Search for dissertations about: "tertiary education"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the words tertiary education.

  2. 11. The individual development plan as tool and practice in Swedish compulsory school

    Author : Åsa Hirsh; Claes Nilholm; Viveca Lindberg; Cristina Robertson; Patricia Murphy; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Individual development plan IDP ; individual education plan IEP ; teachers assessment practices; formative assessment; documentation; gender; mediated action; tool; inscription translation; primary secondary tertiary artifacts; mastery appropriation; IDP practices; contradictions; dilemmas; national and local steering of schools;

    Abstract : Since 2006 Swedish compulsory school teachers are required to use individual developmentplans (IDPs) as part of their assessment practices. The IDP has developed through two major reforms and is currently about to undergo a third in which requirements for documentation are to be reduced. READ MORE

  4. 12. Social Influence and Educational Decisions : Studies on Peer Influence in Secondary Education

    Author : Erik Rosenqvist; Magnus Bygren; Martin Hällsten; William Carbonaro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer influence; educational decisions; school leaving; application behavior; reference group; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the role of peers when students’ educational decisions are formed. The thesis uses rich administrative data from Sweden, which provides opportunities to follow students over different transitions in their educational career and assess the role of peers in different educational situations. READ MORE

  5. 13. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?

    Author : Per Anderhag; Per-Olof Wickman; Karim Mikael Hamza; Heidi Carlone; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interest in science; taste for science; norms; values; aesthetics; secondary school; home background; teaching; learning; equity; pragmatism; Bourdieu; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. READ MORE

  6. 14. Women’s health in midlife - a person-centered approach in primary care -effects on mental, somatic, and urogenital symptoms, and quality of life

    Author : Lena Rindner; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Folkhälsovetenskap; Klinisk medicin; Menopause transition; women’s health; quality of life; Menopause Rating Scale; primary health care; person-centered care; social support; mental health; stress-related illness; patient education; local oestrogen deficiency symptoms; menopause; district nurse; Allmän medicin;

    Abstract : Midlife women, from 45-60, enter new challenges in life with various impacts on health and quality of life. Mental and stress-related illnesses are common causes for attending primary health care (PHC) and long-term sick leave. READ MORE

  7. 15. Exercising Mathematical Competence: Practising Representation Theory and Representing Mathematical Practice

    Author : Anna Ida Säfström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematical competence; exercising competencies; young children; whole number arithmetic; tertiary level; proving; highest weight representation; tensor product decomposition; skew-symmetric matrix; moment map; infinite dimensional unitary representation; highest weight representation;

    Abstract : This thesis assembles two papers in mathematics and two papers in mathematics education. In the mathematics part, representation theory is practised. Two Clebsch-Gordan type problems are addressed. READ MORE