Search for dissertations about: "curriculum"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 233 swedish dissertations containing the word curriculum.

  2. 6. Curriculum in the Era of Global Development - Historical Legacies and Contemporary Approaches

    Author : Beniamin Knutsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Curriculum; education; didactics; global education; development cooperation; globalization; sustainable development; Policy for Global Development;

    Abstract : In the last decade there has been an avalanche of policies and political rhetoric worldwide, stressing the importance of equitable and sustainable global development. The Swedish Government’s response has been the inception of a coherent Policy for Global Development (PGD). READ MORE

  4. 7. 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. 8. Livsfrågor och religionskunskap : En belysning av ett centralt begrepp i svensk religionsdidaktik

    Author : Björn Falkevall; Staffan Selander; Karin Sporre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; religious education; curriculum studies; teacher education; questions of life; existential questions; dialogicity; utterances; chains of utterances; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; Didactics; didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on “livsfrågor” (questions of life) a typical Swedish concept introduced in the RE syllabus in the curriculum for compulsory schools in 1969. The study poses three questions: what can qualify as a “livsfråga”, why are they regarded important, and how do they fit into teaching? The main purpose is to study differences of the concept in two materials. READ MORE

  6. 9. Competence-based Curriculum (CBC) in Tanzania : Tutors' Understanding and their Instructional Practices

    Author : Ibrahimu Nzima; Martin Stigmar; Ulf Fredriksson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Competence-based curriculum; instructional practices; Tanzania; tutors understanding; kompetensbaserad läroplan; lärarutbildares uppfattningar; Tanzania; undervisningspraktik; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the study is to investigate tutors’ understanding of a competence-based curriculum (CBC) and how they train the student-teachers to implement CBC in actual classroom situations in ordinary level (O-level) secondary schools in Tanzania.The study employed a qualitative research approach informed by the interpretive paradigm. READ MORE

  7. 10. Bringing women into computer engineering : Curriculum reform processes at two institutes of technology

    Author : Minna Salminen-Karlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engineering education; curriculum development; female students; Bourdieu; gender contract;

    Abstract : This study looks at curriculum reform processes at two Swedish institutes of technology in a gender perspective and relates them to two social theories: the reproduction theory of Bourdieu & Passeron and the gender contract theory of Yvonne Hirdman.The aim of the reform processes was to make educational programmes in computer engineering more attractive to female students. READ MORE