Search for dissertations about: "intercultural communication and development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words intercultural communication and development.

2. 1. Enhancing intercultural communication in teaching chinese as a foreign language : An action research study

   Author : Wei Hing Ip; Shui Duen Chan; Xu Shi; Yuet Hung Cecilia Chan; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intercultural communication; Chinese as a foreign language education; language acquisition; action research; flipped classroom approach; culture in language learning; Intercultural Studies; Interkulturella studier;

   Abstract : Over the past few decades, the rapid development of information communication technology, internationalization and globalization worldwide have required a shift in the focus of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) towards competence in intercultural communication in which the role of culture in the acquisition of CFL and in the pragmatic use of the language is emphasized and promoted. However, most of the current research in this academic area remains only on a theoretical level. READ MORE

4. 2. Framing Social Interaction in Shared Virtual Environments: The Influence of Technical and Social Factors

   Author : Ann-Sofie Axelsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; virtual reality; presence; intercultural communication; communication media; computer games; social interaction; status differences; common ground;

   Abstract : Virtual Reality (VR) for multiple users is a new technology which is increasingly used for diverse purposes such as distributed collaborative work, visualization, and entertainment. Despite this, little is yet known about what kind of social interaction the technology generates. READ MORE

5. 3. Researching and developing Swedkid : A Swedish case study at the intersection of the web, racism and education

   Author : Camilla Hällgren; Gaby Weiner; Gloria Ladson-Billings; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedkid; case study; information and communication technology; ICT; racism; ethnicity; educational resource; teachers; students; classroom; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete;

   Abstract : This thesis seeks to provide an insight into three phenomena: the condition of racism in Sweden, the complexity of identity, and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in classroom settings. It also offers an analysis of how such phenomena combined in the development of a specific educational resource, the Swedkid project (2001-3) which aimed to develop an anti-racist website (www. READ MORE

6. 4. Moving together – conditions for intercultural development at a highly diverse Swedish school

   Author : Helen Avery; Ylva Lindberg; Anna-Lena Tvingstedt; Fred Dervin; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis is a case study of a primary school in a highly diverse urban neighbourhood in Sweden. Basic pre-conditions for intercultural school development are studied by examining the overall organisation of teaching, learning and opportunities for collaboration in the investigated case. READ MORE

7. 5. Pedagogy of Heuristic Contexturalisation: Intercultural transmission through cross-cultural encounters

   Author : Hai Chun Lin; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy and didactics; transmission; theme; reconstruction; pedagogy; enculturation; culture; cognition; Acculturation; awareness; Pedagogik; didaktik; acculturation;

   Abstract : The present study is designed to analyze the effects of the ongoing cultural globalization. It utilizes as its empirical setting two special programmes called the International Master's Programme (the IMP,) directed by Lund University in Sweden. READ MORE