Search for dissertations about: "experiential education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words experiential education.

2. 1. Career as an experiential learning voyage : Development of experiential assessment methodology in a lifelong learning context

   Author : Jens Graff; George Tesar; Ron Mahieu; Bo Lemar; Marin Marinov; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experiential learning; competence; recruitment; assessment methodology; lifelong learning; lifewide learning; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This research is in the management discipline, more specifically in human resource management concerned with staffing. It examines a relatively new phenomenon: career changes by a special cadre of individuals who have advanced education and training, perhaps a doctoral degree in sciences, humanities, or engineering, and who, at the dusk of their careers, became entrepreneurial and strive to switch from an executive position in business to an academic post or vice versa. READ MORE

4. 2. Value Creation as Educational Practice - Towards a new Educational Philosophy grounded in Entrepreneurship?

   Author : Martin Lackéus; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Assessment.; Education; Entrepreneurship; Educational Philosophy; Value Creation;

   Abstract : Purpose The role of entrepreneurship as a major engine for innovation, economic growth and job creation has made policymakers argue for infusing entrepreneurship into all levels of education. It is argued that citizens must develop their entrepreneurial skills in order to cope with our increasingly globalized, fast-paced and uncertain world. READ MORE

5. 3. A Material Framework for Product Design

   Author : Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen; Valentina Rognoli; Lund University; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; experiential learning; material practices in design; pedagogic framework; higher education; product design; material selection; sensorial characteristics; technical properties; material criteria activities; case study;

   Abstract : A new paradigm is slowly making its way into society, affecting our material practice as designers. Materials selection in design and product development has for a long time been dominated by a purely technical approach, mainly focusing on properties and performance. READ MORE

6. 4. Refugeeship - A project of justification : Claiming asylum in England and Sweden

   Author : Nicola Magnusson; Anders Gustavsson; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identification; positioning; asylum system; asylum seeker; refugee; moral career; justification; refugeeship; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the asylum process from an experiential perspective, starting in the country of origin, fleeing, claiming asylum and being granted refugee status. The theoretical interest is to contribute with an understanding of how this asylum process impacts on personal meaning-making, focusing on identification and positioning work of the person forced to flee and make an asylum claim. READ MORE

7. 5. The unseen in between: Unpacking, designing, and evaluating sustainability-oriented labs in real-world contexts

   Author : Gavin McCrory; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sustainability transformations; evaluation; sustainability; undisciplinarity; laboratories; systematic review; education; learning; Sustainability transitions; reflexive governance;

   Abstract : We live in a time of compounding ecological and social change. Given its uncertain and urgent nature, contemporary forms of governance are experiencing tension between controlling the present and nurturing collective capacities to enact transformative change. READ MORE