Search for dissertations about: "Academic development"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 328 swedish dissertations containing the words Academic development.

2. 16. 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

4. 17. Chronic stress among adolescents : Contributing factors and associations with academic achievement

   Author : Karin Schraml; Aleksander Perski; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chronic stress; adolescents; academic achievement; sleep; social jetlag; self-esteem; demand-control-support; gender; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : According to recent nationwide surveys there have been dramatic increases in stress and serious stress-related health problems among Swedish adolescents. The aims of the present thesis were to investigate the prevalence of perceived chronic stress among sixteen-year-old adolescents who attended their first year at high-ranking high schools in the Stockholm area, to examine if factors that have been found to be relevant in the development of chronic stress among adults also contribute to chronic stress among adolescents, and to investigate the associations between chronic stress and sleep-related variables and academic achievement. READ MORE

5. 18. Profession on the move : Changing conditions and gendered development in physiotherapy

   Author : Ann Öhman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : career; gender; division of labour; physiotherapy; health care; professional socialisation; professional development; gendered habitus; field; symbolic capital;

   Abstract : Physiotherapy in Sweden has developed from a practical, hands-on, assistant job predominantly taught at college level to a university-based academic discipline emphasising evidence-based practice and research. Women are in majority although an increasing number of men have entered the profession. READ MORE

6. 19. 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

7. 20. Design Moves : translational processes and academic entrepreneurship in design labs

   Author : Luca Simeone; Katarina Wetter Edman; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : design studies; interaction design; design management; academic entrepreneurship; translation; design moves; modes of translation; strategic ambiguity;

   Abstract : This study investigates the relation between the design activity and entrepreneurial ambition of three academic labs: MIT Senseable City Lab, metaLAB (at) Harvard, and Medea at Malmö University. These labs are positioned at the borderland of academic research, as they operate in connection with external stakeholders (industry, NGOs, government institutions) through, for example, joint strategies of intellectual property management or the creation of start-ups. READ MORE