Search for dissertations about: "Pedagogy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 539 swedish dissertations containing the word Pedagogy.

2. 21. Transformation through Integration : An Activity Theoretical Analysis of School Development as Integration of Child Care Institutions and the Elementary School

   Author : Monica Nilsson; Institutionen för ekonomi och samhällsvetenskap Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Integration; pre-school teacher; recreation pedagogue; schoolteacher; contradiction; expansive learning; mediation; and tool;

   Abstract : This study analyzes an attempt at integration of a pre-school class, a leisure-time center and an elementary school in Sweden. The integration was organized in the form of Vertical Track which implies a successive development of groups comprising children between six and twelve years old, pre-school teachers, recreation pedagogues, and schoolteachers. READ MORE

4. 22. Assessment in Multilingual Schools : A comparative mixed method study of teachers’ assessment beliefs and practices among language learners - CLIL and migrant students

   Author : Helena Reierstam; Ulf Fredriksson; Eva Eliasson; Meeri Hellstén; John Airey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Assessment; content and language integrated learning; CLIL; newly-arrived students; teacher beliefs; language policy; academic language; subject content; fairness; equity; validity; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This thesis presents the results from two research projects on teachers’ assessment beliefs and practices in multilingual education. Study I involved teachers of biology, history or English as a foreign language (EFL) in Swedish upper secondary Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) schools, grades 10-12, where English is used as the medium of instruction. READ MORE

5. 23. Educating older adults : Theoretical and empirical examinations of the learning philosophies in older age

   Author : Hany Hachem; Johannes Westberg; Andreas Bergh; Andreas Nordin; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational gerontology; Anthony Giddens; U3A; older adult education; lifelong learning;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I theoretically and empirically examine the dominant learning philosophies in older age. Three statements of principles of educational gerontology coalesce into two notorious learning philosophies in older age: humanist and critical. They formulate answers to vital questions about the education of older people. READ MORE

6. 24. Narrative music : towards an understanding of musical narrative functions in multimedia

   Author : Johnny Wingstedt; Nyssim Lefford; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Music Education; Musikpedagogik;

   Abstract : As the computer screen is replacing the book as the dominant medium for communication (Kress, 2003), questions about how meaning is constituted by the multimodal interaction of different media (including music) is becoming increasingly important in contemporary research of pedagogy, sociology and media studies. The overall aim with this licentiate thesis is to explore musical narrative functions as they appear in multimedia such as film and computer games. READ MORE

7. 25. Information and Communication Technology in Teacher Education : Thinking and learning in computer‐supported social practice

   Author : Evode Mukama; Sven Andersson; Gunilla Jedeskog; Ingrid Andersson; Roger Säljö; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collaborative learning; critical reflection; ICT; learning conditions; mediating tool; multilingual setting; Rwanda; teacher education; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how new knowledge can be developed in computer-supported social practice. Participants were selected from newly qualified secondary school teachers and student teachers at a higher education institution in Rwanda. READ MORE