Search for dissertations about: "reading paths"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words reading paths.

2. 1. Time of Turmoil : Reading and Media Combination in the American Young Adult Novels Cathy’s Book, Skeleton Creek, and Endgame

   Author : Julie Blomberg Gudmundsson; Daniel Kane; Anna Nordlund; Danuta Fjellestad; Astrid Ensslin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young adult fiction; reading; media combination; literary competence; reading paths; interrupted reading; media consciousness; multimedia novels; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

   Abstract : In the beginning of the twenty-first century, Young Adult (YA) fiction experienced a renaissance, and YA novels began to appear on the best-seller lists in the US. Around the same time, many reports sounded alarms about rapidly declining rates of fiction reading among young adults. READ MORE

4. 2. Abstraction and authority in textbooks : The textual paths towards specialized language

   Author : Agnes Edling; Caroline Liberg; Åke Viberg; Jan Anward; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; textbook research; text linguistics; content area reading; reader text relationship; literacy education; systemic linguistics; applied linguistics; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : During a few hours of a school day, a student might read textbook texts which are highly diversified in terms of abstraction. Abstraction is a central feature of specialized language and the transition from everyday language to specialized language is one of the most important things formal education can offer students. READ MORE

5. 3. Threatening and Appropriate Bodies in Nation Building: Paths to the World’s 1st Female Parliamentary Majority in Post-Genocide Rwanda

   Author : Christopher Kayumba; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : women; opportunity structures; representation; presence; war; genocide; political systems; electoral systems; gender; nationalism; ethnicity; ideology; missing men; reserved seats; quotas; parliament;

   Abstract : While Rwanda first attracted the world’s attention for the genocide that took place in 1994, 16 years later the country is capturing interest because it now has the highest number of women in its parliament than in any other country in the world. After the first post-genocide legislative elections, in 2003, about 49% of elected legislators in the lower house of Parliament were women. READ MORE

6. 4. Gaming in Mohenjo-daro – an Archaeology of Unities

   Author : Elke Rogersdotter; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mohenjo-daro; Indus Valley; Bronze Age; Pakistan; play; gaming; play spectra; grounded theory; form and content; Simmel; abduction; logical types; autonomously working systems; Bateson; systems of representation; symbolic capital; deconstruction; nanoarchaeology; reflexive archaeology;

   Abstract : The main question of this thesis concerns the possibility of illuminating the presence and impact of the irrational element that is play in an ancient societal structure. With this question as a lodestar, the investigation has come to concern the development of an alternative way of work that can manage to embrace the positively loaded, ‘fun’ dimension of play. READ MORE

7. 5. Photonic Devices and Applications based on Intersubband Transitions and Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

   Author : Peter Jänes; Lars Thylén; Christopher Phillips; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Electrical engineering; electronics and photonics; Elektroteknik; elektronik och fotonik;

   Abstract : Although photonic devices have experienced a rapid development lately, there is still room for substantial improvements in performance. From a telecommunications perspective, improvements in speed, size, integration and power consumption are desired. There is also a general interest in photonic devices with new functionalities. READ MORE