Search for dissertations about: "elementary education"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words elementary education.

2. 16. Tools of teaching and means of managing : Educational and sociopolitical functions of languages of instruction in elementary schools with Sámi pupils in Sweden, Finland and Norway 1900–1940 in a cross-national perspective

   Author : Otso Kortekangas; Maija Runcis; Jukka Nyyssönen; David Sjögren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; educational history; cross-national history; Sámi history; Nordic history; indigenous history; language of instruction; elementary schools; Norway; Sweden; Finland; utbildningshistoria; samisk historia; nomadskola; History; historia;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to recent research on Sámi education from two different angles. First of all, the dissertation pioneers as a cross-national study of the education of a cross-national population previously mainly studied within different nation states. READ MORE

4. 17. Finnish mathematics curriculum materials and teachers’ interaction with them in two cultural-educational contexts

   Author : Tuula Koljonen; Kirsti Hemmi; Hendrik Van Steenbrugge; Barbro Grevholm; Åbo Akademi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-cultural studies; elementary schoolteachers’ interaction with curriculum materials; Finland and Sweden; mathematics education; Finland och Sverige; grundskolelärares interaktion med läromedel; matematikundervisning; tvärkulturella studier;

   Abstract :  Tidigare forskning har visat att lärare är centrala aktörer i undervisning men också läromedlens stora betydelse för undervisningen och lärande har lyfts fram. Dock har mycket av forskningen kring läromedel och dess betydelse för undervisning och lärande gjorts i USA och endast ett fåtal studier har genomförts i Europa och Norden. READ MORE

5. 18. The Everyday Practice of School Bullying : Children's participation in peer group activities and school-based anti-bullying initiatives

   Author : Johanna Svahn; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Marie Karlsson; Susan Danby; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School bullying; children?s participation; peer group interaction; classroom interaction; interactional practices; morality-in-interaction; ethnography; ethnomethodology;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the everyday practice of school bullying by examining children's participation in peer group activities as well as in school-based anti-bullying activities within an educational setting. The empirical material is drawn from a long-term (1 year) ethnographic study conducted among preadolescent children in a 5th grade class in a Swedish elementary school. READ MORE

6. 19. Raising Voices : Singing repertoire and practices in Swedish schools

   Author : David Johnson; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Singing; Repertoire; Children; Schools; Survey; Ethnomusicology; Cantometrics; Microevolution;

   Abstract : This doctoral study aims to (i) investigate current song repertoire and singing practices in Swedish elementary school music education and (ii) to critically assess what factors may be seen to affect singing practices and repertoire choice. It looks to map out how much young students are singing in the general music classroom, what they sing, and how they sing, and to discuss possible implications for pedagogical practice from an ethnomusicological perspective. READ MORE

7. 20. Psychosocial factors in relation to development of dementia in late-life : a life course approach within the Kungsholmen project

   Author : Anita Karp; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Alzheimer s Disease; dementia; education; socioeconomic status; occupation; leisure activity; social network; depressive symptoms; life course; cognitive reserve; population-based study;

   Abstract : This thesis explored social and psychosocial factors from different phases in the lifespan and their relation to the occurrence of dementia and Alzheimer s Disease (AD) in late-life. Early life circumstances, such as education, midlife factors such as occupation, and an active and socially integrated late-life were investigated in relation to dementia and AD risk. READ MORE