Essays about: "Biographical Method"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Biographical Method.

1. 1. Ontological Security and Policy Change : The Case of Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Fahri Bahtiyar; [2023]
   Keywords : Ontological security; policy change; Swedish decision to join NATO;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to understand how Sweden managed to renounce its long-held military non-alignment policy and identity to join the military alliance NATO in the aftermath of Russia`s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In order to find out how Sweden achieved this policy shift the thesis builds on social constructivism and studies on ontological security that focuses on the security of identities and adopts the case study method. READ MORE

3. 2. Wake the Sleepwalkers! An Exploratory Analysis of Ontological (In)Security in Czechia and Slovakia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kathryn Rose Dolan; [2023]
   Keywords : Ontological Security; Critical Situations; Biographical Narrative; Czechia; Slovakia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In light of the current situation in the EU, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Europe is undoubtedly facing a critical situation. This thesis conducts an exploratory analysis of ontological (in)security in Czechia and Slovakia to investigate a region where very few academics have analyzed it from an ontological security perspective. READ MORE

4. 3. Considering biographical learining through transformative experiences. Observing an adult’s self-recognised learning and development through experience

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Oscar Funeskog; [2022-11-25]
   Keywords : adult informal learning; self-awareness; situatedness; biographical learning informed by transformational learning processes; ; meta-cognitions;

   Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims at aiding a better understanding of how a person reacts to and understand their own role and place in changing life contexts. The thesis provides a groundwork for understanding the meta-cognitive processes of self-reflective biographical learning perspectives. READ MORE

5. 4. Re/constructing Teacher Identity in Refugee Education : A Study on National and International Teachers’ Narratives Working in Greece

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Frederike Jansen; [2022]
   Keywords : Teachers; Teacher Identity; Reconstructing Identity; Refugee Education; Global Migration; Refugee Crisis; Greek Refugee Crisis; Education in Emergencies; Narratives; Biographical Method;

   Abstract : The global ‘refugee crisis’ is increasingly affecting Europe and especially Greece, which has been the country through which many people on the move enter Europe. Within refugee education the role of teachers is recognised as the key facilitator of education, yet there are few studies which centre on teachers. READ MORE

6. 5. “Heading for the Abyss” Interstate friendship, anxiety and state biographical narrative change in Austria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Roja Moser; [2021]
   Keywords : ontological security; friendship; biographical narrative; memory; emotions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how state biographical narratives can change and how this process might affect a state’s ontological security. Moreover, it looks at whether interstate friendship could alleviate any feelings of anxiety caused by such changes. READ MORE