Search for dissertations about: "Alternative conceptions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Alternative conceptions.

2. 1. Conceptions and artefacts : Children's understanding of the earth in the presence of visual representations

   Author : Karin Ehrlén; Ola Halldén; Stella Vosniadou; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual understanding; cultural conventions; visual representations; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The studies in this thesis explore children’s understanding of the earth when presented with visual representations. The conceptual understanding is related to cognitive contexts as well as the physical and cultural state. Pictures and models, as communicative tools, are associated with both cognition and culture. READ MORE

4. 2. Design And Body : Exploring Conceptions Of The Body In Fashion Design Processes

   Author : Faseeh Saleem; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Body alternatives; alternative body expressions; fashion design processes; conceptions of the body; design thinking; artistic research; fashion design education programmes;

   Abstract : The human body has been considered to be an active element and is a common starting point of fashion design processes. However, during these processes, understanding of the body and how it is used to design is often confined by the body’s standard spatial and structural characteristics. READ MORE

5. 3. Ethical and normative reasoning on climate change : Conceptions and solutions among students in a Chinese context

   Author : Li Sternäng; Cecilia Lundholm; Ola Halldén; Alan Reid; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alternative framework; climate change; conception; contextualization; decision making; economic development; environmental education; intentional analysis; learning; meaning making; moral reasoning; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : Previous research in environmental education and learning has mainly concerned students’ understanding of natural scientific knowledge, whereas research on the influence of other knowledge in learning environmental issues is marginal. Also, the interest in most studies investigating students’ natural scientific knowledge has been to capture constraints in students’ understanding, hence investigations of students’ meaning making are rare. READ MORE

6. 4. Understanding Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain : Assessment, Lived Experience and Conceptions

   Author : Hanna Ljungvall; Pernilla Åsenlöf; Nitya Jayaram-Lindström; Uppsala universitet; []
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   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis was to improve the understandings of opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) by examining the feasibility of different assessment methods of substance use, and opioid use disorder (OUD), and exploring the sense-making of opioid therapy in CNCP.  Methods: In study I, the reliability of the Addiction Severity Index Self-Report form (ASI-SR) was assessed by the agreement (intraclass correlation (ICC)) between the composite scores (CS) of the ASI interview and the ASI-SR, internal consistency of the CS subscales measured with Cronbach’s α, and sensitivity and specificity of the alcohol and drug CS’s, using Receiver Operating Characteristics analyses. READ MORE

7. 5. Making science come alive : Student-generated stop-motion animations in science education

   Author : Daniel Orraryd; Lena Tibell; Jesper Haglund; Jörg Zabel; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stop-motion animation; Student generated representations; Evolution; Alternative conceptions; Redox chemistry;

   Abstract : The availability of digital technology in classrooms does not only increase the possibility for teachers to present content in new visual and dynamic ways. This technology also offers students the opportunity to become cocreators of content in science classrooms. READ MORE