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  2. 1. Ecological understanding : a space of variation

    Author : Britta Carlsson; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at increasing the knowledge of ecological understanding. For this purpose a phenomenographic approach, founded on the theory of variation, is adopted. As a means of expanding the outcome space, a Vygotskian approach to learning is also applied. READ MORE

  4. 2. Understanding Nationalism : Studies in Icelandic Nationalism, 1800-2000

    Author : Birgir Hermannsson; Björn Wittrock; Gudmundur Hálfdanarson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is an attempt to understand nationalism, in a general sense, and Icelandic nationalism in particular. For this purpose the concepts of ideology, political culture, discourse and political language are pushed to the forefront as viable analytical tools to take on the difficult phenomena of nationalism. READ MORE

  5. 3. Understanding cinema : constructivism and spectator psychology

    Author : Per Persson; Murry S. Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

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  6. 4. Understanding learning and learning for understanding : Exploring medical students' personal understandings of learning tasks and experiences of learning and understanding in medicine

    Author : Anna Bonnevier; Max Scheja; Anna Josephson; Thomas Lavelle; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Approaches to learning; experiences of learning; higher education; high-quality understanding; medical student learning; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The central concern of the thesis is to problematise the complexity of the relationship between student learning and the teaching-learning environment in medicine as experienced by students. The thesis argues that learning material presented to students offers only potential for learning. READ MORE

  7. 5. Rationality and Cultural Understanding

    Author : Tove Österman; Sören Stenlund; Pär Segerdahl; David Cockburn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rationality; relativism; logic; understanding; morality; truth; culture; context; Davidson; MacIntyre; Winch.; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I criticize a common conception of rationality prevalent in analytic philosophy. Rationality is here often seen as a purely cognitive, inner phenomenon which is static and universal, detached from any moral or cultural aspects of human life. READ MORE