Search for dissertations about: "Didactics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 300 swedish dissertations containing the word Didactics.

2. 11. Critical features and impacts of mathematics teacher professional development programs : Comparing and characterizing programs implemented at scale

   Author : Jannika Lindvall; Andreas Ryve; Marie Wiberg; Torulf Palm; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; critical features; mathematics; teacher professional development; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge base on conceptualizations and impacts of teacher professional development (PD) programs. This is done by studying the case of two large-scale teacher PD programs. READ MORE

4. 12. Supporting instructional improvement at scale : The role of teacher professional development programs and mathematics curriculum materials

   Author : Jannika Lindvall; Andreas Ryve; Marie Wiberg; Magnus Österholm; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; large-scale teacher professional development; core conceptual framework; mathematics curriculum materials; student achievement; mathematics instruction; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : We are currently witnessing an increase of international interest in mathematics education, fueled partly by the growing concerns of students’ declining results, but also by changed perceptions of what mathematics students should master. In response, many initiatives have appeared in order to move away from traditional to more inquiry based approaches to teaching. READ MORE

5. 13. Traditions and Challenges : Special Support in Swedish Independent Compulsory Schools

   Author : Gunnlaugur Magnússon; Kerstin Göransson; Claes Nilholm; Alan Dyson; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; special education; inclusion; school choice; education reform; independent schools; compulso-ry schools; pupils in need of special support; SENCOs; special education teachers; critical pragmatism; Thomas M. Skrtic; specialpedagogik; inkludering; skolval; utbildningsreformer; fristående skolor; grundskolan; elever i behov av särskilt stöd; specialpedagoger; speciallärare; kritisk pragmatism; Thomas M. Skrtic; Didactics; didaktik; Curriculum Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis has two overarching aims. The first is to generate further knowledge about Swedish independent schools, specifically regarding the organisation and provision of special support and how these relate to special educational traditions and inclusive education. READ MORE

6. 14. In Quest of the Globally Good Teacher : Exploring the need, the possibilities, and the main elements of a globally relevant core curriculum for teacher education

   Author : Kamran Namdar; Margareta Sandström; Jonas Stier; Jagdish Gundara; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teacher education; teacher role; core curriculum; Reconstructionism; globalization; transformative agency; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : This primarily theoretical-philosophical study is aimed at identifying the main principles according to which a globally relevant core curriculum for teacher education could be devised at a critical juncture in human history. In order to do that, a Weberian ideal type of the globally good teacher is outlined. READ MORE

7. 15. Teaching as Attention Formation : A Relational Approach to Teaching and Attention

   Author : Johannes Rytzler; Carl Anders Säfström; Gert Biesta; Niclas Månsson; Christiane Thompson; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teaching; Attention; Didaktik; Rancière; Philosophy of Education; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to put forth and explore a notion of teaching as a practice of attention formation. Drawing on educational philosophy and the Didaktik/Pädagogik-traditions, teaching is explored as a relational and lived-though practice that can promote, form, and share attention. READ MORE