Search for dissertations about: "upper secondary school education"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the words upper secondary school education.

  2. 16. What and How Students Perceive They Learn When Doing Mini-Companies in Upper Secondary School

    Author : Steven Hunter Lindqvist; Anders Arnqvist; Juvas Marianne Liljas; Michael Dal; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Junior Achievement Company Program; Junior Achievement Young Enterprise; Mini-company; Student Company; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education; Entrepreneurial Learning; Upper Secondary School; High School; Reflection; Skills; Competencies; Ung Företagsamhet; UF-företag; Entreprenörskap; Elevföretag; Entreprenörskaps Utbildning; Entreprenöriellt Lärande; Gymnasium; Reflektion; Förmågor; Kompetenser; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain more in-depth knowledge into what Swedish upper secondary school students perceive they learn, and the factors that students perceive affect learning, when they start and run mini-companies within the Junior Achievement Company Program.  The data is comprised of interviews with eleven students each of whom ran a mini-company with other students. READ MORE

  4. 17. Without mast, without sails, without compass : Non-traditional trajectories into higher education and the duality of the folk-market

    Author : Reed T. Curtis; Klara Bolander Laksov; Max Scheja; Fredrik Hertzberg; Rie Thomsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; educational trajectories; self-efficacy; collective efficacy; sociocultural history; Sweden; neoliberalism; education; university; school choice; career guidance; statist individualism; folkhem; transitions; pragmatism; late modernity; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : In 1809, the trajectory of Swedish history and the identities associated with the country changed after Finland was lost to Russia. Swedish General von Döbeln explained that the loss left the nation "without mast, without sails, without compass." The research within this dissertation is not of war but of a similar sense of loss. READ MORE

  5. 18. What is music education? : discursive construction and legitimisation of theory and practice in a Swedish upper secondary school

    Author : Karin Bohman; Per-Olof Erixon; Linn Hentschel; Thomas von Wachenfeldt; Petter Dyndahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Music education; music; music theory; aural skills; ensemble; discourse; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to describe and discuss the discursive constructions and legitimisations of Music and Music theory in Swedish upper secondary school context. Thereby, this thesis is part of the construction and debate concerning theory vs practice in Music education. READ MORE

  6. 19. Music Education as an Adventure of Knowledge. : Student and Teacher Experience as Conceptualizations of Musical Knowledge, Learning and Teaching

    Author : Johan Nyberg; Randall Everett Allsup; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; upper secondary school; music education; narrative inquiry; participatory action research; pragmatism; Musikpedagogik; Music Education;

    Abstract : This thesis by publication explores students’ and teachers’ conceptualizations of musical knowledge and learning within the context of the national Arts programme in Swedish upper secondary school. The point of departure is pragmatic ontology and epistemology, emphasizing a holistic view of education as communication and a democratic necessity. READ MORE

  7. 20. English-Medium Instruction in Sweden : Perspectives and practices in two upper secondary schools

    Author : BethAnne Yoxsimer Paulsrud; Inger Lindberg; Philip Shaw; Ofelia García; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; English-medium instruction EMI ; Content and Language Integrated Learning CLIL ; upper secondary school; English in Sweden; language policy; translanguaging; academic language; language hierarchy; Education in Languages and Language Development; utbildningsvetenskap med inriktning mot språk och språkutveckling; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : This thesis presents English-medium instruction (EMI) in the Swedish context, focusing on perspectives and practices in two schools. The research question is as follows: How and why is EMI offered, chosen, and practiced in the Swedish upper secondary school today? The aim is to explore the status of the educational option, the reasons for offering EMI to stakeholders, the stakeholders’ beliefs about and goals of EMI, and the implementation of EMI in the classroom. READ MORE