Search for dissertations about: "secondary school"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 373 swedish dissertations containing the words secondary school.

  2. 16. Children's Living Conditions : Studies on Health, Family and School

    Author : Sara Brolin Låftman; Jan O. Jonsson; Viveca Östberg; Anne H. Gauthier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; living conditions; well-being; family; health; school; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation includes four empirical studies, each of which focuses on specific aspects of children’s living conditions. Study I analyses the association between young people’s social relations and health complaints using Swedish nationally representative survey data on 10- to 18-year-olds. READ MORE

  4. 17. Guiding Principles of Transformative Education for Sustainable Development in Local School Organisations : Investigating Whole School Approaches through a School Improvement Lens

    Author : Anna Mogren; Niklas Gericke; Arjen Wals; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Education for Sustainable Development; School organisation; Transformative ESD; Transformative Quality; School improvement; Whole School Approach; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : The importance of an education that empowers students to engage with real societal problems to promote a sustainable future is widely acknowledged. However, the organisational characteristics of schools that facilitate such education for sustainable development (ESD) have received little attention. READ MORE

  5. 18. Changing Computer Programming Education; The Dinosaur that Survived in School : An explorative study of educational issues based on teachers' beliefs and curriculum development in secondary school

    Author : Lennart Rolandsson; Inga-Britt Skogh; Sirkku Männikkö-Barbutiu; Jonas Hallström; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; programming education; teachers beliefs; curriculum development; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : With the intention to contribute to research in computer programming education the thesis depicts the mind-set of teachers and their beliefs in relation to the early enactment of the informatics curriculum in Swedish upper secondary school. Two perspectives are covered in the thesis. READ MORE

  6. 19. School Bullying and Power Relations in Vietnam

    Author : Paul Horton; Helle Rydstrøm; Jeffery Hearn; Neil Duncan; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Bullying; power; Vietnam; school; education; gender; ethnography; surveillance; normalisation; control; discipline; teachers; students; silence.; Mobbning; makt; Vietnam; skola; utbildning; genus; etnografi; övervakning; normalisering; kontroll; disciplin; lärare; elever; tystnad.; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Taking seriously the oft-made claim that power relations are central to school bullying, the dissertation focuses specifically on the interconnectedness of school bullying and power relations within the specific context of Vietnamese lower secondary schooling. The dissertation is based on extended ethnographic fieldwork in two lower secondary schools in the north-eastern Vietnamese port city of Haiphong. READ MORE

  7. 20. Physical education policy and practice : Issues and controversies in Tanzania secondary schools

    Author : John David Kazungu; Per Gerrevall; Håkan Larsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Educational policy; Institutional theory; Physical Education; Secondary school; Tanzania; Idrott och hälsa; nyinstitutionell teori; skola; utbildningspolicy; Tanzania; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : Schools’ decisions to offer Physical Education (PE) is among the possible ways of involving students in physical activity, which has significant effects on students’ health, lifelong participation in physical activities and participation in sport. This thesis explores the factors and the ways they influence secondary schools’ decisions on whether or not to offer PE in Tanzania. READ MORE