Search for dissertations about: "Monika Vinterek"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Monika Vinterek.

  2. 1. Caring for people and the planet : preschool children’s knowledge and practices of sustainability

    Author : Farhana Borg; Monika Vinterek; T. Mikael Winberg; Arjen E.J. Wals; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumption; daycare center; economic sustainability; environmental education; environmental sustainability; guardians; kindergarten; parents; preschool; preschool director; recycling; sharing resources; social sustainability; sustainable development; teacher; young children; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : Children across the globe today are continuously being exposed to and affected by various kinds of real-world complexities and challenges; however, research on their knowledge and practices in terms of sustainability is limited, in particular with regards to how preschool- and home-related factors are associated with their learning for sustainability. Since 1998, different types of eco-certification have been awarded by the Swedish National Agency for Education and Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation to promote education for sustainability (EfS) in all areas of education and learning. READ MORE

  4. 2. Visual Storytelling Interacting in School : Learning Conditions in the Social Science Classroom

    Author : Linnéa Stenliden; Jörgen Nissen; Eva Reimers; Mikael Jern; Monika Vinterek; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Data visualization; geovisual analytics; visual storytelling; interaction; learning activities; learning conditions; social science education; Data visualisering; geovisual analytics; visual storytelling; interaktion; läraktivitet; lärandevillkor; samhällsorienterande undervisning;

    Abstract : The aim of this compilation thesis is to understand how technology for visual storytelling can be shaped and used in relation to social science education in primary school, but also how social dimensions, technical and other matters create emerging learning conditions in such an educational setting. The visual storytelling technology introduced and used in the study is ‘the Statistics eXplorer platform, a geovisual analytics. READ MORE

  5. 3. Historical Consciousness, Historical Media, and History Education

    Author : Robert Thorp; Monika Vinterek; Roger Melin; Harry Haue; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical consciousness; historical media; history education; uses of history; historical thinking; history didactics; historiemedvetande; historiska medier; historieundervisning; historiebruk; historiskt tänkande; historiedidaktik; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : This thesis by publication contains an introductory summary chapter and three papers. The first paper presents a study of how the concept of historical consciousness has been defined, applied, and justified in Swedish history didactical research. READ MORE

  6. 4. Uses of History in History Education

    Author : Robert Thorp; Monika Vinterek; Henrik Åström Elmersjö; Stuart Foster; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; history education; historical media; textbooks; popular history magazines; history teachers; Historiebruk; historiekultur; historiemedvetande; historieundervisning; historiska medier; läroböcker; populärhistoriska tidskrifter; historielärare; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education; historia; History; historiedidaktik; didactics of history; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis contains an introductory chapter and four original articles. The studies comprising this thesis all concern aspects of how historical culture is constituted in historical media and history teachers’ narratives and teaching. READ MORE