Search for dissertations about: "education in high school"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 185 swedish dissertations containing the words education in high school.
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1. Learning Democracy Together in School? : Student and Teacher Attitudes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract : The principal aim of this study is to examine attitudes and values, through questionnaires, among students and teachers in the last grade of primary school (grade 8) regarding issues related to authoritarianism, democracy, human rights, children rights, conflict resolution and legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A second aim is to explore and analyze the role of the international community in the democratization and education processes in the light of globalization in this country through secondary sources of data, site visits and observations. READ MORE
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2. Contingency in high-school students’ reasoning about electrochemical cells : Opportunities for learning and teaching in school science
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
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3. Upper Secondary Education: Access, Choices and Graduation
Abstract : Essay I: We study how Swedish high school students match with programs given their skill endowments at the time of choosing. Using detailed administrative data on high school admissions and earlier school achievement, we construct a multidimensional measure of program match quality, reflecting the extent to which students select into programs with skill requirements that align with their skill portfolio. READ MORE
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4. Literacy Practices in and out of School in Karagwe : the Case of Primary School Literacy in Rural Tanzania
Abstract : This study has investigated the question of relation between literacy practices in and out of school in rural Tanzania. By using the perspective of linguistic anthropology, literacy practices in five villages in Karagwe district in the northwest of Tanzania have been analysed. READ MORE
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5. An Afghan Dilemma: Education, Gender and Globalisation in an Islamic Context
Abstract : Afghanistan has a long history of Islamic education while Western type of education (maktab) is of more recent date. The latter type of education has expanded rapidly recently. However, girls’ enrolment remains low, around 35 per cent.The present study examines children’s, particularly girls’, participation in the two educational systems. READ MORE