Essays about: "Situated Learning Theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words Situated Learning Theory.

  1. 16. Knowledge is Walking Out the Door: Senior employees’ experiences of knowledge retention

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ellinor Eriksson; Lejla Karamehmedovic; [2016-09-20]
    Keywords : Age Management; Knowledge Retention; Situated Learning Theory; Communities of Practice;

    Abstract : Age Management has never been as important as today. The ongoing demographic change, with populations aging rapidly in developed countries, has made that organizations currently are struggling with a large number of workers retiring. READ MORE

  3. 17. “Do we have to actually understand all this?” Students’ on-line information search and evaluating the sources when working with Controversy Mapping

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Réka Izabella Csonka; [2016-07-05]
    Keywords : controversy mapping; mediated learning; information search; information literacy;

    Abstract : Aim: The purpose of this thesis is to explore upper-secondary students’ information search and their evaluation of on-line sources in a project work on socio-scientific issues when controversy mapping as a new digital method is implemented in the assignment. Accordingly, the focus of this study is on how students manage on-line information search and how they evaluate web-sources by relating these to their learning activities with specific socio-scientific issues. READ MORE

  4. 18. Sowing seeds of trust : social learning in farmer family learning groups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Tim Sievers; [2016]
    Keywords : Farmer Family Learning Groups; Uganda; social learning; facilitator; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Agricultural systems, specifically in the global South, and the people living of them, are more than others, exposed to changes in the environment around them. Smallholder farmers (that work in agroecological systems), with a low standard of living, are the most vulnerable to short-term shocks and long-term stresses. READ MORE

  5. 19. Bloggar som informationskälla : om mat som miljöproblem

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Gabriella Turic; Charlotta Åberg; [2015]
    Keywords : ALM; library and information science; blogs; social media; environmental information; sociocultural perspective; qualitative method; netnography; e-mail interview; ethical and political consumption; critical source evaluation ABM; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; bloggar; sociala medier; information om miljöfrågor; sociokulturellt perspektiv; kvalitativ metod; netnografi; e-postintervju; konsumentkultur; etisk och politisk konsumtion; källkritik; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on how environmental information concerning food issues is situated and communicated on Swedish environmental blogs. Social media as a form of communication is a current society phenomenon and the Internet is a dominating source of information. A total of 11 Swedish environmental blogs were studied. READ MORE

  6. 20. From challenges to opportunities : climate adaptation in Danish municipalities

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Helene Albinus Søgaard; [2015]
    Keywords : climate adapation; organizational learning theory; Advocacy Coalition Framework; innovative practices; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The increasingly dense and paved cities often situated in coastal areas, are challenged by climate change that intensifies damages to urban infrastructure. Through a theoretical framework combining Advocacy Coalition Framework with organizational learning theory of ‘Ba’, the public knowledge creation processes on climate adaptation in Danish municipalities are analyzed in an empirical study. READ MORE