Search for dissertations about: "Higher Education"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 971 swedish dissertations containing the words Higher Education.

2. 21. Stakeholder Influence in Higher Education : Old Ideas in New Bottles?

   Author : Catharina Bjørkquist; Michele Micheletti; Göran Sundström; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; stakeholding; influence; policy; practice; university; university college; institutional change; continuity; historical institutionalism; institutional legacy; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with how national higher education policy affects stakeholder influence in practice, i.e. how two selected higher education institutions, the University of Oslo and Telemark University College, have interpreted and adapted to national policy reforms. The aim of this dissertation is threefold. READ MORE

4. 22. Higher education and family formation : A story of Swedish educational expansion

   Author : Margarita Chudnovskaya; Juho Härkönen; Gunnar Andersson; Jan Van Bavel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; educational expansion; childbearing; union formation; educational homogamy; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is trends in family formation among highly educated men and women in Sweden. The highly educated have typically differed from other educational groups in their patterns of childbearing. READ MORE

5. 23. Assessing writers, assessing writing : A dialogical study of grade delivery in Swedish higher education

   Author : Janna Meyer-Beining; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Betygsättning; Högskoleutbildning; Återkoppling psykologi ; Didaktik; Uppsatsskrivning; Education; Higher; Feedback Psychology ; Grading and marking Students ; Academic writing; Teaching;

   Abstract : Assessment feedback has been discussed as an important resource for providing students with a sense of their current performance relative to institutional expectations and with the information needed to close apparent gaps. Pointing out that this involves complex sense-making processes, recent research has stressed the need to change the nature of assessment feedback from teacher telling to student/teacher/peer dialogues. READ MORE

6. 24. Critical Thinking in Scholarship: : Meanings, Conditions and Development

   Author : Eva Brodin; Lennart Svensson; Åsa Lindberg-Sand; Pedagogik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; critical thinking; scholarship; higher education; hermeneutic phenomenology; epistemology; educational philosophy; history of philosophy; Education; Pedagogik; Theory of science; Vetenskapsteori; Pedagogik; Pedagogics; Pedagogy and didactics; Phenomenology; Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Higher Education; Critical Thinking; Scholarship; Fenomenologi; Pedagogik; didaktik;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of critical thinking in scholarship as regards its meanings, conditions, and development using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. This exploration takes its departure in ancient Greece, following a historical movement of the phenomenon up to present day perspectives on critical thinking, revealing a range of different meanings and conditions. READ MORE

7. 25. Building study-related relationships : How student relationships and readiness affect academic outcome in higher education

   Author : Annika Maria Fjelkner Pihl; Centre for Engineering Education CEE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic outcome; commuter; readiness; higher education; social network analysis; multiplex relations; Academic outcome; Multiplex relations; Commuters; Higher education; Social network analysis; Readiness;

   Abstract : The present dissertation explores students’ perception of their own readiness for higher education and students’ study related relations and the effect on academic outcome. The complexity of student engagement and academic success means that it is relevant to conduct in-depth studies of particular student populations, to explore how certain factors play out in that specific context. READ MORE