Search for dissertations about: "metaphors"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 84 swedish dissertations containing the word metaphors.

  2. 16. Navigating in the knowledge era : metaphors and stories in the construction of Skandia's navigator

    Author : Sofie Roy; Peter Dobers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge; knowledge management; situated practice; balanced scorecards; linguistic tools; metaphors; stories; storymaking; storyspreading.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Within the dominant knowledge management literature, knowledge is often treated as a given, codifiable, and sharable strategic resource. Various tools have been developed to manage knowledge, and the focus of this thesis is on one such tool; the balanced scorecard. READ MORE

  4. 17. Minding metaphors : using figurative language in learning to represent

    Author : Niklas Pramling; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Not available.... READ MORE

  5. 18. Learning Science Through Aesthetic Experience in Elementary School : Aesthetic Judgement, Metaphor and Art

    Author : Britt Jakobson; Per-Olof Wickman; Jan Schoultz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : aesthetic experience; aesthetic judgement; art activities; continuity; Dewey; elementary school; imagination; learning; meaning-making; practical epistemology analysis; reconstruction; science; spontaneous metaphors; transformation; Wittgenstein.; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; didaktik; Didactics;

    Abstract : This thesis considers the role of aesthetic meaning-making in elementary school science learning. Children’s aesthetic experiences are traced through their use of aesthetic judgements, spontaneous metaphors and art activities. The thesis is based on four empirical studies: the first two examining children’s language use, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 19. An important part of the whole : The role of metaphors in the teaching and learning of mathematics

    Author : Johannes Berggren; Iben Christiansen; Kerstin Larsson; Cecilia Kilhamn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; matematikämnets didaktik;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the role of metaphor in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Two different studies help to fulfil this aim. READ MORE

  7. 20. Heritage planning in Malmö and Rotterdam during the 2000’s : A cross-contextual analysis of arguments, metaphors and figures of thought

    Author : Olof Woltil; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Heritage planning; Conservation; Built heritage; Rhetoric; Metaphor analysis; Argumentation analysis; Figures of thought; Malmö; Rotterdam;

    Abstract : A wide variety of scholars acknowledge heritage planning as a widespread phenomenon. However, to what extent it is widespread is debatable. READ MORE