Essays about: "Alice Dahl"

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  1. 1. A Semiotic Study of Signs Used in a Swedish Primary School.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Alice Dahl; [2016]
    Keywords : Semiotics; Signs; Saussure; Peirce; Cultural Myths; Barthes; Swedish Primary School;

    Abstract : Semiotics and the concept of signs can be used to analyse the signs that can be found in a Swedish primary school in order to understand and expand our understanding of the role of signifiers, including cultural ones, in child education. The study identifies what signs can be found, what purpose they have and what category of sign they belong to, whether they are signs as defined by Saussure, how they might be categorized within Peirce‘s triadic typology and, applying Barthes’ notion of cultural signification, the extent to which they contribute to maintaining and promoting a school’s identity and values. READ MORE