Search for dissertations about: "school culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 110 swedish dissertations containing the words school culture.

2. 1. School journeys : ideas and practices of new education in Portugal (1890-1960)

   Author : Inês Félix; Anna Larsson; Björn Norlin; Daniel Tröhler; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school journeys; educational modernity; ‘Reason’ of schooling; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I examine school journeys in secondary education in Portugal between 1890 and 1960, focusing on State regulation, educational ideas and school practice. By bringing together the various parts of a broader discourse on a way of thinking and making schooling, I look at how this active method was regulated, argued and reportedly undertaken with a twofold aim: to expand the knowledge on the history of school journeys, and to contribute to the research on the ideas and practices of educational modernity. READ MORE

4. 2. Negotiating school identities : a multimodal analysis of upper secondary school promotion on the web

   Author : Cia Gustrén; Pelle Snickars; Magnus Fredriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary school; web pages; multimodal analysis; logics; strategic communication; visual culture; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The research interests of this doctoral thesis are the mediated ways of presenting and promoting Swedish upper secondary schools on the web to attract students. The thesis studies the rationale of schools’ strategically designed attempts to reach out with their educational offers in a highly competitive school market. READ MORE

5. 3. Caught in Culture? : Cultural Transformation through HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Zambia

   Author : Ellen Carm; Ulf Fredriksson; David Stephens; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HIV AIDS prevention education; culture; transformation; multi-voiced and leveled strategy; cultural historical activity theory; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Abstract : The study explores the role and contribution of education in developing a localized and relevant HIV/AIDS prevention strategy through a multi-voiced approach, involving the educational institutions, as well as the traditional leaders, community-members, including parents. The study comprised all public schools in one Zambian province from 2002-2008. READ MORE

6. 4. Parental involvement in school : What promotes and what hinders parental involvement in an urban school

   Author : Laid Bouakaz; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; minority parents; multi-ethnic school; multicultural; parental involvement; urban school;

   Abstract : Avhandlingens övergripande syfte är att förvärva kunskap om vad som främjar respektive vad som hindrar föräldrasamverkan i en grundskola med elever i skolåren 6-9 belägen i ett invandrartät område, samt nå en bättre förståelse av hur föräldrar med arabisk bakgrund och lärare ser på föräldrasamverkan i skolan. Ett ytterligare och besläktat syfte är att bättre förstå hur dessa föräldrar kan stödjas på ett sätt som möjliggör för dem att öka sin upplevelse av medverkan i den skola som deras barn går i. READ MORE

7. 5. The Swedish School Meal as a Public Meal : Collective Thinking, Actions and Meal Patterns

   Author : Christine Persson Osowski; Christina Fjellström; Helen Göranzon; Päivi Palojoki; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school meal; children; school; social constructionism; teachers; agreement; meal; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study what role the Swedish school meal has as a public meal in Swedish culture. An additional aim is to study the meal patterns of children, including the school meal.An ethnological questionnaire with 192 informants was used to study people’s perceptions and memories of the school meal. READ MORE