Search for dissertations about: "early childhood"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 511 swedish dissertations containing the words early childhood.

  2. 6. Nomadic Writing : Exploring Processes of Writing in Early Childhood Education

    Author : Carina Hermansson; Tomas Saar; Anders Arnqvist; Christina Olin-Scheller; Paul Prior; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early childhood education; writing; Deleuze and Guattari; writing processes; movement; connectivity; transformation; nomadic; becomings; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how writing is made in two Swedish early childhood classrooms with a focus on how processes of writing are constituted in the writing event and what writings and writers the event offers potentials for. Theoretically, the research project takes its starting point in the assumption that processes of writing are an effect of relations between different elements, where the young writer is only one part of many human and non-human matters that make way for multiple becomings of writing and writers. READ MORE

  4. 7. Childhood obesity: early intervention and web-based treatment

    Author : Annelie Thorén; Sven-Arne Silfverdal; Annika Janson; Margareta Persson; Olof Sandström; Stefan Särnblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; weight gain; body mass index; BMI; childhood obesity; treatment; intervention; pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : Childhood obesity is a threat to public health worldwide. In Sweden around 15% of children 5-19 years of age are overweight and 3-4 % have obesity. Early prevention is crucial as are effective treatments for children and adolescents who have already developed obesity. READ MORE

  5. 8. Identifying Patterns of Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Preschool children : Facilitating Early Detection

    Author : Berit M. Gustafsson; Per A Gustafsson; Mats Granlund; Marie Proczkowska; Eva Billstedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Mental health problems often debut in early childhood and may last throughout adulthood, thereby making early detection and intervention especially important. The overarching aim of the present thesis was to identify patterns of emotional and behavioural problems indicating mental health problems in preschool children. READ MORE

  6. 9. Towards a minor bilingualism : Exploring variations of language and literacy in early childhood education

    Author : Anna Martín-Bylund; Polly Björk-Willén; Eva Reimers; Diana Masny; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; minor; bilingualism; variations; language; literacy; Deleuze and Guattari; materialsemiotic; early childhood education; il literacy; language politics and language policy; minor; tvåspråkighet; variationer; språk; litteracitet; Deleuze Guattari; materialsemiotisk; förskola; il literacy; språkpolitik och språkpolicy;

    Abstract : The aim of this compilation thesis is to explore variations in bilingualism with the help of everyday specific situations at a Spanish-Swedish early childhood institution in Sweden, and by means of a ‘material-semiotic theorizing’. This means that material and semiotic elements are treated equally and entwined. READ MORE

  7. 10. Childhood coeliac disease : clinical aspects of heredity, diagnosis and dietary therapy

    Author : Lotta Högberg; Anders Dannaeus; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Childhood coeliac disease (CD) is defined as a lifelong disorder, in which the small bowel mucosa is abnormal as a result of exposure to gluten in the diet. The mucosal damage improves on treatment with a gluten-free diet, but recurs within two years of reintroduction of gluten. READ MORE