Search for dissertations about: "industrial education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words industrial education.
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1. The Division of Labour in Post-Industrial Societies
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2. Environmental management systems – a way towards sustainable development in universities : ”It was difficult at first … then we started talking with our colleagues and we saw it in a longer perspective”
Abstract : The economic development in the world today makes increased consumption of goods and travelling available for more people around the world than ever before. This results, however, also in increased production and spreading of substances that are hazardous both to human health and to the ecosystem globally. READ MORE
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3. Change and inertia in the development of Swedish engineering education : The industrial stakeholder perspective
Abstract : This thesis investigates higher education development in Sweden from an external stakeholder perspective, with a particular focus on engineering education. Industry has long been a major external stakeholder in the development of profession-oriented higher education, not least in the context of engineering education. READ MORE
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4. A new paradigm of industrial organization : The diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry
Abstract : Based on the concepts of techno-economic paradigm, network and production chain, the main purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry during the 1980s and the 1990s. It consists of a summary and six selected papers. READ MORE
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5. Urbanization and Education : The Effect of Childhood Urban Residency on Educational Attainment
Abstract : Essay I: Does rural to urban migration in developing countries improve the opportunities available to children? And does childhood urban exposure increase educational attainment? Using census data for 14 African countries combined with an age-at-move design, I show that childhood exposure to cities significantly raises primary school completion, school attendance, and literacy rates. The increase in educational attainment is robust to the inclusion of household fixed effects, visible in all subgroups and countries, and particularly large for girls. READ MORE