Search for dissertations about: "learner beliefs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words learner beliefs.

  2. 1. Young learners' perspectives on English classroom interaction : Foreign language anxiety and sense of agency in Swedish primary school

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Camilla Bardel; Christina Hedman; Fiona Copland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early language instruction; young learners; foreign language anxiety; agency; learner beliefs; target language use; classroom interaction; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

    Abstract : This thesis explores young language learners’ experiences of classroom interaction in English instruction, focusing on foreign language anxiety (FLA), sense of agency and learner beliefs, aiming to inform and problematize language pedagogy for young learners. Learners from ten classrooms in years 2–5 participated. READ MORE

  4. 2. Epistemic beliefs and conceptions of competence in education for sustainable development

    Author : Marie Grice; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education for sustainable development; epistemic beliefs; teachers ESD competences; measuring instruments; exploratory factor analysis; philosophizing with; ethical competence; action readiness;

    Abstract : Education for sustainable development (ESD) raises critical questions regarding what knowledge should be taught and what the learning outcomes should be. The aim of this thesis is to explore epistemological, ethical and critical dimensions of ESD. There are two empirical sites. READ MORE

  5. 3. Young students’ Language Choice in Swedish compulsory school – expectations, learning and assessment

    Author : Ingela Finndahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young language learners; modern languages; language learner beliefs; teaching; assessment; agency;

    Abstract : The second foreign language, referred to as Modern Languages in the Swedish curriculum, begins no later than year 6 in compulsory school. Swedish students normally make their Language Choice (in Swedish “Språkval”) in year 5 and begin their learning of the chosen language in year 6. READ MORE

  6. 4. Student views of environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development and their interconnectedness : A search for the holistic perspective in education for sustainable development

    Author : Teresa Berglund; Niklas Gericke; Jelle Boeve-de Pauw; John Piccolo; Daphne Goldman; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Education for sustainable development; sustainable development; upper secondary; student views; sustainability consciousness; interconnectedness; holism; pluralism; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : The work in this thesis centers on upper secondary students’ views of the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development and their interconnectedness. The focus has been to study the diversity of students’ views in various contexts. READ MORE

  7. 5. A structural view on conceptual change : Integration, differentiation, and contextualization as fundamental aspects of individual meaning making

    Author : Åsa Larsson; Jon Ohlsson; Erno Lehtinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual development; conceptual change; coherence; contextualization; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : Conceptual development and conceptual change processes are described by a longitudinal study on preschool children’s conception of the earth. Conceptual change is often described as a causal process in which changes in an embraced system of beliefs result in a new system of beliefs. READ MORE