Essays about: "ESSAY on SCHOOL"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 287 essays containing the words ESSAY on SCHOOL.

1. 21. The Gaps in Our Stars : The Fault in Our Stars and Reader-response Theory in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Mira Backman; [2023]
   Keywords : Reader-response theory; Wolfgang Iser; Stanley Fish; The Fault in Our Stars; John Green; Upper secondary school; EFL teaching;

   Abstract : This essay analyses John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012) with a theoretical approach of reader-response theory to show how the potential interpretations of the gaps in the novel make it a relevant choice of literary work for EFL education. The essay also examines whether the concept of gaps can be used as a tool in literary analysis. READ MORE

3. 22. The Impact of Classroom Gender Composition on Mental Health of Adolescents: Evidence from the Czech Republic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustav Lundström; Hugo Morgado Azevedo; [2023]
   Keywords : Education; Gender; Peer effects; Mental health; Fixed effects; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the impact of classroom gender composition on the mental health of adolescent students. Using data from the Health Behaviours of School-aged Children survey in the Czech Republic, we exploit idiosyncratic classroom variation in the gender composition within the same schools across different grades. READ MORE

4. 23. Audiovisual Input in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

   Author : Sebastian Nordlund; [2023]
   Keywords : audiovisual input; vocabulary learning; the input hypothesis; implicit explicit learning; subtitles; captions; imagery; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to gain insight into how audiovisual input is used in the classroom as a tool to teach vocabulary. This is done by exploring the use of digital audiovisual input in the form of film, documentaries, short videos, and cultural video content in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE

5. 24. Teaching Coming Out Stories through Young Adult Literature in Upper Secondary School : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Jennifer Maraoge; [2023]
   Keywords : Queer; Anti-Oppressive Education; Queer Pedagogy; Silenced Discourse; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Swedish Curriculum; Upper Secondary School; Young Adult Literature; Ethnic Minorities; Coming Out Story;

   Abstract : The Young Adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe portrays the coming out stories of two queer Mexican American boys who struggle with their ethnicity and sexuality, which leads to internal conflicts. The focus of the analysis in the essay is to investigate how the novel can be taught in Upper Secondary classrooms through queer pedagogy and anti-oppressive approaches focusing on silenced discourse. READ MORE

6. 25. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sofia Schalander; [2022]
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   Abstract : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. READ MORE