Search for dissertations about: "faith school"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words faith school.

2. 1. What Role of God and National Curriculum in School life? : A Comparative Study of Schools with a Muslim Profile in England and Sweden

   Author : Åsa Brattlund; Holger Daun; Geoffrey Walford; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic school; Muslim; Muslim school; Primary school; comparative study; International Education; independent school; school leader; intercultural; confessional school; faith school; religious education; confessional; school head; islamiska skolor; muslim; muslimska skolor; grundskolor; jämförande studie; internationell pedagogik; interkulturell; konfessionella skolor; religiösa skolor; skolledare; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education; Didactics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of principles and ethics that dominate four schools with a Muslim profile, two in Sweden and two in England.The specific objectives of the study are:  to examine educational policies with regard to primary schools with a confessional orientation in Sweden and England; to compare two primary schools with a Muslim profile in Sweden with two such schools in England; and in these four schools to describe and examine the manner in which school heads, teachers and other staff deal with the encounters between the values found in the national curriculum of Sweden and England respectively and the principles and ethics embodied in their private philosophy of life; to describe and examine the views of school heads, teachers and other staff on school leadership and any educational, ideological or personal role model they emulate; to describe and examine the expectations and views of parents with regard to the school with a Muslim profile; and describe the views of the pupils regarding their schools and the norms and values in school and; finally, to examine the attitudes of some local authority politicians in Sweden to MP schools. READ MORE

4. 2. The everyday life of young children through their cancer trajectory

   Author : Laura Darcy; Karin Enskär; Faith Gibson; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Young child; cancer; everyday life; health and functioning; transition; Människan i vården; Människan i vården;

   Abstract : The young child’s experiences of living with cancer are crucial to providing evidence based care. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe experiences of health and functioning in the everyday life of young children with cancer, over a three year period from diagnosis, to provide insights and suggestions to improve evidence based care. READ MORE

5. 3. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

   Author : Anna Tessmann; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : Zoroastrianism is ascribed to the teachings of the legendary prophet Zarathustra and originated in ancient times. It was developed within the area populated by the Iranian peoples, and following the Arab conquest, it formed into a diaspora. In modern Russia it has evolved since the endof the Soviet era. READ MORE

6. 4. The Aspirants : How faith is built in emerging occupations

   Author : Rebecca Ye; Charlotta Stern; Mikaela Sundberg; Phillip Brown; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; weak-form occupations; transitions; temporality; anticipation; career scripts; projections; school culture; higher vocational education and training; yrkeshögskola; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Anticipating future demands in skills and workforce development has been a longstanding practice and challenge for governments and policy-makers. While such developments are examined closely at the national and regional levels, an even more pressing issue is to advance our understanding of how people who take on jobs in new and emerging fields embark on and persist in their occupational pathways. READ MORE

7. 5. The leap of faith : creating trust on professional service markets

   Author : Lovisa Näslund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : As freelancers and consultants become more common, this is a question asked with increasing frequency, not least in professional services. Similarly, organizations increasingly face the dilemma of having to find and choose a suitable service provider. READ MORE