Search for dissertations about: "school reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 86 swedish dissertations containing the words school reform.

2. 1. Managerial Dilemmas of a Borderland Position : Professional Standardization in the Swedish School-age Educare

   Author : Richard Andersson; Carl-Henrik Adolfsson; Per Lindqvist; Mette Liljenberg; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; educational reform; educational management; school improvement; school-age educare; sensemaking; professional standards; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of the thesis is to explore how local school management actors, i.e. school principals and municipal management staff, interpret and enact changes in their organizations following the demands and intentions derived from the teacher certification reform in Swedish School-age Educare. READ MORE

4. 2. International large-scale assessments and mathematics textbooks in a curriculum reform process : Changes in lower secondary school algebra in Sweden 1995–2015

   Author : Kristina Palm Kaplan; Johan Prytz; Kajsa Bråting; Astrid Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; curriculum reform; algebra; textbooks; international assessment; TIMSS; secondary school; test validity; student achievement.; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

   Abstract : Reforming a curriculum entails more than simply launching new steering documents: it includes the development of new materials, evaluation of reform and identification of needs for further action. Drawing from algebra material surrounding the 2011 Swedish curriculum reform, this thesis contributes to understanding the process of curriculum reform concerning mathematics textbooks and international large-scale assessments. READ MORE

5. 3. The dynamics of pension reform

   Author : David Sundén; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays, which all concern the dynamics of pension reform. The first essay evaluates the financial balance and the demographic adjustability of the reformed Swedish pay-as-you-go pension system. The main findings are that the demographic adjustability of the system is poor. READ MORE

6. 4. Just assessment in school : - a context-sensitive comparative study of pupils' conceptions in Sweden and Germany

   Author : Bettina Vogt; Daniel Sundberg; Florian Waldow; Anders Jönsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assessment; comparative education research; context-sensitive comparison; conceptions; focus group interviews; grading; Grounded Theory Methodology; justice; meritocracy; pupil research; standards-based reform; Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Pedagogik och Utbildningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines pupils’ justice conceptions regarding educational assessment. Due to the context-dependency of norms and values as well as of assessment, the study compares the justice conceptions of pupils in two different’socio-educational’ contexts: Sweden and Germany. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Social Conflict and Reform

   Author : Anders Bornefalk; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : "Essays on Social Conflict and Reform" consists of four essays that study the political economy of policy reform. Social Conflict with Passive Groups examines conflicts over the distribution of income where groups that engage in appropriative activities as well as groups that are passive in this respect participate. READ MORE