Search for dissertations about: "Educational science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 357 swedish dissertations containing the words Educational science.

2. 1. Education, Stratification and Reform : Educational Institutions in Comparative Perspective

   Author : Marcus Österman; Joakim Palme; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Jan Teorell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Detracking; Education; Educational institutions; Educational inequalities; Education policy; Educational reform; Educational systems; Equality; Political economy; Political Parties; Social Trust; Tracking; Vocational education; Vocational training; Varieties of Capitalism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The main argument of this thesis is that research has to take the institutional character of education seriously. Educational institutions carry considerable weight for outcomes of education and their design is a matter of intense political debate. READ MORE

4. 2. Drawing Science : Visual Content Formation in Young Students’ Multimodal Science Compositions

   Author : Elin Westlund; Charlotte Engblom; Caroline Liberg; Anna-Malin Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; content representation; early school years; science education; multimodal text-making; visual literacy; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

   Abstract : This thesis explores visual formation of science content in young students’ multimodal text-image compositions. In doing so, it also contributes a metalanguage for visual meaning-making about science content in the early school years. READ MORE

5. 3. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?

   Author : Per Anderhag; Per-Olof Wickman; Karim Mikael Hamza; Heidi Carlone; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interest in science; taste for science; norms; values; aesthetics; secondary school; home background; teaching; learning; equity; pragmatism; Bourdieu; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. READ MORE

6. 4. Different Images of Science - A study of how science is constituted in exhibitions

   Author : Eva Davidsson; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; learning in informal settings; science exhibitions; staff members; exhibition design; exhibition contents; museums; Science centres; informal learning;

   Abstract : Within the science and technology centre (STC) movement there exists explicit aims and ambitions to enhance visitors’ interest in and knowledge about science. Meanwhile, several researches question the choice of the scientific content in exhibitions when arguing that a too unproblematic view of science commonly is presented. READ MORE

7. 5. Staging Science : Some aspects of the production and distribution of science knowledge

   Author : Piotr Szybek; Pedagogik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hermeneutics; phenomenology; philosophy of education; history and philosophy of science; ethical and political aspects; science curriculum; school science; Education; science education; life-world; Pedagogy and didactics; Pedagogik; didaktik;

   Abstract : The dissertation presents a phenomenological view on the interaction between science knowledge and prescientific knowledge. Drawing on Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Lévinas the human bodily grounded existence is described, the central feature of this existence being its responsivity to the Other. READ MORE