Mårtensson; Maria Björk; Susanne Knutsson; Anders Broström; Eric A. Hodges; Mariann Fossum; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Caring; Narrative pedagogy; Observational behavioral instrument; Qualitative method; Quantitative observational method; Reflective practice; Student-centered learning approach; Simulation; Swanson’s Theory of Caring; Undergraduate nursing education;

    Abstract : Background: Healthcare providers are obligated to practice with scientific knowledge in order to deliver high quality and safe care based on patients’ needs. Despite this obligation, complaints from care recipients and their significant others regarding healthcare providers’ lack of compassion and competent care in their professional encounters have increased. READ MORE

  5. 3. Learning Computing at University: Participation and Identity : A Longitudinal Study

    Author : Anne-Kathrin Peters; Arnold Pears; Anders Berglund; Anna Eckerdal; Lars Ulriksen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; computing education research; engineering education research; computer science; higher education; engagement; diversity; equity; gender; competencies; culture; longitudinal; identity; participation; power; agency; uniformity; communities of practice; social theory of learning; phenomenography; student reflections; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot datavetenskapens didaktik; Computer Science with specialization in Computer Science Education Research;

    Abstract : Computing education has struggled with student engagement and diversity in the student population for a long time. Research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education suggests that taking a social, long-term perspective on learning is a fruitful approach to resolving some of these persistent challenges. READ MORE

  6. 4. Shaped for beauty : Vocational and gendered subjectivities in private education for the beauty industry

    Author : Eleonor Bredlöv; Andreas Fejes; Susanne Köpsén; Elisabet Öhrn; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational Education and Training VET ; subjectivity; adult learning; power; gender; beauty industry; processes of becoming; caring knowledge; Yrkesutbildning; subjektivitet; vuxnas lärande; makt; genus; skönhetsindustrin; blivandeprocesser; omvårdnadskunskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to answer the question: How are vocational, gendered subjectivities produced in vocational education for the beauty industry? Drawing on Foucault and poststructural feminist theory, this question is answered in four papers, in which the material consists of beauty-school recruitment and marketing material, interviews with skin and spa therapy students and observations of practical skin and spa therapy training. These are educational arrangements that are closely bound to the economic sector of the beauty industry, and they have remained remarkably unexplored. READ MORE

  7. 5. Formulating knowledge: Engaging with issues of sustainable development through academic writing in engineering education

    Author : Ann-Marie Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; supervision; academic writing; engineering education; sociocultural theory; disciplinarity; interaction analysis; engineering education;

    Abstract : Given that knowledge in society is increasingly shaped by textuality and dependent on texts, higher education holds a special responsibility for introducing and guiding students into text practices contingent on disciplinary fields and their knowledge traditions. On a general level, this doctoral thesis investigates how participation in such text practices at university functions as a means for engaging students with knowledge that is new to them. READ MORE