Essays about: "PISA"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the word PISA.

  1. 21. Attitudes towards and Experiences of InterculturalCommunicative Competence : A small-scale study of Swedish uppersecondary schools in a mid-size Swedishcommunity

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

    Author : Oskar Rydblom; [2018]
    Keywords : Intercultural communicative competences; Intercultural communication; Foreign Language Teaching; Swedish upper-secondary education; Education; Global competence; PISA;

    Abstract : This is a small-scale study that looks at how important upper secondary students andteachers in a mid-size Swedish community consider intercultural communicativecompetences to be and how frequently they work with developing these competences.Previous research on the work with intercultural communicative competence suggestteachers are largely unaware of theories in this area, but these studies were conducted atleast ten years ago. READ MORE

  3. 22. ILSA-the subordination of Education to Economic Theory (ILSA-Wirtschaftstheorie statt Bildung)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Anders Lindqvist; [2017-01-20]
    Keywords : ILSA; comparative education; EB; human capital; concepts; quality; standard; assessment;

    Abstract : Narrative: In the beginning of the 21st century a trend became apparent; the increasing production of education monitoring data. It was the outcome of international large scale assessments (ILSA) breakthrough; quantitative comparative education (QCE) studies said to be able to give important information on the state of education systems. READ MORE

  4. 23. Creativity in Mathematics Curricula – An International Comparison between Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Norway

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Matematiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Bennevall; [2017]
    Keywords : Creativity; mathematics; creative mathematically founded reasoning; CMR; high school education; curricular studies; PISA 2012; Singapore; Hong Kong; Sweden; Norway; content analysis; discourse analysis; NVivo 11;

    Abstract : Studies have shown that creative mathematically founded reasoning (CMR) outperforms algorithmic reasoning (AR) in regards to retention and (re)construction of knowledge. This suggests that creativity should be encouraged in national high-school mathematics curricula. READ MORE

  5. 24. 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. 25. The Issue of Assessing Reading Literacy : A Qualitative Study of Strategies Used for Assessment by ESL Teachers at an Upper Secondary School in the South of Sweden and its Consequent Hermeneutic Process.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Jonatan Lundqvist; Deniz Yeniler; [2017]
    Keywords : Reading Literacy; Assessment; Hermeneutic Process; Upper Secondary School; ESL;

    Abstract : A recent (2016) PISA survey has shown that, among Swedish youth, one in five students do not reach a basic level of reading literacy, a result mirrored that of a similar study from 2009, which suggests that Swedish schools and teachers have failed to address this issue successfully over a longer period of time. This raised the question of why this is and what possible measures could be taken to improve the situation. READ MORE