Search for dissertations about: "sociocultural learning theory"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words sociocultural learning theory.
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1. Formulating knowledge: Engaging with issues of sustainable development through academic writing in engineering education
Abstract : Given that knowledge in society is increasingly shaped by textuality and dependent on texts, higher education holds a special responsibility for introducing and guiding students into text practices contingent on disciplinary fields and their knowledge traditions. On a general level, this doctoral thesis investigates how participation in such text practices at university functions as a means for engaging students with knowledge that is new to them. READ MORE
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2. Learning text talk online : Collaborative learning in asynchronous text based discussion forums
Abstract : The desire to translate constructivist and sociocultural approaches to learning in specific learning activities is evident in most forms of training at current, not least in online education. Teachers worldwide are struggling with questions of how to create conditions in this fairly new realm of education for learners to contribute to the development of a good quality in their own and others' learning. READ MORE
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3. The Predicament of the Learner in the New Media Age: an investigation into the implications of media change for learning
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4. Learning ecosystem complexity : A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation
Abstract : Small-scale fisheries are learning contexts of importance for generating, transferring, and updating ecological knowledge of natural environments through everyday work practices. The rich knowledge fishers have of local ecosystems is the result of the intimate relationship fishing communities have had with their natural environments across generations (see e. READ MORE
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5. Learning by hearing? : Technological framings for participation
Abstract : This thesis examines technological framings for communication and identity issues, with a particular focus on Swedish mainstream schools where children with cochlear implants are pupils. Based on a sociocultural perspective on learning, the thesis focuses on how pupils and teachers interact with (and thus learn from) each other in classroom settings. READ MORE