Search for dissertations about: "everyday learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 181 swedish dissertations containing the words everyday learning.

2. 1. Learning Managerial Work : First-line Managers’ Learning in Everyday Work within Swedish Elderly Care

   Author : Karin Wastesson; Maria Gustavsson; Peter Nilsson; Anna Fogelberg Eriksson; Oscar Rantatalo; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-line manager; Workplace learning; Managerial work; Community of practice; Gender; Elderly care; Första-linjechef; Arbetsplatslärande; Chefsarbete; Praktikgemenskap; Genus; Äldreomsorg;

   Abstract : This study’s overall aim is to contribute knowledge about first-line managers’ learning in everyday work within the context of elderly care. The study used a qualitative research approach and was carried out within four Swedish elderly care organisations. A total of 40 first-line managers were interviewed, 10 of whom kept time-use diaries. READ MORE

4. 2. Science Enacted in Everyday Life: Studies of On-line and Classroom Practice

   Author : Miranda Rocksén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; science education; science literacy; public engagement with science; science language; genre; learning; on-line communication; classroom research;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the field of science education with two studies investigating science literacy in its practice in everyday life. The approach embrace a view on science learning as embedded in the context of situation, resulting in the study of two practices: on-line communication and science classroom. READ MORE

5. 3. Mathematical modelling and Problem Solving in Engineering Education

   Author : Tabassum Jahan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematical modelling; Self-regulation; Engineering education; Beliefs; Case study; Authentic learning; Authenticity; Metacognition; Problem solving; Engineering education research;

   Abstract : Background Innovation and technology have made the 21st century engineering workplace problems more diverse and challenging. Mathematical modelling is being increasingly used as the primary form of engineering design and is fundamental in everyday engineering problem solving. READ MORE

6. 4. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families

   Author : Olga Abreu Fernandes; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Helen Melander Bowden; Mathew Burdelski; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language-centered practices; language learning environments; multilingual children; family interaction; family language policy; heritage language maintenance; language socialization; bilingual literacy; multimodal interactional analysis; Russian; Pedagogik; Education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. READ MORE

7. 5. Practice beyond technology when programming and mathematics teaching converge

   Author : Ana Fuentes Martinez; Lars Svensson; Anders Mørch; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Programming; Mathematics; Curriculum; Strategies; Tactics; Michel de Certeau; Programmering; Matematik; Kursplan; L¨aroplan; Strategier; taktiker; Michel de Certeau; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how computer programming and mathematics teaching converge in the presence of a revised mathematics curriculum for upper secondary education. The focus is on the stratified policy strategies deployed by the institutions; how teachers tactically navigated the tensions and contradictions that arose in their everyday teaching; and how these tactics later consolidated in practice. READ MORE