Search for dissertations about: "University teachers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 217 swedish dissertations containing the words University teachers.

  2. 1. Harnessing teachers’ perspectives : Recognizing mathematically highly able pupils and orchestrating teaching for them in a diverse ability classroom

    Author : Elisabet Mellroth; Yvonne Liljekvist; Jorryt van Bommel; Héctor Pérez Prieto; Marianne Nolte; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; High ability; Gifted education; Professional development; Mathematics; Differentiated education; Inclusive education; Teachers; Positioning theory; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

    Abstract : There is a lack of research that explores teachers’ perspectives on teaching highly able pupils (HAPs) in the diverse ability classroom. Instead, pupils’ perspectives are common, such studies often concluding that teachers need more professional development or that they fail to support HAPs. READ MORE

  4. 2. Use of Digital Technologies in Education : The Complexity of Teachers' Everyday Practice

    Author : Sadaf Salavati; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg; Jeremy Rose; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cognitive Mapping; compulsory school education; digital technologies; focused ethnography; teachers; Soft Systems Methodology; Systems Thinking; Informatik; Information Systems;

    Abstract : In this dissertation the complex, dynamic, contextual and multi-dimensional practice of teachers’ use of digital technologies in their everyday work has been illustrated and presented. The research draws upon the experience of teachers and school leaders from two compulsory schools as well as representatives from the municipal Department of Education and IT-unit within a municipality in the south of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Learning and Teaching to Read in Kiswahili in Pre-Primary Classes in Tanzania : Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practices

    Author : Richard Shukia; Christer Jacobson; Christer Ohlin; Ulf Fredriksson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pre-primary class; teachers’ beliefs; reading; instructional practices; curriculum intentions; Kiswahili; Tanzania; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Teachers’ beliefs have the potential to influence teachers’ instructional decisions and or even accept, resist or renegotiate the mandated curriculum intentions. Knowledge about these relations in pre-primary education in Tanzania is largely lacking. READ MORE

  6. 4. Striving for Autonomy : Health sciences teachers’ enactment of policy

    Author : Linda Barman; Klara Bolander-Laksov; Charlotte Silén; Brian Hodges; Karolinska Institutet Management and Ethics Informatics Department of Learning; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational change; Educational development; Educational policy; Higher education; University teachers; Curriculum change;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis explores how teachers within the health sciences enact education policy. The questions address how teachers’ choices related to the design of courses and curricula are made in the light of reforms that emphasise standardisation and transparency. READ MORE

  7. 5. Teachers and computers : Teachers' computer usage and the relationship between computers and the role of the teacher, as described in international research

    Author : Gunilla Jedeskog; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Actor; compulsory school; computer; information technology; innovation; international research; teacher role; power; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation includes two main works and a comprehensive summary:Jedeskog, G. 1996: Lärare vid datorn. Sju högstadielärares undervisning med datorer 1984-1994. (Teachers at Computers. READ MORE