Search for dissertations about: "students residence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words students residence.

2. 1. Alcohol Use in Swedish Halls of Residence

   Author : Henrietta Ståhlbrandt; Kliniskt Centrum för Hälsofrämjande Vård; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; residence halls; intervention; cluster randomised controlled trial; social climate; trajectories; cultural influence; AUDIT; Students;

   Abstract : In the year 2000, the alcohol habits of 1460 Swedish university students living in residence halls were assessed. The students had a mean age of 23.8 years, and 64% were male. The results from this baseline assessment show that the mean AUDIT score (± sd) was 10. READ MORE

4. 2. Evaluation of Students' Attitudes Towards Vocational Education in Jordan

   Author : Ahmed Al-Sa'd; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attitudes; students attitudes; vocational education; psychometrics; scaling techniques; factor analysis; multiple regression; logistic regression; attitude behaviour relationship;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation consists of the empirical main study and the explorative study. The main goal of the empirical study has been to acquire knowledge about students’ attitudes towards vocational education in Jordan, and to explore the dimensionality of their attitudes as well. READ MORE

5. 3. Apprentice Cosmopolitans : Social identity, community, and learning among ERASMUS exchange students

   Author : Ioannis Tsoukalas; Christina Garsten; Ivana Macek; Gustav Peebles; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multisite ethnography; cosmopolitanism; exchange students; mobility; transnational networks; cultural diversity; learning apprenticeship; liminality; transformative experience; life world; social identity; social representations; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

   Abstract : The present dissertation is an ethnographic study of the Erasmus Programme, the European Union’s student exchange programme. This programme has, for the last three decades, resulted in an unprecedented exchange of ideas and people within the European Union, and it has quite radically changed the conditions for, and the appearance of, student life in many European universities. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Educational Choices and Integration

   Author : Elisabet Olme; David Seim; Jonas Vlachos; Robert McMillan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School Choice; School Segregation; Information; Refugees; Human Capital; Immigration; Language Training; Performance Bonuses; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Are Parents Uninformed? The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choices and School Assignments. We study the impact of providing information about schools' performances on households' choice of school. READ MORE

7. 5. Social networks and proficiency in Swedish : a study of bilingual adolescents in both mono- and multicultural contexts in Sweden

   Author : Ingrid Wiklund; Sally Boyd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Tvåspråkighet; Sverige; Elever; sociala nätverk; Invandrarungdomar; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

   Abstract : According to official statistics, bilingual students make up a disproportionate share of the students who attend individual programmes (programmes designed for students who cannot follow the ordinary national programmes) in the upper secondary school in Sweden. This seems to indicate that national programmes cause problems for many bilingual students. READ MORE