Search for dissertations about: "social science teaching"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 133 swedish dissertations containing the words social science teaching.

  2. 1. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?

    Author : Per Anderhag; Per-Olof Wickman; Karim Mikael Hamza; Heidi Carlone; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interest in science; taste for science; norms; values; aesthetics; secondary school; home background; teaching; learning; equity; pragmatism; Bourdieu; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. READ MORE

  4. 2. Creating value from science : Interaction between academia, business and healthcare in the Uppsala PET Centre case

    Author : Anna Launberg; Enrico Baraldi; Linda Wedlin; Frans Prenkert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interaction; commercialisation; science; science use; value; academia; business; healthcare; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : Recent decades have seen greater focus, both national and global, on universities’ role in boosting economic growth. Besides teaching and conducting research, universities are urged to contribute directly to the economy by commercialising research findings and interacting with industry. READ MORE

  5. 3. Is College Science Teaching Women's Work? : Gender Inequity in the Physical Sciences

    Author : Katherine Doerr; Catherine Riegle-Crumb; USA The University of Texas at Austin; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; work; teaching; science; Naturvetenskapernas didaktik; Science education;

    Abstract : After decades of virtual exclusion from participation in STEM, women have majored in, earned graduate degrees in, and forged careers in male-dominated fields such as the physical sciences in increasing numbers. At each step of the way, however, women’s participation diminishes, and this is especially apparent in the workforce. READ MORE

  6. 4. Making Possible by Making Visible : Learning through Visual Representations in Social Science

    Author : Ann-Sofie Jägerskog; Cecilia Lundholm; Peter Davies; Magnus Hultén; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social science teaching; visual representation; pricing; causal relationships; teaching and learning; phenomenography; variation theory; practice theory; teaching-learning practice; epistemic practices; upper secondary school; design research; graphs; economics; social studies; ämnesdidaktik med inriktning mot de samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik; Teaching and Learning with Specialisation in the Social Sciences Education;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses upon the relationship between teaching and learning of dynamic phenomena and processes in social science and the use of visual representations in social science teaching. Teaching in social science uses many visual representations, such as models, flowcharts and diagrams, in order to help students to grasp phenomena, structures and processes in society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Social Class in Science Class

    Author : Anna Jobér; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : social class; science classroom; students; teacher; laboratory work; group work; dialogues; Bourdieu; Bernstein; hidden negotiations; colliding codes; social discourse; processes; social klass; naturvetenskapliga klassrummet; elever; lärare; laborationer; grupparbete; kommunikation; Bourdieu; Bernstein; dolda förhandlingar; kolliderande koder; social diskurser och social processer;

    Abstract : One of the most important aims of schooling is to give all children an equal education. Despite this, social differences continue to be reproduced in school. READ MORE