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  1. 1. Framing perceived values of education : when perspectives of learning and ICTs are related

    Author : Lars Norqvist; Eva Leffler; Isa Jahnke; Roger Säljö; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning; ICTs; Education; Perceived value; Dialogue; Dialogic perspective; Perceived values of learning; Perceived values of education; Learning situations; Formal education; Non-formal education; Perceived value framework; Photo interviews; Formal learning; Non-formal learning; Informal learning; Information; Communication; Technology; ICT.; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

    Abstract : This thesis offers dialogue about the relations between learning and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The dialogue is guided by the question of how to design education to increase perceived values of learning. READ MORE

  2. 2. Exploring changes of conceptions, values and beliefs concerning the environment : A longitudinal study of upper secondary school students in business and economics education

    Author : Caroline Ignell; Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren; Cecilia Lundholm; Peter Davies; Jeppe Læssøe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environment; sustainability; interdisciplinary; longitudinal study; conceptual change; prices; externalities; values-beliefs-norms; climate change solutions; upper secondary school students; business and economics education; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis examines students’ understanding of economic aspects of global environmental problems. The first aim is to identify and characterise changes in business and economics students’ conceptions of negative environmental effects and pricing goods and services. READ MORE

  3. 3. Perceptions of disease. Values and attitudes of patients and medical students

    Author : Annika Brorsson; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; values; risk factor; autonomy; Attitudes; consultation; disability; disease; family history; family medicine; fear; identity; illness; medical education; medical students; patient-centred; qualitative method; primary care; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin;

    Abstract : During the 20th century, the development of biomedical knowledge and the demographical changes have increased the needs and demands for health care in industrialised countries. Illness without evidence of disease and fear of disease are often the reasons for seeking medical care. READ MORE

  4. 4. In the mind of the property appraiser : Studies of commercial property valuation

    Author : Lina Bellman; Peter Öhman; Hans Lind; Neil Crosby; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioural property research; education; information; profession; property appraisers; standards and methods; the repertory grid technique; valuation process; Fastighetsbeteendeforskning; fastighetsvärderare; gridteknik; information; profession; standarder och metoder; utbildning; värderingsprocessen;

    Abstract : A transparent market provides participants with as much information as possible. In Sweden, where the environment of commercial properties is highly transparent various actors still need to minimise some continuing information asymmetry, and one possibility is to hire property appraisers. READ MORE

  5. 5. The market for whom? Consumers in need of special support in the Swedish market system of education

    Author : Jude K. Tah; Rune Hausstätter; Helen Knutes-Nyqvist; Christopher Lubienski; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education market; consumers in need of special support; special education market; school marketing; shopping for schools; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyse and describe the market system of education for consumers in need of special support. Sweden in the beginning of the 1990s implemented a market system of education with the expectation that it will serve the interest of all consumers. READ MORE