Search for dissertations about: "Sociocultural"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 swedish dissertations containing the word Sociocultural.

  2. 1. Adolescent Eating Disorders in a Sociocultural Context

    Author : Barbro Thurfjell; Ingemar Engström; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Mona Eliasson; Ingemar Swenne; Fredrik Almqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Adolescent psychiatry; Eating disorders; Adolescents; Gender; Ideals; Outcome; Sociocultural; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : Adolescence means an increased risk for eating disorders (ED) and the female gender is the most important risk factor. Empirical studies of the perceptions of gender ideals—as potential mediating factors between the socio-cultural context and ED—were this thesis’ primary goals. READ MORE

  4. 2. Signs of Acquiring Bimodal Bilingualism Differently : A Longitudinal Case Study of Mediating a Deaf and a Hearing Twin in a Deaf Family

    Author : Emelie Cramér-Wolrath; Lise Roll-Pettersson; Eva Heimdahl-Mattson; Carin Roos; Marilyn Sass-Lehrer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bimodal bilingual acquisition; Swedish Sign Language; spoken Swedish; case study; longitudinal; sociocultural; mediation; interactional; twins; different hearing statuses; cochlear implant; tillägnande av bimodal bilingualitet; tvåspråkighet; svenskt teckenspråk; talad svenska; fallstudie; longitudinell; sociokulturell; mediering; interaktion; tvilling; hörselstatus; cochlea implantat; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : This dissertation based on a case study explores the acquisition and the guidance of Swedish Sign Language and spoken Swedish over a span of seven years. Interactions between a pair of fraternal twins, one deaf and one hearing, and their Deaf[1] family were video-observed within the home setting. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Learning by hearing? : Technological framings for participation

    Author : Ingela Holmström; Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Rickard Jonsson; Tommaso M. Milani; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cochlear implants; deaf; mainstream; participation; communication forms; communities of practice; ethnography; sociocultural; postcolonial; language ideology; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis examines technological framings for communication and identity issues, with a particular focus on Swedish mainstream schools where children with cochlear implants are pupils. Based on a sociocultural perspective on learning, the thesis focuses on how pupils and teachers interact with (and thus learn from) each other in classroom settings. READ MORE

  7. 5. Teachers' Language of Inquiry : The Conflation Between Methods of Teaching and Scientific Inquiry in Science Education

    Author : Jakob Gyllenpalm; Per-Olof Wickman; Sven-Olof Holmgren; Fouad Abd El Khalick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inquiry; secondary school; teacher education; laboratory work; hypothesis; experiment; language; sociocultural; pragmatism; customs; cultural institutions; pivot term; nature of science; focus groups; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to describe and analyse customs of science teaching in secondary schools and teacher education programmes in Sweden in relation to the notion of “inquiry” in science education. The main focus is on customs of language use and the educational goal of learning about scientific inquiry as distinct from the related goals of learning to do inquiry and learning canonical science content. READ MORE