Search for dissertations about: "classroom discussion"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words classroom discussion.

2. 21. Reading cultural encounter: literary text and intercultural pedagogy

   Author : Anna Greek; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English as a Foreign Language; Contact Zone; Third Space; othering; essentialism; non-essentialism; Intercultural pedagogy; Across the Barricades; Fruit of the Lemon; Curriculum; multiculturalism; culture; identity; difference;

   Abstract : This dissertation combines aspects of educational research, theories of culture and literary analysis. The main line of argument is that the informed reading and discussion of literary texts that thematise cultural encounter will enhance the intercultural dimension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Swedish Upper Secondary schools. READ MORE

4. 22. The mechanical Paul trap in the upper secondary physics laboratory

   Author : Sebastian Kilde Löfgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics education research; discipline-based education research; physics laboratory; design-based research; variation theory; model-based science; modelling; mechanical Paul trap; Paul trap.;

   Abstract : In physics, toy models are often used in popular science contexts. Further, toy models have also been used to communicate some important principles of abstract phenomena qualitatively. One such example can be found in the 1989 Nobel laureate Wolfgang Paul’s Nobel lecture. READ MORE

5. 23. Staging Science : Some aspects of the production and distribution of science knowledge

   Author : Piotr Szybek; Pedagogik; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hermeneutics; phenomenology; philosophy of education; history and philosophy of science; ethical and political aspects; science curriculum; school science; Education; science education; life-world; Pedagogy and didactics; Pedagogik; didaktik;

   Abstract : The dissertation presents a phenomenological view on the interaction between science knowledge and prescientific knowledge. Drawing on Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Lévinas the human bodily grounded existence is described, the central feature of this existence being its responsivity to the Other. READ MORE

6. 24. L3 Motivation

   Author : Alastair Henry; Christina Cliffordson; Frank Hardman; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; L3 Motivation; foreign languages; L2 Motivational Self System; Pedagogik; Pedagogics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to study secondary school students' motivation to learn a second foreign language in addition to English. In addition to the empirical investigation of L3 motivation over a program of study and the testing of the widely-held assumption that L2 English impacts negatively on L3 motivation, the aim was also to contribute to the conceptual development of self-based motivation theory by examining the evolution and development of language-speaking/using selves, and by addressing the issue of interference between different self-guides. READ MORE

7. 25. Making science come alive : Student-generated stop-motion animations in science education

   Author : Daniel Orraryd; Lena Tibell; Jesper Haglund; Jörg Zabel; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stop-motion animation; Student generated representations; Evolution; Alternative conceptions; Redox chemistry;

   Abstract : The availability of digital technology in classrooms does not only increase the possibility for teachers to present content in new visual and dynamic ways. This technology also offers students the opportunity to become cocreators of content in science classrooms. READ MORE