Search for dissertations about: "cultural awareness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 swedish dissertations containing the words cultural awareness.

2. 1. Pedagogy of Heuristic Contexturalisation: Intercultural transmission through cross-cultural encounters

   Author : Hai Chun Lin; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy and didactics; transmission; theme; reconstruction; pedagogy; enculturation; culture; cognition; Acculturation; awareness; Pedagogik; didaktik; acculturation;

   Abstract : The present study is designed to analyze the effects of the ongoing cultural globalization. It utilizes as its empirical setting two special programmes called the International Master's Programme (the IMP,) directed by Lund University in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Cultural competence in nursing

   Author : Maria Jirwe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Cultural competence; transcultural nursing; cross-cultural encounters; crosscultural communication; nurse education; instrument evaluation; psychometrics; documentary analysis; content analysis; Delphi method; framework approach;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore, analyze and clarify how cultural competence is understood. This is explored from the perspective of nurses, nursing students, nurse educators, and nurse researchers in relation to the Swedish care context. READ MORE

6. 4. Towards the mitigation of cultural barriers to communication and cooperation

   Author : Ida Lindgren; Kip Smith; Ann Enander; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; multinational cooperation; cultural differences; cross-cultural psychology; emergency management; teamwork; microworlds; group faultlines; Work sciences and ergonomics; Arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis combines theories from cross-cultural psychology with literature on group faultlines to understand cultural barriers to communication and cooperation experienced in multinational emergency management teams. The aim is to investigate whether the faultline concept is a viable theoretical vocabulary for addressing cultural differences in communication and cooperation (in the domain of emergency management). READ MORE

7. 5. Hand-in-Hand in the Peach Flower Land : Analysis of Huí Cadre Agency in the Literature Propaganda Magazine Kāidū River in the North-West Borderland of China

   Author : Kim Jarle Wroldsen; Irmy Schweiger; Jenny White; Rune Steenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnic; minzu; cadres; literature; china; xinjiang; propaganda; ideology; islam; confucianism; discourse; nationalism; maoism; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

   Abstract : This thesis studies how mínzú (ethnic) agency is effectuated through propaganda literature among Muslim minority cadres in the Yānqí Huí Autonomous County of the Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region of North-West China in the 2010s. The aim is to understand to what extent and in what ways mínzú identification can have a socio-politically significant impact on the activities of mínzú cadres in a restrictive environment and in a medium where mínzú agency is controversial and difficult to implement. READ MORE