Search for dissertations about: "university of Reading"

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2. 1. Att läsa : -ett behov, -ett krav, -en nödvändighet : en analys av den första internationellt jämförande studien av vuxnas förmåga att förstå och använda skriftlig information :  International Adult Literacy Survey = [Reading] : [-a need, a requirement, a necessity]

   Author : Anna-Lena Eriksson-Gustavsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : IALS; international comparative study; adults reading ability; adults reading habits; education; reading diaries; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : This is a presentation and an analysis of the International Adult Literacy Survey, IALS, the first international comparative study of reading ability and reading habits among adults. The study was carried out in seven countries in Europe and North America during 1994 och 1995. READ MORE

4. 2. The Making of a Reading Society : Developing a Culture of Reading in Rwanda

   Author : Pierre Canisius Ruterana; Ingrid Andersson; Monica Sandlund; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Reading culture; oral tradition; emergent literacy; Rwanda; students’ literacy experiences; responsibility for early literacy; children’s literature;

   Abstract : Following a growing concern among education stakeholders about the lack of a reading culture and low literacy levels among Rwandans in general and university students in particular, the aim of this thesis is to increase the awareness of Rwandans about the development of a reading culture and early literacy. To achieve this aim, four studies with participants representing different experiences related to reading culture were performed. READ MORE

5. 3. Prince of Fools? - A Close Reading of Antonin Artaud's "Le th��tre et son Double"

   Author : Jon Refsdal Moe; Ståle Wikshåland; Martin Puchner; Mikkel Bruun Zangenberg; University of Oslo Faculty of Humanities; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; artaud; deconstruction; theatre studies; aesthetics; aesthetic theory;

   Abstract : �Avhandlingen belyser sentrale problemstillinger i Le Th��tre et son Double (1938), en samling essays, brev og manifester der Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) tar til orde for en radikal omveltning av europeisk teater, og samtidig f�rer en radikal kritikk mot europeisk tenkesett, kultur og menneskeforst�else.�Jeg hevder at Artaud f�rer to forskjellige argumentasjonsrekker som m� holdes atskilt om vi skal forst� hans kunstneriske og kritiske prosjekt. READ MORE

6. 4. Scaffolding foreign language learners’ reading strategies using tablet computers at two secondary schools in Denmark

   Author : Nathalie Auer; UK University of Leicester; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mobile learning; reading strategies; digital reading; metacognition apply to reading;

   Abstract : The use of mobile devices for learning has led to an increased number of textbooks and reading materials being published in digital format. Specific digital literacies are required to take advantage of these digital texts, and students need to acquire these literacies if they are to read and learn efficiently. READ MORE

7. 5. Reading for Life : Three Studies of Swedish Students’ Literacy Development

   Author : Ulla Damber; Stefan Samuelsson; Mats Myrberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Literacy; fiction; second language learning; the deficit discourse; scaffolding; Läsning; skönlitteratur; andraspråksinlärning; bristdiskurs; stöttning; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore school classes with a higher level of achievement in reading than could be expected, with regard to socio-economic background factors and language background. What do those classes practice? Which attitudes towards reading and schooling do those children and their teachers display? The teacher and the classroom environment are in particular focus. READ MORE