Essays about: "education in compulsory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 103 essays containing the words education in compulsory.

  1. 11. COVID-19 and the Academic Performance in Sweden´s Elementary Schools : Investigating the change in schools´ average merit scores in upper level of elementary education due to the COVID-19 outbreak

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Jasmin Music; Zachary Sporn; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID19; elementary school; average merit score; quantitative Study; fixed-effect model;

    Abstract : Sweden was one of the few countries in the EU that in most cases decided to keep their elementary schools open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential outcomes COVID-19 has had on students´ average merit scores as well as group-specific effects across genders and school types. READ MORE

  3. 12. Estimating the Effect of Education on Health: Old Instrument, New Insights?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tilman Friedrich Bretschneider; [2022]
    Keywords : Education; Health; Mortality; Instrumental Variable Estimation; Causality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper uses variation of education generated by the interaction of compulsory schooling laws and season of birth as an instrument to estimate the effect of education on mortality and self-reported health. Education is found to have protective effects on health which differ between cohorts. READ MORE

  4. 13. Embedding food system education into Swedish public schools – teachers’ perspectives

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Hanna Weiss; [2022]
    Keywords : Food system education; System thinking; Experienced-based learning; Swedish school curriculum; Food education; Food literacy; Pedagogical approaches with children;

    Abstract : Modern, human driven food systems are putting pressure on the earth’s resources, exploiting societies and degrading land. Food security is at risk, while a progressing anthropogenic climate change will presumably reinforce these incidents. Children will be highly threatened by the consequences derived from unsustainable farming practices. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Role of Education in Health Behaviors. An IV Study Using the SHARE Data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elvira Wiktorsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Education; Health behaviors; Covid-19; Instrumental variable approach; Compulsory schooling reforms; Health economics; Education economics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The association between education and health is well documented: more educated individuals live longer and have healthier lives. The incidence of health disparities by education was further accentuated during the Covid-19 pandemic, where the rates of Covid-19 cases and fatalities were higher in communities with less-educated populations. READ MORE

  6. 15. EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MOTHER TONGUE TUITION AT A CROSSROADS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Katerina Olson; [2021-08-17]
    Keywords : Mother Tongue Tuition; Education for Sustainable Development;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate how ESD intersects with the subject of Mother Tongue Tuition in the compulsory school system via one municipality in Sweden. This is done by engaging with two analytical foci: i) the analysis of attitudes and responses to ESD in MTT. READ MORE