Essays about: "Swedish popular education"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words Swedish popular education.
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21. How Textbooks Teach Rhetoric: : An Analysis of Oral Tasks in TextbooksDeveloped for the English Subject in Swedish Upper-Secondary Schools
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Rhetoric has been a part of education since ancient Greece and even though it faded away and disappeared for a long time, it was quite recent reintroduced in the Swedish curriculum. This reintroduction is clearly reflected in the European council’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and in the English subject syllabus in the Swedish 2011 curriculum for upper-secondary school. READ MORE
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22. Content and Language Integrated Learning in Swedish Primary School – Investigating the Effectiveness of the Approach
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a dual focused pedagogical practice in which a language other than the students’ first language is taught through content. CLIL has grown to become a popular pedagogic approach within education systems across the world. However, research conducted in Swedish primary schools is extremely limited. READ MORE
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23. Communication without borders : A quantitative study on how mobility and a cosmopolitan self-identity affect Swedish expatriates communication patterns with friends.
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikationAbstract : The purpose of this study is to find out how Swedish voluntary migrants communicate with friends in three different groups: friends that resides in the same country as the respondent currently lives in, friends in Sweden, friends in other countries around the globe and whether or not individual mobility, demographic factors or a sense of global citizenship affect the chosen mean of communication. The reason behind the study is to introduce a previously unstudied area into the field of geographically based media studies and hopefully contribute to a deeper understanding of the role played by different means of communication in shaping the dynamics of global friendship. READ MORE
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24. Variation in Folk High School Teachers’ Conceptions of Reflection : Broadening the Understanding of Reflection in Swedish Popular Education
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärandeAbstract : The concept of reflection expressed as different types of thinking is explicitly given an essential role in specific strands of international discourses on lifelong learning and education. Meanwhile, some researchers consider reflection problematic and point to the lack of consensus on its meaning in theory and practice. READ MORE
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25. What models and representations do Swedish upper secondary school teachers use in their teaching about the atom?
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : This report presents the results from a survey study on Swedish upper secondary school physics andchemistry teachers’ use of models and representations in teaching the atom. The study builds upon an earlier systematic international literature review on the role of models and representations in the teaching, learning and understanding of the atom. READ MORE
