Search for dissertations about: "högre"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 1912 swedish dissertations containing the word högre.

2. 11. Developing Academic Literacies in Times of Change : Scaffolding Literacies Acquisition with the Curriculum and ICT in Rwandan Tertiary Education

   Author : Charles Karoro Muhirwe; Ingrid Andersson; Nigel John Musk; Martin Stigmar; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic literacies; English for Specific Purposes ESP ; scaffolding; curriculum embedment; ICT; tertiary education; Rwanda; Academic literacies; allmän engelska och engelskt fackspråk; stödjande redskap; integrerade läroplaner; IKT; högre utbildning; Rwanda;

   Abstract : Inspired by the Bologna Process and other globalising influences from modern higher education, and driven by policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reforms that have ushered in expectations, requirements and demands that call for both reinvigorated and new academic literacies in undergraduate study since 2007. With its aim of producing a highly skilled human resource as a panacea for Rwanda’s social and economic development deficits, the tertiary education curriculum is more than never before focused on outcomes that are linked to further education and the labour market. READ MORE

4. 12. Assessment and Study Strategies : A study among Rwandan Students in Higher Education

   Author : Innocent Sebasaza Mugisha; Sven Andersson; Elisabeth Ahlstrand; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Higher Education; students’ conceptions of assessment; cue-seeking; studying the teacher; individual and group study strategies; alternative modes of assessment; Högre utbildning; studenters uppfattningar av bedömning; ‘cue-seeking’; individ- och gruppstrategier; alternativa bedömningsformer; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain understanding of students’ experiences of assessment and the study strategies they adopt in the context of Higher Education in Rwanda. The study is governed by questions on how students conceive their experiences with assessment in their courses, how they determine study strategies, and how they reflect on alternative ways of assessment. READ MORE

5. 13. Coping with Learning through a Foreign Language in Higher Education in Rwanda

   Author : Anne Marie Kagwesage; Ingrid Andersson; Sven Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; foreign instructional language; Rwanda; students’ learning; translanguaging; globalisation; Högre utbildning; undervisning på främmande språk; Rwanda; lärande; gränsöverskridande språkande; globalisering;

   Abstract : The overarching aims of this thesis are to investigate how students in higher education in Rwanda experience learning through the medium of a foreign language, mainly English, and the strategies they employ in order to successfully complete their university studies during a period of both language and educational change. Taking a sociocultural perspective, the thesis subscribes to a qualitative research design. READ MORE

6. 14. Cold Heart, Warm Heart : On fiction, interaction, and emotion in medical education

   Author : Anja Rydén Gramner; Katarina Eriksson Barajas; Sally Wiggins Young; Jessica Nina Lester; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discursive psychology; Medical education; Interaction; Medical humanities; Narrative medicine; Higher education; Professional identity; Professional emotion; Emotional labour; Affective stance; Fiction talk; Reflection; Diskursiv psykologi; Läkarutbildning; Interaktion; Medicinsk humaniora; Narrativ medicin; Högre utbildning; Professionell identitet; Professionella känslor; Emotionellt arbete; Affektiv positionering; Fiktionssamtal; Reflektion;

   Abstract : Fiction is used for educational purposes in various fields such as engineering, law and higher education. In medical education, the theories of medical humanities and narrative medicine propose that engaging with fictional works can provide opportunities for medical students and physicians to develop central professional skills such as emotional awareness and empathy, which can help mitigate the documented empathy decline which occurs during medical training. READ MORE

7. 15. Broad Entrance - Vague Exit : The trajectory of Political Science students through higher education into working life

   Author : Kristina Johansson; Lars Owe Dahlgren; Jan-Erik Perneman; Lennart Svensson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Work life; Trajectories of learning; National comparisons; International comparisons; Junior and senior students; Novice professionals; Högre utbildning; Arbetsliv; Lärande; Identitet; Nationella jämförelser; Internationella jämförelser; Nybörjare; Erfarna studenter; Professionella noviser; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe Political Science students’ experiences of studies and work life. Students’ reflections on their study situation as well as their envisaged and later experienced work life have been analysed through cross-sectional as well as longitudinal data. READ MORE