Search for dissertations about: "second order concepts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 197 swedish dissertations containing the words second order concepts.

2. 1. Learning history in an enquiry and source-based practice : What do students need to learn in relation to second-order concepts to be able to handle historical sources?

   Author : Anders Nersäter; Ulla Runesson Kempe; Carl-Johan Svensson; David Rosenlund; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history teaching; historical thinking; historical sources; second-order concepts; evidence; historical empathy; causation; variation theory; critical aspects; learning study;

   Abstract : In this thesis, results from three studies and a reanalysis have been combined to provide knowledge of what students need to learn in relation to the second-order concepts of evidence, historical empathy and causation, for them to be able to handle historical sources and construct accounts. Data has been collected in two intervention studies conducted in collaboration with a group of upper secondary teachers. READ MORE

4. 2. Property Maintenance : Concepts and determinants

   Author : Henry Muyingo; Hans Lind; Göran Lindahl; KTH; []
   Keywords : Housing maintenance; property management; real estate; housing companies;

   Abstract : Introduction Strategic property management aims at balancing the question of how the needed space is to be secured, maintained, increased or disposed of in a cost effective manner under a mixture of decisions and actions. In recent years, the interest in building maintenance has increased as more and more of the housing stock built after the Second World War is in need of major renovation. READ MORE

5. 3. Beyond Moral Teaching : Financial Literacy as Citizenship Education

   Author : Mattias Björklund; Niklas Jakobsson; Martin Kristiansson; Johan Sandahl; Jan Löfström; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial literacy; social studies; upper secondary school; citizenship education; teaching; learning; pedagogical work; subject-matter didaktik; PCK; threshold concepts; variation theory; Beutelsbach consensus; powerful knowledge; second order concepts; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

   Abstract : This thesis explores what financial literacy is, what financial literacy becomes and what financial literacy could become within the context of a citizenship education such as the Swedish upper secondary subject of social studies.  Financial literacy does not intuitively converge with social sciences which leaves social studies teachers to both teach and realise financial literacy. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Layered Design: Concepts, Case Studies and Processes - Theories and Implementations

   Author : Linn Gustafsson Christiernin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Structure; and Process; Adaptability; Layer; Complex Interfaces; Experience; Sequence; Divided functions; Design;

   Abstract : Many modern applications are focused on providing as many functions as possible and attract as many users groups as possible. The interfaces become very advanced but also quite complex. In many cases the design is perceived rather difficult by the end users. READ MORE