Search for dissertations about: "school autonomy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words school autonomy.

2. 1. To get things done, the challenge in everyday life for children with spina bifida. Quality of performance, autonomy and participation

   Author : Marie Peny-Dahlstrand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : spina bifida; myelomeningocele; lipo-myelomenigocele; performance skills; autonomy; participation; Assessment of Motor and Process Skills AMPS ; School Function Assessment SFA ;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge of the quality of performance of everyday activities, autonomy and participation in children with spina bifida (SB) and to explore how they relate to each other. Methods: In Study I, the quality of performance of everyday activities in 50 children with SB (of the 65 in a population-based cohort) aged 6 to14 years was assessed with the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). READ MORE

4. 2. Improving school functioning – the inschool and out of school blend – the Sri Lankan effort

   Author : Wilfred Perera; Mats Ekholm; Sven Persson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School development; National school system development; professional development; decentralization; International education; Internationell pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : Sri Lanka’s past, present and future efforts to improve the provision of education are in focus. Decentralization of education is reviewed. READ MORE

5. 3. Pluralism and unity in education : on education for democratic citizenship and personal autonomy in a pluralist society

   Author : Joachim Rosenquist; Tomas Englund; Klas Roth; Walter Feinberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pluralism; democratic education; citizenship education; children s rights; autonomy-promotion; school choice; deliberative democracy; political philosophy; educational philosophy; Pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. READ MORE

6. 4. Förskollärarkårens professionaliseringssträvanden 1960 – 2005 ur ett fackligt perspektiv

   Author : Britt Nyberg; Lisbeth Lundahl; Signild Lemar; Boel Henckel; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pre-school teachers; strategies for achieving professionalism; autonomy; professional monopoly; basis of knowledge; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The overall point of the study is to describe and understand the endeavours of the pre-school teachers’ trade union to establish professionalism within this field of work, from the end of the 1960s to 2005. In order to shed light on the subject the main questions asked and answered in this study were: How does the pre-school teachers’ trade union act on issues regarding the autonomy of the pre-school teaching profession? To what extent, and in what way, does the pre-school teachers’ trade union strengthen the pre-school teaching profession’s position by differentiating itself from, and/or allying itself with other professional groups? Which knowledge base is the pre-school teachers’ trade union trying to establish and how does the union act on issues concerning the pre-school teaching profession’s knowledge base? How can these endeavours be understood from a gender perspective? The study presents profession and gender theoretical perspectives. READ MORE

7. 5. What and How Students Perceive They Learn When Doing Mini-Companies in Upper Secondary School

   Author : Steven Hunter Lindqvist; Anders Arnqvist; Juvas Marianne Liljas; Michael Dal; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Junior Achievement Company Program; Junior Achievement Young Enterprise; Mini-company; Student Company; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education; Entrepreneurial Learning; Upper Secondary School; High School; Reflection; Skills; Competencies; Ung Företagsamhet; UF-företag; Entreprenörskap; Elevföretag; Entreprenörskaps Utbildning; Entreprenöriellt Lärande; Gymnasium; Reflektion; Förmågor; Kompetenser; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work; Utbildning och lärande;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain more in-depth knowledge into what Swedish upper secondary school students perceive they learn, and the factors that students perceive affect learning, when they start and run mini-companies within the Junior Achievement Company Program.  The data is comprised of interviews with eleven students each of whom ran a mini-company with other students. READ MORE