Search for dissertations about: "comparative didactics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words comparative didactics.

  2. 1. Development and Autonomy : Conceptualising teachers’ continuing professional development in different national contexts

    Author : Wieland Wermke; Viveca Lindberg; Tore West; Karin Rönnerman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teachers continuing professional development; CPD; Teacher autonomy; Teacher professionalism; Comparative education; Germany; Sweden; Didactics; didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates teachers’ perceptions of continuing professional development (CPD) in Germany and Sweden with a questionnaire study comprising a total of 711 mainly lower secondary teachers. Three conceptual terms are elaborated and explained. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Transnational Study of Criticality in the History Learning Environment

    Author : Sergej Ivanov; Janet Enever; Rodney Jones; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criticality; transnational; curriculum theory; policy; upper secondary; history; learning environment; comparative; language teaching and learning; språkdidaktik;

    Abstract : This study examines conceptions of criticality and its instruction in the History learning environ- ment in Sweden, Russia, and Australia as evidenced in one sample upper secondary class in each country. To achieve this, data were collected at macro, micro and meso levels. READ MORE

  5. 3. Religion in Indian schools : Exploring national systems of religious education through 'mirroring'

    Author : Kristian Niemi; Geir Skeie; von Brömssen Kerstin; Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; subject-specific education; religion; religious education; comparative education; Sweden; India; mirroring; Subject Learning and Teaching; ämnesdidaktik;

    Abstract : India is a secular state. For this reason, it has been claimed that there is no room for religion in its schools — in other words, no religious education [RE] — despite India being an extremely multicultural society. This compilation thesis begins by examining the aforementioned claim. READ MORE

  6. 4. Science achievement and student interest : determinants of success in science among Swedish compulsory school students

    Author : Jan-Åke Engström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Naturvetenskap; Undervisning; Husénsamlingen; Naturorienterande ämnen;

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  7. 5. What Role of God and National Curriculum in School life? : A Comparative Study of Schools with a Muslim Profile in England and Sweden

    Author : Åsa Brattlund; Holger Daun; Geoffrey Walford; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic school; Muslim; Muslim school; Primary school; comparative study; International Education; independent school; school leader; intercultural; confessional school; faith school; religious education; confessional; school head; islamiska skolor; muslim; muslimska skolor; grundskolor; jämförande studie; internationell pedagogik; interkulturell; konfessionella skolor; religiösa skolor; skolledare; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education; Didactics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of principles and ethics that dominate four schools with a Muslim profile, two in Sweden and two in England.The specific objectives of the study are:  to examine educational policies with regard to primary schools with a confessional orientation in Sweden and England; to compare two primary schools with a Muslim profile in Sweden with two such schools in England; and in these four schools to describe and examine the manner in which school heads, teachers and other staff deal with the encounters between the values found in the national curriculum of Sweden and England respectively and the principles and ethics embodied in their private philosophy of life; to describe and examine the views of school heads, teachers and other staff on school leadership and any educational, ideological or personal role model they emulate; to describe and examine the expectations and views of parents with regard to the school with a Muslim profile; and describe the views of the pupils regarding their schools and the norms and values in school and; finally, to examine the attitudes of some local authority politicians in Sweden to MP schools. READ MORE