Search for dissertations about: "Sociocultural perspectives on learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Sociocultural perspectives on learning.

2. 1. Learning to reason in environmental education: Digital tools, access points to knowledge and science literacy

   Author : Emma Edstrand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning and digital tools; Digital tools and environmental education; Learning about climate change; Access points to scientific understanding; Science literacy; Science literacy and digital tools; Socioscientific issues; Inquiry learning; Sociocultural perspectives on learning;

   Abstract : Digital technologies and environmental education represent two rather new areas in school curricula. The background of the present research is an interest at the inter-section between how students learn about environmental issues (e.g., climate change) and the role digital technologies may play in such contexts. READ MORE

4. 2. Learning System Thinking : The role of semiotic and cognitive resources

   Author : Maria Larsson; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; systems thinking; collaborative modeling; learning; external representations; cognition; semiotics; system dynamics;

   Abstract : In the course of our educational life we are introduced to various subject areas, each with its specific way of representing knowledge. The challenge for the learner is to be able to think in ways that are supported by, and match, the representational format. A fundamental question for the science of learning concerns how this is achieved. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards Epistemic and Interpretative Holism : A critique of methodological approaches in research on learning

   Author : Liza Haglund; Niclas Rönnström; Max Scheja; Ninni Wahlström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interpretation of learning; Intentional Analysis; conceptual change; epistemic holism; interpretative holism; principle of charity; salient features; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The central concern of this thesis is to discuss interpretations of learning in educational research. A point of departure is taken in core epistemological and ontological assumptions informing three major approaches to learning: behaviourism, cognitive constructivism and socioculturalism. READ MORE

6. 4. From doing to learning : Inquiry- and context-based science education in primary school

   Author : Susanne Walan; Niklas Gericke; Birgitta Mc Ewen; Pernilla Nilsson; Barbara A. Crawford; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; inquiry- and context-based; instructional strategies; primary school; science education; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to develop an understanding of primary school teachers’ knowledge of Inquiry- and Context-Based Science Education (IC-BaSE) from different perspectives: what it is, how to use it and why these strategies are used. There are at least two reasons for performing research in this field. READ MORE

7. 5. Languaging and Social Positioning in Multilingual School Practices : Studies of Sweden Finnish Middle School Years

   Author : Annaliina Gynne; Pirjo Lahdenperä; Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Jarmo Lainio; Fritjof Sahlström; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; languaging; social positioning; social interaction; sociocultural; dialogical; ethnography; bilingual education; multilingual; Sweden Finns; didaktik; Didactics;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to examine young people’s languaging, including literacy practices, and its relation to meaning-making and social positioning. Framed by sociocultural and dialogical perspectives, the thesis builds upon four studies that arise from (n)ethnographic fieldwork conducted in two different settings: an institutional educational setting where bilingualism and biculturalism are core values, and social media settings. READ MORE