Search for dissertations about: "free schools"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words free schools.
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1. Free to Choose? : Studies of Opportunity Constraints and the Dynamics of School Segregation
Abstract : As a result of the negative consequences and persistence of school segregation, its causes have received a great deal of scholarly attention across a range of disciplines. However, the existing research has tended to overlook those aspects of the segregation process that lie beyond the choice of the individual. READ MORE
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2. Promoting health in adolescents : preventing the use of tobacco
Abstract : There is a robust evidence base for the negative health effects from smoking. Smoking is linked to severe morbidity and to mortality, and kills up to half of its regular users. READ MORE
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3. Towards a tobacco-free generation. A study on the tobacco habits of adolescents: when, why and who?
Abstract : Why adolescents are using tobacco is a large and complex issue. There are factors on society, group and individual levels that affect the youngsters. The norms and attitudes in their surrounding, as well as the tobacco habits of parents and friends, are important when it comes to affecting adolescents to start using tobacco or abstain from it. READ MORE
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4. Creative Writers in a Digital Age : Swedish Teenagers’ Insights into their Extramural English Writing and the School Subject of English
Abstract : The digital age has re-shaped the landscape of creative writing. One example of the changes that have taken place is the way in which millions of young people, globally, now write and share stories as online fanfiction. This is an out-of-school leisure pastime that can also help improve language skills (Aragon & Davis, 2019; Black, 2008). READ MORE
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5. Attraction Based Models of Collective Motion
Abstract : Animal groups often exhibit highly coordinated collective motion in a variety of situations. For example, bird flocks, schools of fish, a flock of sheep being herded by a dog and highly efficient traffic on an ant trail. READ MORE