Search for dissertations about: "Adult"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 2372 swedish dissertations containing the word Adult.

  2. 11. Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development : Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

    Author : Caroline Kerfoot; Christopher Stroud; Elsa Auerbach; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adult literacy; adult basic education; agency; citizenship; critical applied linguistics; development; linguistic citizenship; multilingualism; reflexivity; resemiotisation; voice.; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. READ MORE

  4. 12. Rewards to skill supply, skill demand and skill match-mismatch: Studies using the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills survey

    Author : Richard Desjardins; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; skill mismatch; Education mismatch; overeducation; skill use; adult literacy; adult education; segmentation theory;

    Abstract : This thesis is a collection of three independent but closely related studies. The focus is on the potential causes of skill mismatch, the extent of skill mismatch, the socio-demographic make-up of skill mismatch, and the consequences of skill mismatch in terms of earnings as well as employer sponsored adult education/training. READ MORE

  5. 13. Adult and pediatric trauma : outcomes and health-related quality of life

    Author : Kerstin Sluys; Lars E Eriksson; Lennart Iselius; Tom Häggmark; Leanne Aitken; Röda Korsets Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Trauma; Injury; Health- related quality of life; Follow- up; Pediatric; Adolescents; SF-36; PedsQL 4; 0; trauma;

    Abstract : Background: Trauma is the number one killer of children and young adults and the  most common cause for hospital admissions for these age-groups in Sweden. Trauma is  also one of the most common causes for hospital care and early death for older people. READ MORE

  6. 14. From child to adult : a longitudinal study of hereditary and environmental influences on development for males and females

    Author : Anna-Lena Lange; Ingemar Fägerlind; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pedagogik; Education;

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  7. 15. From young to adult : health consequences of unemployment from a gender perspective

    Author : Ieva Reine; Anne Hammarström; Mehmed Novo; Kristina Alexanderson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unemployment; reemployment; unstable labour market position; active labour market measures; psychological health; smoking; alcohol consumption; self-rated health; gender; age; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Background The point of departure in this thesis is that unemployment is a recognised determinant of health, which may vary between different ages and among men and women. Despite governmental policies to tackle unemployment and ease its effects on health, unemployment continues to bea growing public health problem. READ MORE