Search for dissertations about: "strategies of the teacher"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words strategies of the teacher.

2. 1. Negotiating teacher professionalism : on the symbolic politics of Sweden's teacher unions

   Author : Peter Lilja; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Boundary work; Institutional theory; Policy analysis; Profession; Professionalism; Professionalization; Professional project; Teacher professionalism; Teacher unions;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate and problematize the Swedish Teacher Unions’ use of the concept of professionalism within the political negotiation of how to ascribe meaning and contetnt to the idea of teacher professionalism within contemporary Swedish education debates. Departing from two recent educational reforms – the certification of teachers and the reformation of teacher education – and using theories from the sociology of professions coupled with an institutional approach to the study of organizations this study analyzes how the Teacher Unions construct professional projects in relation to each other as well as in relation to the reforms of the current Ministry of Education. READ MORE

4. 2. Bilingual subject-specific literacies? Teachers’ and learners’ views and experiences of two school languages in biology, civics, history and mathematics : Case studies from the Swedish upper secondary school

   Author : Ylva Sandberg; Tore Nilsson; Inger Lindberg; Liss Kerstin Sylvén; Jenny Wiksten Folkeryd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teacher and learner cognition; CLIL; subject-specific literacies; språkdidaktik; Language Education;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis investigates teachers’ and students’ cognitions of bilingual subject-specific literacies. The thesis builds on three different studies, referred to as case studies, conducted in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) study programmes in the Swedish upper secondary school. READ MORE

5. 3. Preservice teachers' view on the concept of function : a study including the utilization of concept maps

   Author : Örjan Hansson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; Matematik och lärande;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of an overview of the subject, where in particular three papers are put into a frame. The overview part consists of: an introduction, a short description of some related research and theoretical framework, a summary of papers I-III and the concluding discussion. READ MORE

6. 4. Assessment and Study Strategies : A study among Rwandan Students in Higher Education

   Author : Innocent Sebasaza Mugisha; Sven Andersson; Elisabeth Ahlstrand; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Higher Education; students’ conceptions of assessment; cue-seeking; studying the teacher; individual and group study strategies; alternative modes of assessment; Högre utbildning; studenters uppfattningar av bedömning; ‘cue-seeking’; individ- och gruppstrategier; alternativa bedömningsformer; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain understanding of students’ experiences of assessment and the study strategies they adopt in the context of Higher Education in Rwanda. The study is governed by questions on how students conceive their experiences with assessment in their courses, how they determine study strategies, and how they reflect on alternative ways of assessment. READ MORE

7. 5. The Virtual Language Teacher : Models and applications for language learning using embodied conversational agents

   Author : Preben Wik; Björn Granström; Olov Engwall; Valerie Hazan; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Language learning; embodied conversational agents; speech technology; computer assisted language learning; computer assisted pronunciation training; Information technology; Informationsteknik; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a framework for computer assisted language learning using a virtual language teacher. It is an attempt at creating, not only a new type of language learning software, but also a server-based application that collects large amounts of speech material for future research purposes. READ MORE