Search for dissertations about: "teachers beliefs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words teachers beliefs.

  2. 1. Learning and Teaching to Read in Kiswahili in Pre-Primary Classes in Tanzania : Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices

    Author : Richard Shukia; Christer Jacobson; Christer Ohlin; Ulf Fredriksson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pre-primary class; teachers’ beliefs; reading; instructional practices; curriculum intentions; Kiswahili; Tanzania; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Teachers’ beliefs have the potential to influence teachers’ instructional decisions and or even accept, resist or renegotiate the mandated curriculum intentions. Knowledge about these relations in pre-primary education in Tanzania is largely lacking. READ MORE

  4. 2. Computational problem solving in university physics education : Students’ beliefs, knowledge, and motivation

    Author : Madelen Bodin; Mikael Winberg; Diane Grayson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; physics education; computational physics; simulation; beliefs; motivation; mental models; network analysis; didactics of physics; fysikdidaktik;

    Abstract : Solving physics problem in university physics education with a computational approach requires knowledge and skills in several domains, for example, physics, mathematics, programming, and modelling. These competences are in turn related to students' beliefs about these domains as well as about learning, and their motivation to learn. READ MORE

  5. 3. Use of Digital Technologies in Education : The Complexity of Teachers' Everyday Practice

    Author : Sadaf Salavati; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg; Jeremy Rose; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cognitive Mapping; compulsory school education; digital technologies; focused ethnography; teachers; Soft Systems Methodology; Systems Thinking; Informatik; Information Systems;

    Abstract : In this dissertation the complex, dynamic, contextual and multi-dimensional practice of teachers’ use of digital technologies in their everyday work has been illustrated and presented. The research draws upon the experience of teachers and school leaders from two compulsory schools as well as representatives from the municipal Department of Education and IT-unit within a municipality in the south of Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Programmed or Not : A study about programming teachers’ beliefs and intentions in relation to curriculum

    Author : Lennart Rolandsson; Inga-Britt Skogh; Sirkku Männikkö Barbutiu; Erik Barendsen; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; computing; programming education; teachers’ beliefs; intentionality; curriculum development; curriculum studies; upper secondary school; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences;

    Abstract : In the intersection of technology, curriculum and intentions, a specific issue of interest is found in the gap between teachers’ intentions and implementations of curriculum. Instead of approaching curriculum and technology as something fait accompli, teachers are considered crucial in the re-discovery of what and how to teach. READ MORE

  7. 5. Changing Computer Programming Education; The Dinosaur that Survived in School : An explorative study of educational issues based on teachers' beliefs and curriculum development in secondary school

    Author : Lennart Rolandsson; Inga-Britt Skogh; Sirkku Männikkö-Barbutiu; Jonas Hallström; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; programming education; teachers beliefs; curriculum development; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : With the intention to contribute to research in computer programming education the thesis depicts the mind-set of teachers and their beliefs in relation to the early enactment of the informatics curriculum in Swedish upper secondary school. Two perspectives are covered in the thesis. READ MORE