Search for dissertations about: "pedagogical competence"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words pedagogical competence.

  1. 16. Digital Competence and Ways of Thinking and Practising in Swedish Teacher Education : Experiences by teachers with a foreign teaching degree

    Author : Annika Käck; Sirkku Männikkö Barbutiu; Uno Fors; Ola Lindberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital competence; teachers with a foreign teaching degree; teacher education; ways of thinking and practising; transformative learning; Information Society; informationssamhället;

    Abstract : The Swedish government recognises foreign academic education and the professional qualifications of its immigrants by allocating resources to programmes that bridge the gap between immigrants’ education and the specific requirements for work in Sweden. The context of inquiry for this thesis is teachers with a foreign teaching degree, who come from 57 countries or regions and are studying at four Swedish universities. READ MORE

  2. 17. Co-constructing Expertise : Competence Development through Work-Integrated e-Learning in joint Industry-University Collaboration

    Author : Monika Hattinger; Lars Svensson; Maria Spante; Lennart Malmsköld; Kristina M. Eriksson; Linn Gustavsson Christiernin; Anita Mirijamdotter; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Competence Development; e-Learning design; Learning activities; Co-construction; Manufacturing industry; Expert knowledge; Knotworking; Expansive Transformation; Boundary crossing; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande; Informatik; Informatics;

    Abstract : This thesis is inter-disciplinary and proceed from the ongoing challenges of the increased digitalization, automation and robotization that impact the manufacturing industry's emergent need of high-qualified practitioners. Digitalization also challenges universities to open up to external collaboration and to design blended e-learning targeting industry knowledge needs. READ MORE

  3. 18. Developing teaching and learning in Mozambican higher education : a study of the pedagogical development process at Eduardo Mondlane University

    Author : Marta Mendonça; Gun-Marie Frånberg; Oleg Popov; Eugénia Cossa; Staf Callewaert; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural Historical Activity Theory; curriculum reform; higher education; student-centred learning; teacher professional development;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the implementation of a student-centred learning approach at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), in the context of the current curricular reform. The main objective of the thesis is to gain understanding of the implementation of a student-centred learning approach and how the innovation is related to the acquisition of teachers’ pedagogical competence at the above mentioned university. READ MORE

  4. 19. Teachers meeting the challenges of the Swedish school system. Agents within boundaries

    Author : Anna Toropova; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teacher professional competence; teacher job satisfaction; school climate; student mathematics achievement; bullying; TIMSS;

    Abstract : There are many factors that may contribute to explaining variation in teacher quality, which is the key to the schools’ success. These factors include not only teacher characteristics, but also conditions of the teachers’ work. READ MORE

  5. 20. Dimensions of Professionalism : A Study of Computer Science Teaching in Saudi Arabia

    Author : Fayiq Alghamdi; Aletta Nylén; Arnold Pears; Erkki Sutinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot datavetenskapens didaktik; Computer Science with specialization in Computer Science Education Research;

    Abstract : In Saudi Arabia, new computing education programs have been introduced in alignment with the Saudi Vision 2030, which is a plan launched in 2017 to reduce Saudi Arabia's reliance on oil, diversify its economy, and develop its health, education, recreation, infrastructure and tourism. Computer science is a rapidly changing area, which places high demands on teachers in the subject to develop both their subject and pedagogical competence. READ MORE