Search for dissertations about: "Komvux"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Komvux.

2. 1. Adult Education at Auction : On Tendering-Based Procurement and Valuation in Swedish Municipal Adult Education

   Author : Diana Holmqvist; Andreas Fejes; Erik Nylander; Gun-Britt Wärvik; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Privatisation; Public education; Pragmatic sociology; MAE; Educators; Management tools; Conventions of worth; Privatisering; Offentlig utbildning; Pragmatisk sociologi; Komvux; Lärare; Offentlig upphandling; Värdekonstruktioner;

   Abstract : Our understanding of adult education’s purpose and value is linked to how we think ‘good’ education should be organised and provided. This thesis explores the interplay between organisation and values by looking at how conceptualisations and valuations of adult education are affected when private providers become involved in public education. READ MORE

4. 2. Something to Do Something to Be : A study of students' vocational identity formation in adult education

   Author : Tobias Lasse Karlsson; Sofia Nyström; Karolina Muhrman; Gun-Britt Wärvik; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational Identity; Vocational Education and Training; Adult Education; Municipal Adult Education; Pedagogy; Educational Sociology; Yrkesidentitet; Yrkesutbildning; Vuxenutbildning; Komvux; Pedagogik; Utbildningssociologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand how vocations are learned in adult education by exploring the vocational identity formation of students in Municipal Adult Education (MAE) in Sweden. By analysing interviews of adult students during different stages in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) through working life, this study contributes to the fields of adult education and VET. READ MORE

5. 3. “Quality Problems” in Swedish Municipal Adult Education : The Micropolitics of Quality Construed in the Audit Society

   Author : Johanna Mufic; Andreas Fejes; Song-ee Ahn; Andreas Bergh; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult Education; Governing; Swedish Schools Inspectorate; Quality; WPR-approach; Kvalitet; Skolinspektion; Styrning; WPR-applikation; Vuxenutbildning;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyze and critically scrutinize how quality is construed in an audit process in Swedish Municipal Adult Education (MAE) and the discursive effects. Drawing on adult education policy documents and observations of a quality audit process, as well as the Swedish Schools Inspectorate’s (SSI) Day, this study also contributes to the uncharted field of how the micropolitics of “quality” is being produced in the Audit society within adult education. READ MORE

6. 4. Educational encounters with adult students in difficult learning situations

   Author : Lisbeth Ohlsson; Pedagogik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; difficult learning situations; Adult education; hidden potentials for learning; teacher-student interaction; dialogue and diagnosis; contextual analysis; metacognition; inclusive education; life-world; metakognition; kontextuell analys; dialog och diagnos; dolda resurser för lärande; livsvärldsperspektiv; interaktion mellan lärare och studerande; inkluderande undervisning; svåra lärandesituationer; vuxenutbildning;

   Abstract : The present study is a retrospective investigation of the researcher’s pedagogic and psychological praxis in Municipal Adult Education in Sweden. At the time, the adult education unit in question had an outreaching project at Samhall, a state-owned company producing goods and services with an assignment from the government to provide meaningful work to employees with disabilities. READ MORE

7. 5. Educational encounters with adult students in difficult learning situations

   Author : Lisbeth Ohlsson; Kunskapsgruppen för specialpedagogik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Avhandlingen utgörs av en retrospektiv studie av författarens pedagogiska och psykologiska praktik i Grundläggande Kommunal Vuxenutbildning i södra Sverige. Den grundläggande vuxenutbildningen genomförde i sin uppsökande verksamhet ett projekt vid Samhall AB, ett statsägt företag som producerar varor och tjänster och som har regeringens uppdrag att skapa meningsfulla och utvecklande arbeten för anställda med funktionshinder. READ MORE