Essays about: "Private Schools"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words Private Schools.

  1. 1. Implications of paper textbook multimodality for eight-year old students’ language learning: A case-study content analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Sarah Hage-Obeid; [2017-03-07]
    Keywords : Images; multimodality; social semiotics; learning; textbooks;

    Abstract : Purpose. The purpose of this study is to examine how SABIS® as a publishing house and anowner of its own school curriculum system materially represents its educational beliefs basedon the curricular demands of the Common Core State Standards within the school textbooksit produces for one of its private schools in the United States.Theory. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is Private Education Worth it? Evidence from the Free Primary Education Reform in Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Wallström; [2017]
    Keywords : Education; Quality; Free; Sorting; Kenya; School choice; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 2003, Kenya introduced a nationwide Free Primary Education (FPE) reform, abolishing school fees in all public primary schools. As a result, enrolment rates in public primary schools rose by 15 percent, putting significant pressure on the educational system. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vart vill vi? : ridskoleelevers och ridlärares olika målbilder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Karin Moberg Granström; [2017]
    Keywords : goal; riding; pupil; instructor;

    Abstract : Where to? - Riding pupils and instructors various goal perspectives Background: The importance of goal setting is widely spread amongst psychology, pedagogy, and even sports research. At riding schools, the group is the focus point, which can lead to the personal goal of the individual being overshadowed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Happy Grades in Swedish Primary Schools: an Investigation - How different institutional logics can manage conficting institutional pressures

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Henrik Kilander; Jakub Losenicky; [2017]
    Keywords : institutional logics; institutional spheres; education; privatisation; happy grades;

    Abstract : Previously a role model for education, Sweden has been experiencing plummeting results in the international PISA rankings on education since they began in 2003. Defying this trend, the grades of Swedish students have been increasing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Forced Sustainability - a stated preferences study investigating expected compliance with an externally imposed diet restriction

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Beata Berg Malmberg; Joel Karlberg; [2016-08-11]
    Keywords : Diet change; School lunches; Consumer behaviour; GHG emissions; Sustainability; Foreced choice; Compliance;

    Abstract : The municipality of Gothenburg aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions stemming from meals served within the public sector, partially by substituting meat with plant-based alternatives within the schooling system (Göteborgs Stad, 2014). The emission target is set at a 40 percent reduction, and if this is to be met solely through change of diet, three out of five school lunches would have to be vegetarian. READ MORE