Search for dissertations about: "Critical Thinking"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 147 swedish dissertations containing the words Critical Thinking.

  2. 21. Seeing through the lens of social justice: A threshold for engineering

    Author : Jens Kabo; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; liminality; threshold concepts; critical thinking; social justice; engineering education;

    Abstract : In recent times the need for educational research dedicated to engineering education has been recognised. This PhD project is a contribution to the development of engineering education scholarship and the growing body of engineering education research. In this project it was recognised that problem solving is a central activity to engineering. READ MORE

  4. 22. Being at home in business education : ... with sustainability

    Author : Lovísa Eiríksdóttir; Jenny Helin; Anu Valtonen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; business education; critical thinking; homecoming; post-qualitative inquiry; Arendt; sustainability;

    Abstract : This inquiry is about business education. At first, the intention was that it would be about sustainability in business education, but the engagement with questions of sustainability left the idea of business with deep wounds that opened up for new questions of how to take care of them. READ MORE

  5. 23. Learning history in an enquiry and source-based practice : What do students need to learn in relation to second-order concepts to be able to handle historical sources?

    Author : Anders Nersäter; Ulla Runesson Kempe; Carl-Johan Svensson; David Rosenlund; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history teaching; historical thinking; historical sources; second-order concepts; evidence; historical empathy; causation; variation theory; critical aspects; learning study;

    Abstract : In this thesis, results from three studies and a reanalysis have been combined to provide knowledge of what students need to learn in relation to the second-order concepts of evidence, historical empathy and causation, for them to be able to handle historical sources and construct accounts. Data has been collected in two intervention studies conducted in collaboration with a group of upper secondary teachers. READ MORE

  6. 24. Pharmacy Internship : Students’ Learning in a Professional Practice Setting

    Author : Andy Wallman; Lena Ring; Åsa Kettis-Lindblad; Maria Gustavsson; Marja Airaksinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pharmacy education; educational outcomes; pharmacy internship; advanced pharmacy practice experience; workplace education; tutoring; preceptoring; reflection; reflective practice; reflective journals; learning style; critical thinking; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; Samhällsfarmaci;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore Swedish pharmacist students’ learning during pharmacy internship. Internships are meant to introduce students to professional practice. READ MORE

  7. 25. The Quest for Edge Awareness, Lessons not yet learned : PhD Thesis on practical and situated usefulness of advanced technological systems among inescapable uncertainties and competing interests in a world of dynamic changes

    Author : Patrik Stensson; Anders Jansson; Pär Ågerfalk; Martin Norsell; Erik Hollnagel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; critical realism; human factors; situation awareness; resilience engineering; human-machine interaction; automation; autonomy; situated usefulness; systems thinking; sociotechnical systems; edge awareness; Människa-dator interaktion; Human-Computer Interaction;

    Abstract : This thesis problematizes the concept of usefulness, in part by taking questions to the extreme. The starting point is the contemporary view of usefulness, a view that remains within a traditional paradigm of technical rationality in which important aspects are disregarded or not perceived because they are not part of the equation. READ MORE