Search for dissertations about: "Alternative learning theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the words Alternative learning theory.

  2. 1. Learning Managerial Work : First-line Managers’ Learning in Everyday Work within Swedish Elderly Care

    Author : Karin Wastesson; Maria Gustavsson; Peter Nilsson; Anna Fogelberg Eriksson; Oscar Rantatalo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-line manager; Workplace learning; Managerial work; Community of practice; Gender; Elderly care; Första-linjechef; Arbetsplatslärande; Chefsarbete; Praktikgemenskap; Genus; Äldreomsorg;

    Abstract : This study’s overall aim is to contribute knowledge about first-line managers’ learning in everyday work within the context of elderly care. The study used a qualitative research approach and was carried out within four Swedish elderly care organisations. A total of 40 first-line managers were interviewed, 10 of whom kept time-use diaries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Rethinking power in participatory planning : Towards reflective practice

    Author : Martin Westin; Kaisa Raitio; Tim Richardson; Camilo Calderon; Jonna Bornemark; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Power; participation; frame theory; planning; planners; facilitation; reflective practice; phronesis; Makt; deltagande; dialog; ramteori; planering; planerare; facilitering; process design; reflekterande praktik;

    Abstract : High hopes for democracy and sustainability are placed on participatory planning. Policy makers and scholars argue that broad participation can revitalise democracy and tackle sustainability challenges. Yet, critics claim that power asymmetries stand in the way of realising the potential of participatory planning. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Epistemology of practice and its consequences in practice : Educating for knowing-in-action in working life

    Author : Marie Moström Åberg; Susanna Toivanen; Kerstin Isaksson; Ing-Marie Andersson; Gunnar Rosén; Lena Wilhelmson; Tina Forsberg; Camilla Thunborg; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Life Studies; arbetslivsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Education and competence development are of increased interest in today’s society and organizations, to increase the wellbeing, lifelong learning, and mobility of the labor force, and contribute to companies’ global competition. As a consequence, formal and informal education is growing. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Field of Veiled Continuities : Studies in the Methodology and Theory of Educational Research

    Author : Corrado Matta; Klas Roth; Anna-Lena Kempe; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Harold Kincaid; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Methodology of Educational Research; Educational Theory; Educational Philosohy; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Causal Explanations of Actions; Qualtative Methods; Scientific Representation; Learning; Actor Network Theory; Ontic Structural Realism; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Empirical educational research enjoys a methodological and theoretical debate that is characterized by a number of unresolved and lively debated controversies. This compilation thesis is an attempt to contribute to this debate using the toolbox of philosophy of science.The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four essays. READ MORE