Search for dissertations about: "lived experience of teachers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words lived experience of teachers.

2. 1. Sharing lived experience : How upper secondary school chemistry teachers and students use narratives to make chemistry more meaningful

   Author : Agneta Boström; Per Olof Wickman; Russell Tytler; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chemistry; cognition; Dewey; knowledge emphases; learning; meaning-making; narrative; narrative inquiry; pedagogical content knowledge; post-modernity; pragmatism; science education; teaching; the content of science; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns the place of teachers’ and students’ narratives in making school chemistry more meaningful to students. The material was collected at upper secondary school courses and consists of interviews with six experienced chemistry teachers, five adult students attending evening classes and six younger students. READ MORE

4. 2. “It’s not really about the food, it’s about everything else” : pupil, teacher and head teacher experiences of school lunch in Sweden

   Author : Linda Berggren; Maria Waling; Cecilia Olsson; Maria Rönnlund; Päivi Palojoki; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school lunch; Sweden; pupils; teachers; head teachers; social production of space;

   Abstract : The school lunch is often associated with food, nutrition and health while the social, physical, pedagogical and cultural dimensions of the school lunch situation have not been given as much attention. Sweden is one of few countries in the world where tax-funded school meals are served to all pupils in compulsory school. READ MORE

5. 3. Ambiguities and Intertwinings in Teachers' Work : Existential dimensions in the midst of experience and global trends

   Author : Susanne Westman; Ulf Blossing; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was set against the background of changed expectations on education and teachers’ work in contemporary Western societies, reflecting global educational trends of standardisation and assessment moving further down the ages. The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and gain understandings of how teachers’ work is constituted. READ MORE

6. 4. Teacher to learner and back again : a narrative inquiry into teacher voice in professional learning

   Author : Lena Glaés-Coutts; Shelley Stagg Peterson; Canada University of Toronto; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; authentic; experienced teachers; knowledge; narrative; Ontario; professional learning; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : My research investigates how four experienced Ontario elementary teachers use their personal and professional knowledge to define what they consider to be personal, purposeful and relevant professional learning, or authentic professional learning (Mockler, 2013; Webster-Wright, 2009). Authentic learning is here understood to represent what the teachers themselves described as their lived experiences of ongoing professional learning, and what they identified as relevant and purposeful for their continued professional, as well as personal learning. READ MORE

7. 5. Building an ethical learning community in schools

   Author : Ulrika Bergmark; Tom Tiller; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the school as a site for ethical practice. Specific objectives were to elucidate, encourage understanding for, and discuss: (i) teachers' and students' lived experience of ethical situations in school, (ii) teachers' and students' working together to promote learning in subjects and also to develop an ethical attitude towards society and the way people interact, and (iii) teachers' and students' working together to create an appreciative and positive climate in school. READ MORE