Search for dissertations about: "competency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the word competency.

  2. 1. Educative assessment for/of teacher competency : a study of assessment and learning in the ”Interactive examination” for student teachers

    Author : Anders Jönsson; Gunilla Svingby; Mien Segers; Malmö university; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Authentic assessment; Formative assessment; Learning; Reliability; Performance assessment; Scoring rubrics; Teacher education; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore some of the problems associated with introducing authentic assessment in teacher education. In the first part of the dissertation the question is investigated, through a literature review, whether the use of scoring rubrics can aid in supporting credible assessment of complex performance, and at the same time support student learning of such complex performance. READ MORE

  4. 2. The influence of national curricula and national assessments on teachers’ beliefs about the goals of school mathematics

    Author : Björn Palmberg; Torulf Palm; Ole Björkqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mathematical competence; competency goals; policy; reform; national curriculum; national assessment; teachers’ goals; teachers’ belief change; didactics of mathematics; matematikdidaktik;

    Abstract : What students should learn in school and therefore also what teachers should teach is an important issue worldwide. Mathematics teaching (and teaching in other subjects) is often regulated by some form of governing text in a written curriculum communcating a set of standards. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cultural Competence for Health Professionals : Instrument Development

    Author : Jane Holstein; Anette Kjellberg; Gunilla Liedberg; Ulrika Bejerholm; Margareta Bachrach-Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; self-assessment; occupational therapy; ethnic groups; cultural competency; health personnel; qualitative research; psychometrics;

    Abstract : In recent decades, both global migration in general and specifically migration to Sweden have increased. This development compels the need for delivering healthcare to the increasingly diverse populations in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Transforming medical competency into medical management capability : developing physician leaders by finding management in medicine

    Author : Mairi Savage; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Management thinking has made inroads into health care, but the relationship between medicine and management is often described as one of competing logics. Given a recognized need for bridging the two logics, studies have been conducted to better understand the role of clinicians in the leadership and management of health care. READ MORE

  7. 5. Educative assessment for/of teacher competency. A study of assessment and learning in the "Interactive examination" for student teachers

    Author : Anders Jönsson; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; authentic assessment; formative assessment; learning; reliability; performance assessment; scoring rubrics; teacher education; validity; formativ bedömning; bedömningsmatriser; bedömning;

    Abstract : Syftet med den här avhandlingen är att studera några av de problem som är förknippade med implementering av så kallad autentisk bedömning i lärarutbildningen. I den första delen av avhandlingen undersöks, genom en litteraturöversikt, huruvida användningen av bedömningsmatriser kan fungera som ett stöd för ökad tillförlitlighet och trovärdighet vid bedömning av komplexa kompetenser, samtidigt som matriserna även stöttar studenternas lärande. READ MORE