Search for dissertations about: "social semiotics"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words social semiotics.
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16. Resourceful students : Engaging students in active and systematic investigations in laboratories involving thermal phenomena
Abstract : This thesis focuses on students’ engagement in inquiry-based laboratory learning environments. The aim of the research is to explore what it is that makes students active and systematic in these types of lab learning environments. READ MORE
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17. Reasoning with thermal cameras : Framing and meaning-making in naturalistic settings in higher education
Abstract : In this Licentiate thesis, framed by the Resources framework and Social semiotics, I explore how students and instructors, investigating thermal phenomena with IR cameras, come to conceptually and epistemologically frame the naturalistic settings they participate in. Additionally, I look at how they productively employ resources , what barriers they encounter while reasoning about the thermal phenomena and how the semiotic resources of the IR camera relate to the framing and resources employed in their investigations. READ MORE
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18. Students' narratives from graphical artefacts : Exploring the use of mathematics tools and forms of expression in students' graphicacy
Abstract : The research concerns presented in this dissertation addresses aspects of students’ interaction with commonly occurring graphical artefacts in teaching and learning environments. In particular, focus is on how the students make sense of these artefacts in relation to subject specific tools and forms of expression. READ MORE
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19. Craft production in the Kingdom of Crystal (Glasriket) and its visual representation : Constructing authenticity in cultural/marketing production
Abstract : Authenticity is a core concept and phenomenon in contemporary marketing, as both marketers and consumers seek the authentic. Individuals, companies, and industries all work to establish and accomplish authenticity for themselves and related stakeholders. READ MORE
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20. Service in the Airlines : Customer or Competition Oriented?
Abstract : This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to study an airline's organizational culture and its impact on the provision of service through a semiotic perspective, focusing on competence development, image, and the quality of service provided. READ MORE