Search for dissertations about: "scientific experience"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 4130 swedish dissertations containing the words scientific experience.

2. 16. Designing Public Play : Playful Engagement, Constructed Activity, and Player Experience

   Author : Jon Back; Annika Waern; Barry Brown; José P. Zagal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; design; public; play; playful; playfulness; game; activity; experience; second order design; engage; engagement; fun; magic circle; brink games; pervasive games; place; space; co-creativity; empowerment; game jam; busking; street performance; playground; Human-Computer Interaction; Människa-dator interaktion;

   Abstract : This thesis sets out to explore why people engage in, and how to design for, play in a public setting. It does this by separating design for play from design of games, describing play as a socially and mentally understood activity, and a playful approach to engaging in that activity. READ MORE

4. 17. Displaying Spaces : Spatial Design, Experience, and Authenticity in Museums

   Author : Märit Simonsson; Richard Pettersson; Vaike Fors; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Museums; space; spatial design; experience; authenticity; meaning making; phenomenology; Rome; museologi; museology;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to analyse how spatial design affects experiences and meaning making in museums. The overarching question is what the spatial elements and forms within museums communicate to those who visit them. READ MORE

5. 18. Sharing lived experience : How upper secondary school chemistry teachers and students use narratives to make chemistry more meaningful

   Author : Agneta Boström; Per Olof Wickman; Russell Tytler; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chemistry; cognition; Dewey; knowledge emphases; learning; meaning-making; narrative; narrative inquiry; pedagogical content knowledge; post-modernity; pragmatism; science education; teaching; the content of science; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns the place of teachers’ and students’ narratives in making school chemistry more meaningful to students. The material was collected at upper secondary school courses and consists of interviews with six experienced chemistry teachers, five adult students attending evening classes and six younger students. READ MORE

6. 19. The design philosophy of distributed programming systems : the Mozart experience

   Author : Per Brand; Seif Haridi; Elizer Dekel; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Informationsteknik; Information technology; Informationsteknik;

   Abstract : Distributed programming is usually considered both difficult and inherently different from concurrent centralized programming. It is thought that the distributed programming systems that we ultimately deploy, in the future, when we've worked out all the details, will require a very different programming model and will even need to be evaluated by new criteria. READ MORE

7. 20. A Changing Experience : communication and meaning-making in web-based teacher training

   Author : Linda Reneland-Forsman; Per Gerrevall; Monica E Nilsson; Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; course design; higher education pedagogy; mediated discourse analysis; meaning-making; mediation; teacher training; web-based learning; web-based teaching; widened participation; Education; Pedagogik; Pedagogik; Pedagogics;

   Abstract : This is a study of students’ meaning making in web-based higher education courses. Conditions for students meaning-making change when interaction technology is used to support educational practices. Widened Participation policy activities often use web-based programs to attract “new” groups of more experienced students. READ MORE