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Showing result 6 - 10 of 588 swedish dissertations containing the word Schools.

2. 6. Internal capacities for school improvement : Principals' views in Swedish secondary schools

   Author : Conny Björkman; Anders Olofsson; Olof Johansson; Kauko Hämäläinen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school improvement; successful schools; capacity building; internal capacities; collaboration forms; staff development; leadership; principals´ views; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse principals´ views of collaboration forms, staff development and leadership, as critical internal capacities for school improvement, in five more successful and four less successful Swedish secondary schools, and compare the qualitative similarities and/or differences in the principals´ views at the level of schools. A successful school is understood to be a school where pupils accomplish both the academic objectives and the social/civic objectives in the National Curriculum. READ MORE

4. 7. Teachers' Retention in Tanzanian Remote Secondary Schools : Exploring Perceived Challenges and Support

   Author : Raymond Boniface; Martin Stigmar; Jan Håkansson; Christer Ohlin; Sven Andersson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Challenges; Organizational Support; Remote Schools; Secondary Education; Support; Teacher Retention; Tanzania; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : Teacher retention is a global challenge, and many developed and developing countries are struggling to staff and retain teachers in schools, particularly in low-performing, remote, and less desirable areas. In most of these countries, Tanzania in particular, the efficacy of fiscally inclined teachers’ retention strategies continues to be dubious. READ MORE

5. 8. Religion in Indian schools : Exploring national systems of religious education through 'mirroring'

   Author : Kristian Niemi; Geir Skeie; von Brömssen Kerstin; Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; subject-specific education; religion; religious education; comparative education; Sweden; India; mirroring; Subject Learning and Teaching; ämnesdidaktik;

   Abstract : India is a secular state. For this reason, it has been claimed that there is no room for religion in its schools — in other words, no religious education [RE] — despite India being an extremely multicultural society. This compilation thesis begins by examining the aforementioned claim. READ MORE

6. 9. 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

7. 10. Worms, Farms and Schools : Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda

   Author : Benedetta Lerva; Konrad Burchardi; Jakob Svensson; Jonathan de Quidt; Karen Macours; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; field experiments; randomized evaluations; agriculture; education; externalities; technology adoption; financial aid; cash transfers; school inputs; moral hazard; sharecropping; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Quantifying Externalities in Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan FarmersI investigate how positive externalities contribute to underadoption of agricultural technology among sub-Saharan African farmers. I focus on the adoption of pest-control technologies. READ MORE