Search for dissertations about: "culture and textbooks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words culture and textbooks.

  2. 1. Uses of History in History Education

    Author : Robert Thorp; Monika Vinterek; Henrik Åström Elmersjö; Stuart Foster; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; history education; historical media; textbooks; popular history magazines; history teachers; Historiebruk; historiekultur; historiemedvetande; historieundervisning; historiska medier; läroböcker; populärhistoriska tidskrifter; historielärare; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education; historia; History; historiedidaktik; didactics of history; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis contains an introductory chapter and four original articles. The studies comprising this thesis all concern aspects of how historical culture is constituted in historical media and history teachers’ narratives and teaching. READ MORE

  4. 2. Making Sense of Suffering : Holocaust and Holodomor in Ukrainian Historical Culture

    Author : Johan Dietsch; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Historia; History; Europeanisation; history education; Holodomor; 1932?1933 famine; Holocaust; national identity; diaspora; uses of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Ukraine; post-Soviet; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ; Political history; Politisk historia;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of how Ukraine has incorporated and made use of the Holocaust and the 1932?1933 famine (Holodomor) in its new national history and historical culture. The investigation departs from the increased interest in and attention devoted to the Holocaust in recent years. READ MORE

  5. 3. Crash Courses in Belonging : The Emergence and Progression of a National Orientation in Instructional Materials for Adult Immigrant Language Instruction in Sweden and Denmark ca. 1960-2005

    Author : William Wickersham; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; integration; assimilation; immigration; language instruction; policy; nationalism; national identity; belonging; textbooks; A.D. Smith; inclusion; exclusion; nation state;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores representations of Sweden and Denmark and how immigrants’ place in Sweden and Denmark are represented in instructional materials for adult learners in the period ca. 19602005. READ MORE

  6. 4. Heroes and Victims : The Holocaust in Israeli Historical Consciousness

    Author : Mikael Tossavainen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish-Gentile relations; victimhood; heroism; Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day; press; use of history; historical culture; historical consciousness; Israel; Holocaust; History; Historia; Contemporary history since 1914 ; Nutidshistoria från 1914 ;

    Abstract : The interest in the Holocaust has been growing continuously over the last decades, and this study deals with how the Holocaust has been perceived, interpreted and used in an Israeli context. The central theoretical concept in this study is historical consciousness, and the aim is to analyze the place of the Holocaust in Israeli historical consciousness. READ MORE

  7. 5. The discursive construction, reproduction and continuance of national cultures: A critical study of the cross-cultural management discourse

    Author : Agneta Moulettes; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national culture; cross-cultural management; postcolonial theory; neocolonialism; qualitative investigation; critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Considering that businesses, whether they operate on a global or a domestic market, are affected by globalization, cross-cultural management is without doubt an urgent topic in current management and education. However, despite this urgency and the commendable intention behind the endeavour to enhance people’s cultural knowledge, current models on national cultures are problematic since they rely on simplistic ideas and crude stereotypes which perpetrate prejudice representations of self and others. READ MORE