Search for dissertations about: "civic ideals"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words civic ideals.

  2. 1. Sketching the Invisible : Patterns of Church and City in Theodoret of Cyrrhus' Philotheos Historia

    Author : Andreas Westergren; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Antiquity; biography; hagiography; panegyric; asceticism; monasticism; Syria; Antioch; Symeon the Stylite; pilgrimage; relics; cult of the saints; civic ideals; invention of tradition; the role of the bishop; ecclesiology; sacralization; christianization; philosophy; Neoplatonism; Libanius; Dionysius Areopagita;

    Abstract : The fundamental question in this work concerns the ideal relation between asceticism and society in a 5th c. writing (C.E.), the Philotheos Historia (PH), written in elaborate Greek by the learned bishop of Cyrrhus, Theodoret. READ MORE

  4. 2. Assessing Scientific Literacy as Participation in Civic Practices : Affordances and constraints for developing a practice for authentic classroom assessment of argumentation, source critique and decision-making

    Author : Jens Anker-Hansen; Maria Andrée; Per-Olof Wickman; Aik Ling Tan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific literacy; assessment; authentic; communities of practice; expansive learning; argumentation; peer assessment; moderation meetings; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a departure from a view of scientific literacy as situated in participation in civic practices. From such a view, it becomes problematic to assess scientific literacy through decontextualised test items only dealing with single aspects of participation in contexts concerned with science. READ MORE

  5. 3. Power from Below? : The Impact of Protests and Lobbying on School Closures in Sweden

    Author : Jonas Larsson Taghizadeh; Katrin Uba; Anders Lindbom; Peter Esaiasson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school closure; protest; lobbying; interest groups; social movements; welfare retrenchment; political parties; skolnedläggning; protest; lobbying; lokalpolitik; intressegrupper; sociala rörelser; välfärdsstat; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, there has been a considerable expansion of citizen participation in protests and voluntary advocacy groups. To analyze this development, the social movement literature and the interest group literature have emerged. READ MORE