Search for dissertations about: "small group work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 318 swedish dissertations containing the words small group work.

2. 1. Group work and physics – characteristics, learning possibilities and patterns of interaction

   Author : Maria Berge; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; higher education; phenomenography; conversation analysis; multi-theoretic perspective; science education; engineering education; physics education; group work; variation theory; positioning theory;

   Abstract : This thesis explores group work in physics at university level. The guiding research interest is what happens in the students’ interactions during such (instructional) activities, focusing both on the physics content and group dynamics. READ MORE

4. 2. Autonomy, coping and defense in small work groups : an analysis of psychological processes within and between individual group members

   Author : Siv Boalt Boëthius; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; group work; group processes; stimulated recall; situation perception; frame factors; staff groups; day-care centers;

   Abstract : Working together with other persons in a group is often stimulating, but it can sometimes cause blocking and be destructive for an individual member and/or the group as a whole. The aim of the present study is to describe and analyze how individual group members cope with specific situations and how this coping affects their degree of autonomy and the work of the group. READ MORE

5. 3. Beyond treatment? : widening the approach to alcohol problems and solutions

   Author : Jan Blomqvist; Douglas Cameron; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Abstract : The dissertation includes four different studies which, from different points of departure, aim to illuminate problems and prospects of social work with alcohol problems in contemporary Sweden.Paper 1 analyses the historical succession of predominant public images of, and societal responses to, alcohol problems in Sweden during the past century. READ MORE

6. 4. Postal work - work organizational changes as tools to improve health

   Author : Kurt Wahlstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Postal work; shift work; work organization; gastrointestinal; sleep; musculoskeletal; psychosocial; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

   Abstract : Postal work is performed in very different settings, and the works are e.g., drivers, letter carriers, postal sorters, and counter clerks. READ MORE

7. 5. Dialogues on the Net - Power structures in asynchronous discussions in the context of a web based teacher training course

   Author : Annette Johnsson; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; minority; cultural background; sex; ethnicity; gender; age; socio-economic; dialogicity; web based; computer based; CMC; net based; asynchronous; CSCL; teacher education; power structures; dialogues; Group work; team work; symbolic capital; group work;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to investigate the interaction processes that occur in group dialogues when teacher students work in small groups, using net based asynchronous dialogues to solve a problem in the area of environmental sustainability. More specifically, the interest is to determine whether students’ net based dialogues give rise to patterns of dominance/subordination similar to those observed in face-to-face situations. READ MORE