Essays about: "Komvux"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Komvux.
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1. Manufacturing matching crisis: A cost-benefit analysis of providing vocational industrial education for upper-secondary general graduates in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper sets out to analyse the potential effectiveness of providing complementary upper-secondary Industry Programme education. The target group of individuals is young upper-secondary graduates from general programmes that have not continued into tertiary education. READ MORE
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2. When performance-based financial rewarding fails: A case study of SFI Bonus policy introduction and abolishment
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the implementation failure of the pay-per-performance SFI Bonus scheme implemented in the adult language education in Sweden. The study builds on the synthesis of a top-down and bottom-up approach by employing the 'ambiguity and conflict' model for carrying out the investigation. READ MORE
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3. Job loss and Education : Effects of adult education on wage earnings for displaced workers
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : Sweden suffered one of its worst economic crises during the 1990s. Many individuals lost their jobs due to large workforce reductions and workplace shutdowns. This resulted in forming a unique group of displaced workers with a broad set of skills, abilities and work experience. READ MORE
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4. PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL ADULT EDUCATION IN SWEDEN Why and How is the Second Chance Taken?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The aim of this study is to explore and describe how and why adults who have not fulfilled the current upper secondary education level become adult students in Swedish upper secondary municipal education, Komvux. Under this aim, there are two research questions: 1) why and how the adults decide to study in Komvux and 2) if they experience any barriers to participate in Komvux, if so how they overcome them. READ MORE
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5. Adult educators' competences. The principals' view : A comparative study of Komvux and Folk high schools in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : Due to the growing importance of lifelong learning, country examples of good practices are attracting more and more attention. Characterized by high participation rates and enjoying long tradition, the Swedish adult education is considered a thriving education system. READ MORE