Search for dissertations about: "curricular materials"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words curricular materials.

  2. 1. Contingency in high-school students’ reasoning about electrochemical cells : Opportunities for learning and teaching in school science

    Author : Karim Hamza; Per-Olof Wickman; Gregory J. Kelly; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electrochemistry; laboratory work; concept mapping; high-school; learning; teaching; pragmatism; practical epistemology analysis; contingency; discourse; misconceptions; alternative ideas; curricular materials; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The thesis takes its departure from the extensive literature on students’ alternative ideas in science. Although describing students’ conceptual knowledge in many science areas, the literature offers little about how this knowledge enters into the science learning process. READ MORE

  4. 2. International large-scale assessments and mathematics textbooks in a curriculum reform process : Changes in lower secondary school algebra in Sweden 1995–2015

    Author : Kristina Palm Kaplan; Johan Prytz; Kajsa Bråting; Astrid Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; curriculum reform; algebra; textbooks; international assessment; TIMSS; secondary school; test validity; student achievement.; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

    Abstract : Reforming a curriculum entails more than simply launching new steering documents: it includes the development of new materials, evaluation of reform and identification of needs for further action. Drawing from algebra material surrounding the 2011 Swedish curriculum reform, this thesis contributes to understanding the process of curriculum reform concerning mathematics textbooks and international large-scale assessments. READ MORE

  5. 3. Teachers’ tactics when programming and mathematics converge

    Author : Ana Fuentes Martinez; Lars Svensson; Thomas Winman; Lennart Rolandsson; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Programming; Mathematics; Curriculum; Strategies; Tactics; Michel de Certeau; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

    Abstract : Teachers’ everyday practices are embedded in school contexts in which their teaching autonomy is constrained by rules, moral obligations, physical settings,and official directives. When a curricular revision mandated that programming was to be a part of mathematics in upper secondary education, teachers’ conditions changed. READ MORE