Search for dissertations about: "practical epistemology analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words practical epistemology analysis.

  2. 1. Patterns of Care : Relating Altruism in Sociobiology and the Christian Tradition of Agape

    Author : Eva-Lotta Grantén; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; kunskapsteori; metafysik; estetik; Praktisk filosofi; ideology; epistemology; Sociobiology; Agape; Altruism; Science and Religion; Independence; Conflict; Integration; Care; Systematic philosophy; ethics; metaphysics; aesthetics; ideologi; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to relate sociobiological theories of altruism to theories within the Christian tradition of agape. Firstly, it discusses the relation between scientific, ethical and theological understandings of altruism, and argues that it is possible to compare discussions of benevolent acts towards others or other-directedness. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Belief & Desire : The Standard Model of Intentional Action — Critique and Defence

    Author : Björn Petersson; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; Systematic philosophy; Michael Smith; David Hume; Donald Davidson; akrasia; 2nd order desires; reasons; understandings; intention; propositional content; tendency; desire; disposition; belief-desire model; motivation; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

    Abstract : The scheme of concepts we employ in daily life to explain intentional behaviour form a belief-desire model (BD model), in which motivating states are sorted into two suitably broad categories. The BD model embeds a philosophy of action, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 4. Supporting Learning and Teaching of Chemistry in the Undergraduate Classroom

    Author : Ilana A. Manneh; Karim Hamza; Carl-Johan Rundgren; Lars Eriksson; Ingo Eilks; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; undergraduate chemistry education; learning and teaching processes; didactic triangle; chemical bonding; tutor-student interaction; practical epistemology analysis; continuity; progression; purposes; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : There is agreement in research about the need to find better ways of teaching chemistry to enhance students’ understanding. This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of how we better support teaching and learning of undergraduate chemistry to make it meaningful and intelligible for students from the outset. READ MORE

  7. 5. Contingency in high-school students’ reasoning about electrochemical cells : Opportunities for learning and teaching in school science

    Author : Karim Hamza; Per-Olof Wickman; Gregory J. Kelly; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electrochemistry; laboratory work; concept mapping; high-school; learning; teaching; pragmatism; practical epistemology analysis; contingency; discourse; misconceptions; alternative ideas; curricular materials; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The thesis takes its departure from the extensive literature on students’ alternative ideas in science. Although describing students’ conceptual knowledge in many science areas, the literature offers little about how this knowledge enters into the science learning process. READ MORE