Search for dissertations about: "skola för alla"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words skola för alla.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. Adolescent self-reported health in the Umeå region : Associations with behavioral, parental and school factors

   Author : Karina Nygren; Lennart Nygren; Urban Janlert; Curt Hagquist; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescence; school survey; self-reported health; somatic complaints; stress; norm compliance; parent-adolescent relations; compulsory school; school managers; research utilization; ungdomar; skolenkät; självrapporterad hälsa; somatiska besvär; stress; normföljsamhet; föräldrarelationer; skola; skolområdeschefer; forskningsanvändning;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a quantitative and a qualitative study. The quantitative study (articles I-III) aimed to examine how self-reported health in adolescence is associated with behavioral, parental, and school factors. Through a survey directed at all adolescents in grades 7-9, data were collected in 2005 in a region in northern Sweden (n=5060). READ MORE

5. 3. Child labour and health hazards: chemical exposure and occupational injuries in Nicaraguan children working in a waste disposal site

   Author : Steven Cuadra; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child labor; waste disposal sites; health hazards; heavy metals; persistent organochlorine pollutants; brominated flame retardants; occupational injuries; Nicaragua; barnarbete; avfallshanteringsplatser; hälsorisker; tungmetaller; beständiga klororganiska föroreningar; bromerade flamskyddsmedel; yrkesskador; Nicaragua;

   Abstract : About 600 children and teenagers work at Managua's landfill, the largest in Nicaragua. They collect and sort waste at the open dump, which covers an area of 7 km2 on the outskirts of the city on the shores of Lake Managua. READ MORE

6. 4. Life circumstances and adolescent mental health: Perceptions, associations and a gender analysis

   Author : Evelina Landstedt; Katja Gillander Gådin; Kenneth Asplund; Gunnel Hensing; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stress; Psychological distress; Deliberate self-harm; Students; masculinity; femininity; social determinants; social relationships; demands; responsibility taking; violence and harassment; school.; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : Despite a well-documented gender pattern of adolescent mental health, public health research investigating possible influencing factors from a gender-theoretical approach is scarce. This study aimed to explore what factors and circumstances are related to adolescent mental health and to apply a gender analysis to the findings in order to improve the understanding of the relationships between life circumstances and the gendered patterning of mental health among young people. READ MORE

7. 5. Caring for people and the planet : preschool children’s knowledge and practices of sustainability

   Author : Farhana Borg; Monika Vinterek; T. Mikael Winberg; Arjen E.J. Wals; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumption; daycare center; economic sustainability; environmental education; environmental sustainability; guardians; kindergarten; parents; preschool; preschool director; recycling; sharing resources; social sustainability; sustainable development; teacher; young children; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; Utbildning och lärande;

   Abstract : Children across the globe today are continuously being exposed to and affected by various kinds of real-world complexities and challenges; however, research on their knowledge and practices in terms of sustainability is limited, in particular with regards to how preschool- and home-related factors are associated with their learning for sustainability. Since 1998, different types of eco-certification have been awarded by the Swedish National Agency for Education and Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation to promote education for sustainability (EfS) in all areas of education and learning. READ MORE