Search for dissertations about: "culture education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 197 swedish dissertations containing the words culture education.

  2. 1. Caught in Culture? : Cultural Transformation through HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Zambia

    Author : Ellen Carm; Ulf Fredriksson; David Stephens; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HIV AIDS prevention education; culture; transformation; multi-voiced and leveled strategy; cultural historical activity theory; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Abstract : The study explores the role and contribution of education in developing a localized and relevant HIV/AIDS prevention strategy through a multi-voiced approach, involving the educational institutions, as well as the traditional leaders, community-members, including parents. The study comprised all public schools in one Zambian province from 2002-2008. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ruptured narratives : An analysis of the contradictions within young people's responses to issues of personal responsibility and social violence within an educational context

    Author : Silvia Edling; Carl Anders Säfström; Sharon Todd; Caroline Liberg; Lynda Stone; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young people youth ; social violence; oppression; difference; justice; injustice; moral responsibility; culture; ruptured narratives; subject-in-process; politics; democracy; education; curriculum theory; Education; Pedagogik; Curriculum Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the problems of social violence which are based on stereotyped prejudices, and directed towards people who differ from the norm, and asks how education aiming at counteracting social violence can be understood. Within education, the aspiration to contest social violence is generally motivated by a democratic framework stressing distributive justice and everyone’s equal value. READ MORE

  5. 3. Inclusion & exclusion in culture, learning and education

    Author : Anne Smehaugen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Undervisningsväsen; Utbildning; Sociala aspekter; Utbildningsreformer; Norge; Spanien;

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  6. 4. What's wrong with engineering education? Comparing and combining a teaching-problematization and a culture-problematization

    Author : Oskar Hagvall Svensson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; engineering culture; discourse analysis; engineering education; teaching methods; higher education pedagogy; engineering education research; educational reform; entrepreneurship education; ethnography;

    Abstract : While much has been said about what is wrong with engineering education, the assumptions we make when talking about its problems often remain hidden. One particularly common implicit assumption is that inadequate teaching is the primary antecedent of educational problems. READ MORE

  7. 5. The role of practical work in physics education in Lao PDR

    Author : Thongloon Vilaythong; Sune Pettersson; Oleg Popov; Bertil Sundqvist; Ogawa Masakata; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; laboratory work; Laos; pendulum experiment; physics curriculum; physics education research; practical activities; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; didactics of physics; fysikdidaktik;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to get a better understanding of the role of practical work in physics education in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The Lao PDR is one of least developed countries in the world with a weak base for science, and poor market opportunities for science graduates. READ MORE