Search for dissertations about: "Higher Education meso"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Higher Education meso.

2. 1. Teaching in an age of complexity : exploring academic change and development in higher education

   Author : Claire Englund; Anders D. Olofsson; Linda Price; Shirley Booth; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Academic Development; Educational Technology; Conceptions of Teaching and Learning; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Change and Development; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : Higher education (HE) has expanded and diversified at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate. Change and development are omnipresent, a constant part of university teachers’ sociocultural and organisational practice at multiple levels; the micro-level, the meso-level and the macro-level Against this background, the aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence academic change. READ MORE

4. 2. Microcultures in the meso level of higher education organisations – the Commons, the Club, the Market and the Square

   Author : Torgny Roxå; Genombrottet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education meso;

   Abstract : Higher education (HE) is and has been a growing concern for various stakeholders for a considerable time. Sometimes contradictory attempts to reform HE have increased the pressure on academic teachers and contributed to an experience of demand overload. READ MORE

5. 3. Influencing teaching and learning microcultures. Academic development in a research-intensive university

   Author : Katarina Mårtensson; AHU Högskolepedagogisk utveckling; []
   Keywords : Academic development; higher education; leadership; mesolevel; microculture; significant network;

   Abstract : The focus in this thesis is to explore theoretical perspectives and strategies for academic development, particularly in a research-intensive university. The purpose is to investigate academic development that aims to support and influence individual academic teachers and groups of teachers, in the different social collegial contexts that they work in, here called microcultures. READ MORE

6. 4. What we talk about when we talk about change : a study of change practice and change agency in higher education

   Author : Cormac McGrath; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with change practice, particularly in one specific higher education institution. The thesis examines theoretical perspectives of change practice and presents five empirical studies that, in different ways, contribute to our understanding of how universities and its members engage around and view opportunities for change. READ MORE

7. 5. A quantity-quality framework for measuring the regional socio-economic impact of tourism : The case of Jämtland Härjedalen

   Author : Kai Kronenberg; Matthias Fuchs; Maria Lexhagen; Dieter Müller; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Measuring the economic effects of tourism has always been a high priority for private and public actors in the regional economy (Stabler et al 2009). These estimates provide insights about the generation of sales, jobs, and income associated with tourism, but also support industry officials in the regional development agenda. READ MORE