Search for dissertations about: "support, education"

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  2. 1. Learner support for distance learners : A study of six cases of ICT-based distance education institutions in China

    Author : Shuting Gao; Vinayagum Chinapah; Shangwu Zhao; Chang Zhu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learner support; student support; support services; peer support; learner center; collaborative learning; interaction; motivation; critical thinking; creative thinking; deep learning; higher order learning; group learning; small group work; Community of Inquiry CoI ; ICT-based distance learning; Radio and TV University; distance education; Web-based learning; e-Learning; adult education; higher education; International and Comparative Education; internationell och jämförande pedagogik;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on learner support in Chinese distance education. It draws a picture of Chinese modern distance education, covering the major issues in the field of learner support, and small group work as peer support. READ MORE

  4. 2. Support and Resistance : Ambivalence in Special Education

    Author : Mara Westling Allodi; Ulla Lahtinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; comprehensive school; disability; psychosocial environment; self-concept; special education; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : Support and Resistance discusses the interaction between pupils of different abilities and the school organisation. The dissertation has its point of departure in the views of pupils, both those with special support and their classmates. It outlines how school is – and how it should be – in the views of schoolchildren. READ MORE

  5. 3. Teachers' Retention in Tanzanian Remote Secondary Schools : Exploring Perceived Challenges and Support

    Author : Raymond Boniface; Martin Stigmar; Jan Håkansson; Christer Ohlin; Sven Andersson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Challenges; Organizational Support; Remote Schools; Secondary Education; Support; Teacher Retention; Tanzania; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : Teacher retention is a global challenge, and many developed and developing countries are struggling to staff and retain teachers in schools, particularly in low-performing, remote, and less desirable areas. In most of these countries, Tanzania in particular, the efficacy of fiscally inclined teachers’ retention strategies continues to be dubious. READ MORE

  6. 4. Educational pathways and transitions in the early school years : Special educational needs, support provisions and inclusive education

    Author : Johanna Lundqvist; Mara Westling Allodi; Eva Siljehag; Susan Sandall; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bioecological model; children’s views; disability; drawings; first grade; inclusive education; leisure-time centre; longitudinal; mixed method; multiple-case study; preschool; preschool-class; special education; support; transitions; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this research is to describe and analyse the educational pathways from preschool to school of a group of children with and without special educational needs. The aim is also to describe and analyse children’s views and experiences of early years education, and how these can be obtained. READ MORE

  7. 5. New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR

    Author : Kongsy Chounlamany; Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh; Britt-Marie Berge; Ann-Louise Silfver; Marianne Bloch; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : education; reform; new methods of teaching; student-centred education; gender; ethnicity; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. READ MORE