Search for dissertations about: "Dissertation about education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the words Dissertation about education.

  2. 1. Speaking of Geometry : A study of geometry textbooks and literature on geometry instruction for elementary and lower secondary levels in Sweden, 1905-1962, with a special focus on professional debates

    Author : Johan Prytz; Staffan Rodhe; Anders Öberg; Sten Kaijser; Jan van Maanen; Patricio Herbst; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematics; geometry instruction; mathematics education; Sweden; textbook; curriculum; professional; elementary school; secondary school; history of mathematics education; history of mathematics; history of education; MATEMATIK;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with geometry instruction in Sweden in the period 1905-1962. The purpose is to investigate textbooks and other literature used by teachers in elementary schools (ES) and lower secondary schools (LSS) – Folkskolan and Realskolan – connection to geometry instruction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Education and Fertility : Dynamic Interrelations between Women’s Educational Level, Educational Field and Fertility in Sweden

    Author : Karin Tesching; Gunnar Andersson; Ronald R. Rindfuss; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; educational level; educational field; fertility; Sweden; Demography; demografi;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses three aspects of the link between a woman’s educational trajectory and her childbearing behaviour. Special attention is paid to educational field as a further dimension of education next to educational enrolment and educational level. READ MORE

  5. 3. Without mast, without sails, without compass : Non-traditional trajectories into higher education and the duality of the folk-market

    Author : Reed T. Curtis; Klara Bolander Laksov; Max Scheja; Fredrik Hertzberg; Rie Thomsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; educational trajectories; self-efficacy; collective efficacy; sociocultural history; Sweden; neoliberalism; education; university; school choice; career guidance; statist individualism; folkhem; transitions; pragmatism; late modernity; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : In 1809, the trajectory of Swedish history and the identities associated with the country changed after Finland was lost to Russia. Swedish General von Döbeln explained that the loss left the nation "without mast, without sails, without compass." The research within this dissertation is not of war but of a similar sense of loss. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cultivating humanity in science education : A capabilities approach to students' critical examination of public issues in science education

    Author : Jonna Wiblom; Maria Andrée; Carl-Johan Rundgren; Erik Knain; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science education; critical examination; public issues; Martha Nussbaum; the capabilities approach; ‘world citizenship’; narrative imagination; research ethics; participatory research; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about science education as an education for citizenship with a particular focus on the potential of inviting students to participate in critical examination of public issues in the media. Through digital media, a vast amount of health-related information is readily available to the public. READ MORE

  7. 5. One more time! : parents' and habilitation teams' conceptions of conductive education and support to children with motor disabilities

    Author : Lena Lind; Jane Brodin; Ingrid Liljeroth; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conductive education; special education; cerebral palsy; motor disabilities; habilitation; play; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation has been to increase the knowledge about support to children with CP injuries and to find out what they and their families need, expect, desire and can hope to receive. The aim is also to describe conductive education and investigate what ideas and experiences children, parents and habilitation staff have of it. READ MORE