Search for dissertations about: "preschool children"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 178 swedish dissertations containing the words preschool children.

  2. 16. Map-reading and wayfinding

    Author : Torgny Ottosson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; cognition; cognitive psychology; map skills; maps; orienteering; phenomenography; phenomenology; preschool children; primary education;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to make an analysis of map-reading as a cognitive phenomenon, with the use of a map for finding one's way as the specific focus. As a point of departure, the nature of human beings' knowledge of spatial relationships in their physical environment (here termed macro-spatial relations) is discussed. READ MORE

  4. 17. Phonemic awareness in preschool children : four studies on the relationship between phonemic awareness, reading ability and short-term memory

    Author : Anders Arnqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Education;

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  5. 18. On the identification of visual defects in children in general and prematurely born children in particular

    Author : Anna-Lena Hård; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : preschool vision screening; referral criteria; children; vision; preterm; cerebral visual impairment; visual perception; ocular fundus morphology;

    Abstract : Aims: Papers I & II: To evaluate the consequences of changes in the criteria for referral to an eye clinic following general pre-school vision screening. According to the former criteria all 4 year old children in the Göteborg area, with visual acuity (VA) ... READ MORE

  6. 19. The Road From Damascus : New Arrival Immigrant Families and The Swedish Preschool

    Author : Wiji Bohme Shomary; Anne-Li Lindgren; Elie Wardini; Millei Szuzsanna; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early childhood education; new arrival immigrant families; preschool; criti-cal discourse analysis; state preschool political discourse; language learn-ing; belonging; agency; Förskoledidaktik; nyanlända invandrarfamiljer; förskola; kritisk diskursanalys; statlig förskolepolitisk diskurs; språkinlärning; tillhörighet; agens; Early Childhood Education; förskoledidaktik;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this doctoral thesis is to examine the perceptions that new arrival immigrant families have of Swedish preschool, and the perceptions of these families as expressed by the Swedish state preschool political discourse over the last fifty-year period. For this purpose, the study uses critical discourse analysis, as proposed by Norman Fairclough. READ MORE

  7. 20. Peer interaction in preschool: Necessary, but not sufficient : The influence of social interaction on the link between behavior difficulties and engagement among children with and without need of special support

    Author : Madeleine Sjöman; Mats Granlund; Lena Almqvist; Gunvie Möllås; Kari-Anne Bottegaard Naess; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; preschool; engagement; hyperactive behavior; teacher responsiveness; peer-to-child interaction; Bioecological Systems Theory; niches; proximal processes; environmental factors; cross-sectional; transactional processes; longitudinal design;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to enhance knowledge regarding engagement among children with and without need of special support due to behavior difficulties. The influence of social interaction as well as the provision of special support in Swedish preschool were investigated. READ MORE