Search for dissertations about: "Understanding"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13262 swedish dissertations containing the word Understanding.

  2. 6. Understanding as experiencing a pattern

    Author : Paulina Lindström; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Understanding; eye-tracking; mathematical problem solving; cognition; pedagogy;

    Abstract : The thesis proposes that understanding is a matter of experiencing a pattern. To experience a pattern involves seeing how a task, principle, or problem space is structured; to attend to the relevant information; and to be able to use that information as it relates to the knowledge domain at hand. READ MORE

  4. 7. Understanding in Real-Time Communication : Micro-Feedback and Meaning Repair in Face-to-Face and Video-Mediated Intercultural Interactions

    Author : Anna Jia Gander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Communication; understanding; micro-feedback; meaning repair; intercultural communication; face-to-face FTF ; video-mediated communication VMC ; multimodal communi-cation; activity type; relevance; contextualisation; inference; information sharing; sense-making;

    Abstract : Human communication is profoundly social. In social activities, it is not uncommon that people are understood in many different ways, which may have various consequences for social and interpersonal communication. READ MORE

  5. 8. Understanding Religious Diversity : A Contribution to Interreligious Dialogue from the Viewpoint of Existential Philosophy

    Author : Willy Pfändtner; Eberhard Herrmann; Hendrik M. Vroom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Humanities and religion; religious diversity; interreligious dialogue; cross-culture understanding; the Enlightenment project; postmodern theology; theological post-liberalism; existential philosophy; attunement; mood; W.P. Alston; J. Hick; P.J. Griffiths; D. Cupitt; J. Milbank; G. D Costa; W.C. Smith; M. Heidegger; humaniora; religionsvetenskap; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of the role of religion in a world to come. It presupposes that for religion to play a positive and constructive role in future society interreligious dialogue is of utmost importance. READ MORE

  6. 9. Emotions as a mode of understanding : An essay in philosophical aesthetics

    Author : Katarina Elam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archive studies; concern; context; emotions; judgement; narrative; pre-reflective; self-in-process; understanding; Arkivvetenskap; Other humanities and religion; Övrig humaniora och religionsvetenskap; Estetik; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : The aim of this investigation is to discuss emotions as a mode of understanding and in what ways emotions can be connected to narrative art. An emotion is a sign that a person has understood a situation in a certain way, an understanding which will also be valid in interacting with different kinds of narrative art. READ MORE

  7. 10. Assessing Shared Strategic Understanding

    Author : Peter Berggren; Björn JE Johansson; Nils Dahlbäck; Tim Grant; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Team; team cognition; shared understanding; method development;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the development of an instrument for assessing shared understanding in teams. The purpose was to develop an instrument that would be usable, understandable, objective, flexible and self-explanatory. READ MORE