Search for dissertations about: "teaching methods science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words teaching methods science.

2. 1. New methods of teaching? : refroming education in Lao PDR

   Author : Kongsy Chounlamany; Bounchanh Khounphilaphanh; Britt-Marie Berge; Ann-Louise Silfver; Marianne Bloch; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : education; reform; new methods of teaching; student-centred education; gender; ethnicity; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Education; pedagogik;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the recent education reform in Laos as a global and a local process. When the economy was deteriorating in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), the so called New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced and the country opened up for global donors and markets. This also had an effect on the education system. READ MORE

4. 2. Black & white or shades of grey : teachers perspectives on the role of nature of science in compulsory school science teaching

   Author : Lotta Leden; Lena Hansson; Andreas Redfors; Malin Ideland; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : Nature of science; teachers perspectives; Didactical questions; Focus groups; Nature of science; School science; Science teaching traditions; Scientific literacy; Teachers’ perspectives;

   Abstract : Avhandlingen utforskar lärares perspektiv och förhandlingar gällande vilken roll “naturvetenskapens karaktär” (engelska ”nature of science”, NOS) kan spela i grundskolans NO-undervisning. Tidigare forskning har visat att NO-undervisning ofta har ett starkt fokus på naturvetenskapliga begrepp och strukturerade laborationer med ett implicit fokus på ”korrekta svar”. READ MORE

5. 3. Becomings of Swedish secondary sexuality education : Enactments in natural science subjects and interdisciplinary teaching about pornography

   Author : Sara Planting-Bergloo; Auli Orlander Arvola; Britt Jakobson; EJ Renold; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish sexuality education; practice-based approach; lower and upper secondary school; Karen Barad; Donna Haraway; student participation; material engagements; relationality; pornography education; virginity; contraceptive methods; science education; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : This thesis is about Swedish secondary sexuality education with a particular focus on the becomings of natural science and pornography education. Recent scrutiny of the knowledge area has stressed the need for teaching to include student perspectives, cover more than mere medical and biological knowledge, and be more affirmative. READ MORE

6. 4. Computational models for intent recognition in robotic systems

   Author : Michele Persiani; Thomas Hellström; Sven Magg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Intent Recognition; Robotics; Plan Recognition; Speech; Affordances; Computer Science; datalogi;

   Abstract : The ability to infer and mediate intentions has been recognized as a crucial task in recent robotics research, where it is agreed that robots are required to be equipped with intentional mechanisms in order to participate in collaborative tasks with humans.Reasoning about - or rather, perceiving - intentions enables robots to infer what other agents are doing, to communicate what are their plans, or to take proactive decisions. READ MORE

7. 5. Science Enacted in Everyday Life: Studies of On-line and Classroom Practice

   Author : Miranda Rocksén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; science education; science literacy; public engagement with science; science language; genre; learning; on-line communication; classroom research;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the field of science education with two studies investigating science literacy in its practice in everyday life. The approach embrace a view on science learning as embedded in the context of situation, resulting in the study of two practices: on-line communication and science classroom. READ MORE