Search for dissertations about: "narrative inquiry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words narrative inquiry.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. The Rough Ground : Narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice

    Author : Ruhi Tyson; Lazaro Moreno Herrera; Maud Baumgarten; Philipp Gonon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Vocational education; Bildung; Practical wisdom; Narrative; Practice; Didactics; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis, consisting of five articles, focuses on narrative explorations of vocational Bildung and wisdom in practice. It is an explicitly practical and empirical approach to what, for the most part, tends to be limited to philosophical discussions. READ MORE

  6. 4. Resilience and Religion in a Forced Migration Context : A narrative study of religiousness as a resilience factor in dealing with refugee experiences from a post-migration perspective of Bosnian refugees in Sweden

    Author : Selma Porobic; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; psychology of religion; positive psychology; religious meaning-making; religiousness; resilience; conflict-induced displacement; refugee experiences; forced migration; narrative; refugee-centred research; post-migration perspective; Bosnian war refugees in Sweden;

    Abstract : Until recently studies regarding the pathological aspects of refugee experiences have led the psychology field of forced migration, giving little space to positive factors like the resilience and well-being of individuals faced with these adversities. This doctoral thesis emphasizes good health rather than disease and aims at deepening the understanding of resilience and health as opposed to the dysfunction and disorder paradigm in the context of stressful forced migration experiences. READ MORE

  7. 5. Music Education as an Adventure of Knowledge. : Student and Teacher Experience as Conceptualizations of Musical Knowledge, Learning and Teaching

    Author : Johan Nyberg; Randall Everett Allsup; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; upper secondary school; music education; narrative inquiry; participatory action research; pragmatism; Musikpedagogik; Music Education;

    Abstract : This thesis by publication explores students’ and teachers’ conceptualizations of musical knowledge and learning within the context of the national Arts programme in Swedish upper secondary school. The point of departure is pragmatic ontology and epistemology, emphasizing a holistic view of education as communication and a democratic necessity. READ MORE