Search for dissertations about: "taking action"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 160 swedish dissertations containing the words taking action.

  2. 16. Interacting : Coordinating text understanding in a student theatre production

    Author : Martin Göthberg; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arts education; literature education; theatre education; text understanding; role-taking; character work; video analysis; Education and Learning; Utbildning och lärande; Arts education; literature education; theatre education; text understanding; role-taking; character work; video analysis;

    Abstract : The present dissertation explores student actors’ and their teachers’ coordination of text understanding in a theatre production – a two-semester process from page to stage in an upper secondary school in Sweden. With an interest in the collaborative work achieved in and through theatre education the research is realized against a background of the role of arts education and reading of literary texts in the neoliberal educational landscape that favors measurable effects of individual achievements. READ MORE

  4. 17. From Good Work to Sustainable Development - Human Resources Consumption and Regeneration in the Post-Bureaucratic Working Life

    Author : Mari Kira; KTH; []
    Keywords : good work; personal development; professional development; stress; human resources; regenerative work; consuming work; bureaucracy; post-bureaucracy; action research;

    Abstract : The thesis concentrates on the psychological consequences ofthe contemporary work. Two focal question of the thesis are,first, why do employees’psychological resources becomeconsumed in the contemporary working life? Second, how tocreate regenerative work enabling employees’developmentin the present situation? The latter question aims todistinguish the conditions for sustainable individual andcollective development at work. READ MORE

  5. 18. Spaces of appearance : Intergenerational and interspecies relations in the Anthropocene

    Author : Elisabeth Kring; Mats Börjesson; Cecilia Åsberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; generations; species; the environment; appearance; temporality; political action; the acting body-subject; school strike for the climate; Arendt; Merleau-Ponty; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis brings together childhood studies and the problems of environmental degradation and climate change. It focuses on intergenerational and interspecies relations and aspects connected to environmental sustainability. READ MORE

  6. 19. Change models in need of renewal: Building strategic practice to prevail in industry transitions

    Author : Johanna Pregmark; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; change formula; strategic practice; contextual ambidexterity; industry transition; change; renewal; action research; innovation; urgency creativity;

    Abstract : Organizations find it hard to survive industry transitions. To succeed, organizations need to rethink the way they do business and the renewal efforts have to overcome the lock-in created by the organizational system, capabilities and organizational culture. Moreover, in an industry transition a clear view of what to change into is often lacking. READ MORE

  7. 20. Teacher Identity as Discourse : A Case Study of Students in Swedish Teacher Education

    Author : Johan Christensson; Mona Blåsjö; Anna Edin; Rodney H. Jones; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; teacher identity; teacher education; mediated discourse theory; nexus analysis; social action; oral presentation; essay writing; teaching placement; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises three separate studies that together explore how Swedish student teachers construct or produce professional identity in interaction while navigating different institutional and professional instances of teacher education. As a discourse analytical contribution to research on teacher identity, the main theoretical framework is mediated discourse theory (e. READ MORE