Essays about: "education about culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 128 essays containing the words education about culture.

  1. 1. Cultural studies in multicultural classrooms: Implementing language and culture-reflexive approaches in language acquisition practice How can reflective approaches lead to the advancement of cultural studies in language education for immigrants?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Kathrin Huemer; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : sociolinguistics; cultural studies; culture- reflexivity; intercultural citizenship;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to investigate how the concepts of culture-reflexivity, intercultural citizenship and translanguaging are understood and implemented by language teachers’ who teach cultural studies in multicultural classroom settings of immigrant language learners. This is done by engaging withtwo analytical foci: i) an in-depth examination of the establishment of language and culture-reflexive concepts and the development of intercultural citizenship for immigrant language learners and ii) language teachers’ perceptions of these concepts and their reflective thoughts about application in practice. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unheard Women's Voices in Swedish International Higher Education: Personalizing Trajectories of Female Postgraduate Students and Motherhood

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Soovin Oh; [2023]
    Keywords : Student mothers; International graduate student mothers; Graduate students; Women in higher education; Narrative study; Learning experience; Intersectionality; Transformative learning;

    Abstract : This study comparatively analyzes the narratives containing six international graduate student mothers’ lived experiences. Stories about intersectional identities and their transformation process through new experiences were reconstructed by the participants as storytellers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Can secular practice and education revive interest in religion in secular Sweden? : A study on the impact of secularism on religious education in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : MOHD NURUL MOMEN; [2023]
    Keywords : Islam: A monotheistic religion characterized by the doctrine of absolute submission to God and reverence for Muhammad as God s chief and last prophet. Islamism: A movement advocating the social and political establishment of Islamic fundamentalism. Quran: The sacred text of Islam; divided into 114 chapters; or suras: revered as the word of God; dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law; religion; culture; and politics. Secularism: Free from preconceived notions and critical influences and allows one to see oneself as equal to another. It is in this context as indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations. Religion: A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things. Or a set of beliefs concerning the cause; nature; and purpose of the universe; especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies; usually involving devotional and ritual observances; and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.;

    Abstract : Abstract: The thesis shows that there are no religious barriers in Sweden. It is entirely possible to teach religion in a secular way. READ MORE

  5. 4. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

    Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

  6. 5. A phenomenographic study embracing the "wickedness" of education as sustainable development: Mapping the qualitatively different ways in which South-East European immigrants in Sweden understand the concept of Sustainable Development

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Martina Lazarevska; [2022-11-25]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Education for Sustainable Development; Education as Sustainable Development; phenomenography; wicked problems’’;

    Abstract : Aim: This research is situated in education as sustainable development. It, therefore, aims to embrace the ‘‘wickedness’’ of sustainable development by allowing for qualitatively different ways of understanding to emerge from the participants’ descriptions. READ MORE