Essays about: "elizabeth olsson"

Found 4 essays containing the words elizabeth olsson.

  1. 1. Sustainable Physical Legacy Development via Large-Scale International Sport Events

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Solaleh Abedi; Marvin Lannefeld; Elizabeth Moore; Elin Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Infrastructure; Commonwealth Games; Legacy; Olympics;

    Abstract : In an increasingly urban society, cities pose both challenges and opportunities to move towards a more sustainable society. This study examines the role of large-scale international sport events in sustainable development within host cities, with a focus on the physical legacies that they leave behind. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Critique of the Learning Brain

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Joakim Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Learning Brain; Learning; Cognitivism; Representational Theory of Mind; Computational Theory of Mind; Mentalism; Mind-Brain Identity; Computer Analogy; Scientism; Anthropological Holism; Enactivism; Intentionality; Intentional Action; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Mind; Cognitive Science; Capabilities; Practical Knowledge; Bildung; Wolf Singer; Kurt W. Fischer; Jerry Fodor; Vincent Descombes; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Elizabeth Anscombe; Evan Thompson;

    Abstract : The guiding question for this essay is: who is the learner? The aim is to examine and criticize one answer to this question, sometimes referred to as the theory of the learning brain, which suggests that the explanation of human learning can be reduced to the transmitting and storing of information in the brain’s formal and representational architecture, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 3. Playing with Fire: Empowerment and Conflict Transformation via Educational Drama

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Elizabeth Olsson; [2015-03-04]
    Keywords : action research; adolescents; conflict transformation; DRACON International; educational drama; empowerment; Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; micro-ethnography;

    Abstract : Conflict is an inescapable reality of human interaction. While the vast majority of conflicts are solved quickly and discretely, some affect the lives of millions and persist for decades. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reconceptualizing conflict: An investigation of student teachers´understandings of conflict and conflict handling before and after mandatory training

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Elizabeth Olsson; [2014-03-24]
    Keywords : conflict; conflict handling; phenomenography; pre-service teacher training;

    Abstract : Aims: The goal of this study is to describe and analyze student teachers' conceptualizations of conflict and conflict handling before and after they participate in mandatory training. Special attention is given to the extent to which student teachers’ conceptualizations correspond with and diverge from theories about conflict and learning. READ MORE