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2. 1. Conceptions and artefacts : Children's understanding of the earth in the presence of visual representations

   Author : Karin Ehrlén; Ola Halldén; Stella Vosniadou; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual understanding; cultural conventions; visual representations; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The studies in this thesis explore children’s understanding of the earth when presented with visual representations. The conceptual understanding is related to cognitive contexts as well as the physical and cultural state. Pictures and models, as communicative tools, are associated with both cognition and culture. READ MORE

4. 2. Conceptions of Crisis Management Capabilities – Municipal Officials’ Perspectives

   Author : Jerry Nilsson; Avdelningen för Brandteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptions.; dependencies; municipality; individual learning; officials; learning organisation; learning; valuable and worth protecting; responsive; Vulnerability analysis; crisis management;

   Abstract : In the Swedish crisis management system, the municipalities have a great responsibility. One part of this responsibility concerns preparing for crises by making risk and vulnerability analyses as well as plans for how to handle extraordinary events. READ MORE

5. 3. INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESEARCH RESULTS : Uncertainties, Conceptions, and Preferences

   Author : Jennifer Viberg Johansson; M G Hansson; Pär Segerdahl; Sophie Langenskiöld; Marion McAllister; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Incidental findings; genetic risk information; research participants; risk perception; free choice; framing; conceptions of genetic risk; making sense of genetic risk; preferences for genetic risk information;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the ethical discussion on how to handle incidental findings in biomedical research using sequencing technologies from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Study I and II are theoretical studies that used conceptual analysis. READ MORE

6. 4. Just assessment in school : - a context-sensitive comparative study of pupils' conceptions in Sweden and Germany

   Author : Bettina Vogt; Daniel Sundberg; Florian Waldow; Anders Jönsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assessment; comparative education research; context-sensitive comparison; conceptions; focus group interviews; grading; Grounded Theory Methodology; justice; meritocracy; pupil research; standards-based reform; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines pupils’ justice conceptions regarding educational assessment. Due to the context-dependency of norms and values as well as of assessment, the study compares the justice conceptions of pupils in two different’socio-educational’ contexts: Sweden and Germany. READ MORE

7. 5. General Practitioners' Conceptions of Depressive Disorders: Associations with regional sales of antideprssive drugs

   Author : Stig J Andersson; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; medical training; General practice; questionnaire survey; qualitative interview study; antidepressive drug sales; depressive disorders; conceptions; General practitioner; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning;

   Abstract : This thesis emanates from considerations about the inter-regional variation of the sales of antidepressive drugs, and how general practitioners may contribute to that variation. The thesis comprises two data collections utilized for five separate studies. READ MORE