Essays about: "competence agency"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 essays containing the words competence agency.

  1. 16. The Practice of Involving Children in the Design of Kids’ Apps : A Study of Market Oriented Child Culture Production

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för barnkulturforskning

    Author : Chris Lindgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Child culture; children; apps; child culture production; user experience research;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the practice of involving children in the production of kids’ apps in order to gain an understanding of how notions of children and childhood are being shaped by and shape this practice. This is achieved through a narrative analysis of interviews with five design and research professionals from the kids’ apps industry. READ MORE

  3. 17. Incentives for investing in solar plants : What motivations and obstacles does companies and housing cooperatives have to invest in a medium sized solar plant?

    University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och design

    Author : William Hultqvist; Eric Strömberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Solar plant; motivations; investments; housing cooperatives and companies; Solcellsanläggning; drivkrafter; investering; bostadsrättsföreningar och företag;

    Abstract : The Swedish government has set a long-term goal which implies that Sweden's electrical production should be based on one hundred percent of renewable energy until the year of 2040, which among other things include solar cells. To involve more people into this process The Swedish Energy Agency has evaluated which different investment motivations there is. READ MORE

  4. 18. Speech fright : A study into communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence among upper-secondary Swedish ESL/EFL students

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Eren Durak; [2020]
    Keywords : Communication apprehension; language anxiety; willingness to communicate; second language acquisition; self-perceived communication competence; Swedish national agency; ESL EFL;

    Abstract : The topic of communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence in a second language learning has had a growing resurgence in recent years. The consensus among scholars is that communication apprehension is disruptive and can manifest in difficulties and disabilities for second language acquisition. READ MORE

  5. 19. Creating the landscape, one stand at a time : the role of timber buyers in landscape-level planning in southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Keeli Jo Curtis; [2020]
    Keywords : landscape; forestry; biodiversity; cross-scale interactions; Hägerstrand; conservation; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A central tension within forestry is balancing timber production and nature. This tradeoff is important when managing individual stands, but also has effects on biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales. READ MORE

  6. 20. Professional aging? A critical exploration of the doings of age employed by contemporary Swedish professionals

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Elin Hunger; Anni-Maria Loukasmäki; [2019]
    Keywords : Age; Chrononormativity; Critical discourse analysis; Gender; Subject position;

    Abstract : This thesis departs from a problematization of how and why certain age categories implicitly are associated with 'trouble' and aims to contribute to the current body of research on ages and aging in professional and working life. This is done through the adoption of a critical epistemology and a moderately constructionist ontology that allow for questioning and unpacking of taken-for-granted assumptions on age. READ MORE