Essays about: "Kerala"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 essays containing the word Kerala.

  1. 21. Teaching and learning mathematics in India

    University essay from Institutionen för matematikdidaktik (MD)

    Author : AnnaCarin Åkesson; Sara Rudberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Perspective on learning; Mathematics; Problem solving; Perspektiv på lärande; Matematik; Problemlösning;

    Abstract : Våra tre månader i Indien har resulterat i en studie av olika perspektiv på lärande, inom ämnet matematik. De synsätt på lärande som vi observerade hos de indiska lärarna har kopplats till studiens fyra valda perspektiv; det behavioristiska perspektivet, det kognitiva perspektivet, det pragmatiska perspektivet och det sociokulturella perspektivet. READ MORE

  3. 22. Innovating in 'the dream-factory' : social change through mindset-change: evidence from Kerala, India

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Nathalie Thalberg Pedersen; Linda Staflund; [2013]
    Keywords : Social entrepreneurship; social change; motivation; values; mindset; dreams; personal experiences;

    Abstract : Background The mindset of an individual is made up by perception and motivation. Motivation is in turn driven by personal experiences, values and goals. Many times, a personal experience can act as a ‘Gandhi-moment’ or a triggering event to take action towards achieving a specific outcome. READ MORE

  4. 23. Gendered relations to water : A study about water on a household level in Kerala, India

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Carolina Marianne Ahlqvist; Eva Svanberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Gender; intersectionality; water; Kerala; India; Genus; intersektionalitet; vatten; Kerala; Indien;

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  5. 24. Public Works Programs as a Development Strategy for Marginalized Groups: A case study of tribal MNREGA-participants in Wayanad, Kerala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Emelie Rohne; [2012]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, the practice of adopting Public Works Programs (PWPs) as a development strategy has increased in developing countries. Successful PWPs have the potential to act as a social protection scheme for the poor and stimulate their economic development. READ MORE

  6. 25. Access and benefit sharing: a valid instrument for compensation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lizzie Sagrelius; [2012]
    Keywords : judicial literacy; traditional knowledge; institutions; inequality; misallocations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Patents on traditional knowledge and the issue of biopiracy has been a debated issue since the Uruguay Round in the early 1990s. In order to handle this problem, the United Nations established the Convention on Biological Diversity and a subsidiary working group on Access and Benefit Sharing. READ MORE