Search for dissertations about: "modern schools"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words modern schools.

2. 1. Images of an Empire : Chinese Geography Textbooks of the Early 20th Century

   Author : Mats Norvenius; Marja Kaikkonen; Marianne Bastid-Bruguière; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; modern schools; geography textbooks; national identity; Chinese minorities; Meiji Japan; nationalism; Sinocentrism; Orientalism; social Darwinism; geographical determinism; racism; militarism; constitutional monarchism; Sinology; sinologi;

   Abstract : In 1901 the Qing regime, in power 1644-1911, took wide-ranging measures to reform the Chinese Empire. Fundamental changes were carried out within the field of education, resulting in the completion of China’s first modern educational system in 1904. READ MORE

4. 2. The language survey of Sudan : the first phase: a questionnaire survey in schools

   Author : Björn H. Jernudd; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This is a report on a sociolinguistic survey of pupils in selected junior secondary schools and some primary schools in Northern Sudan, and in Malakal and Adong in Southern Sudan, conducted in 1972. This survey began the Language Survey of Sudan, which is a continuing project of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, Khartoum. READ MORE

5. 3. Close to the edge : discursive, gendered and embodied stress in modern youth

   Author : Maria Wiklund; Ann Öhman; Eva-Britt Malmgren-Olsson; Carita Bengs; Erik Bergström; Charli Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sweden; adolescent; youth; young women; stress; distress; health; psychosomatic; subjective health; body; embodiment; lived experience; gender; modernity; discourse; qualitative method; content analysis; interviews; school survey; questionnaire; epidemiology; Sverige; ungdomar; tonår; unga vuxna; tonårsflickor; stress; ångest; subjektiv hälsa; kropp; förkroppsligande; levd erfarenhet; genus; modernitet; kvalitativ metod; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; intervjuer; skolenkät; frågeformulär; epidemiologi; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Background Adolescent subjective health and mental problems have become a public health concern not only in Sweden but worldwide. The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen and widen the understanding of young peoples’ subjective health, psychosomatic and stress-related problems. READ MORE

6. 4. Livsfrågor och religionskunskap : En belysning av ett centralt begrepp i svensk religionsdidaktik

   Author : Björn Falkevall; Staffan Selander; Karin Sporre; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; religious education; curriculum studies; teacher education; questions of life; existential questions; dialogicity; utterances; chains of utterances; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on “livsfrågor” (questions of life) a typical Swedish concept introduced in the RE syllabus in the curriculum for compulsory schools in 1969. The study poses three questions: what can qualify as a “livsfråga”, why are they regarded important, and how do they fit into teaching? The main purpose is to study differences of the concept in two materials. READ MORE

7. 5. Modern contraceptive use among female refugee adolescents in northern Uganda : prevalence, effect of peer counselling, adherence, and experiences

   Author : Ritah Bakesiima; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Adolescent pregnancies have remained high globally, with the highest rates occurring in low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings. The high adolescent pregnancy rates have been attributed to low and inconsistent use of modern contraceptives, resulting from limited knowledge on contraception, fear of side effects, and social norms among others. READ MORE