Search for dissertations about: "inquiry based"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 162 swedish dissertations containing the words inquiry based.

  2. 1. Participatory inquiry : Collaborative Design

    Author : Martin Johansson; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Design informed by ethnography; Work practice based design; Participatory inquiry; Collaborative design; Design games; Interaction Design; Human Computer Interaction; Participatory Design;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on design sessions in which users and stakeholders participate. It demonstrates how material from field studies can be used in exploratory design sessions. The emphasis is on the staging and realization of experiments with ‘possible futures’. READ MORE

  4. 2. Teachers' Language of Inquiry : The Conflation Between Methods of Teaching and Scientific Inquiry in Science Education

    Author : Jakob Gyllenpalm; Per-Olof Wickman; Sven-Olof Holmgren; Fouad Abd El Khalick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inquiry; secondary school; teacher education; laboratory work; hypothesis; experiment; language; sociocultural; pragmatism; customs; cultural institutions; pivot term; nature of science; focus groups; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to describe and analyse customs of science teaching in secondary schools and teacher education programmes in Sweden in relation to the notion of “inquiry” in science education. The main focus is on customs of language use and the educational goal of learning about scientific inquiry as distinct from the related goals of learning to do inquiry and learning canonical science content. READ MORE

  5. 3. Resourceful students : Engaging students in active and systematic investigations in laboratories involving thermal phenomena

    Author : Christopher Robin Samuelsson; Jesper Haglund; Maja Elmgren; Bor Gregorcic; Paula R. L. Heron; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inquiry-based; inquiry; infrared cameras; laboratory education; active engagement; systematic engagement; thermodynamics; phase transitions; calorimetry; curiosity; conceptual change; resources framework; social semiotics; physics education research; metacognition; laboratory skills; exemplars; instant inquiry; Physics with specialization in Physics Education; Fysik med inriktning mot fysikens didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on students’ engagement in inquiry-based laboratory learning environments. The aim of the research is to explore what it is that makes students active and systematic in these types of lab learning environments. READ MORE

  6. 4. Trusting and Taking Risks : a Philosophical Inquiry

    Author : Madeleine Hayenhjelm; Sven Ove Hansson; Johannes Persson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; beliefs; comfortable defocusing; disposition; power; public trust; risk; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a philosophical contribution to the theories on trust and on risk communication. The importance of trust in risk communication has been argued for and empirically studied since the 80s. However, there is little agreement on the notion of trust and the precise function of trust. READ MORE

  7. 5. From doing to learning : Inquiry- and context-based science education in primary school

    Author : Susanne Walan; Niklas Gericke; Birgitta Mc Ewen; Pernilla Nilsson; Barbara A. Crawford; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; inquiry- and context-based; instructional strategies; primary school; science education; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to develop an understanding of primary school teachers’ knowledge of Inquiry- and Context-Based Science Education (IC-BaSE) from different perspectives: what it is, how to use it and why these strategies are used. There are at least two reasons for performing research in this field. READ MORE