Essays about: "schoolbooks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word schoolbooks.

1. 1. Gender, Sexuality, Race, Nationality, and Religion in Greek Education. : A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Political Education Schoolbook.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Grigorios Moschopoulos; [2023]
   Keywords : intersectionality; gender; sexuality; race; nationality; religion; CDA; Education; schoolbooks;

   Abstract : Feminist and Educational research on schoolbooks in the Greek educational context has discussed the ways in which gender or nationality or religion are being portrayed but has failed to touch upon sexuality and race (and other categories) and deploy an intersectional feminist perspective in their approaches, focusing only on one category. This thesis aims to fill the gap identified in the literature and investigate the portrayal and intersection of gender, sexuality, race, nationality, and religion in the discourses of selected texts of the Political Education schoolbook used in the first grade of highschool and the ways in which this portrayal and intersection challenges or reinforces hegemonic exclusionary discourses, power dynamics and hierarchies. READ MORE

3. 2. European Identity and Education in Germany and Sweden - a Mixed-Method Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nils Preissner; [2021]
   Keywords : European Identity; Education; Europe; European Union; comparative politics Sweden; Germany; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : European identity is a crucial feature for supra-national institution building in times of renewed far-right nationalism and countries leaving the European Union. High- school education may help to prepare young students to become European citizens. READ MORE

4. 3. Theory and Practice : A comparison between English schoolbook grammar and English grammar teaching practiced in a Swedish secondary school

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Nikita Knight; [2015]
   Keywords : Teaching methods; inductive approach; deductive approach; language teaching; grammar teaching material; English grammar;

   Abstract : This research compares the grammar in English schoolbooks with the grammar teaching practisedin a Swedish secondary school classroom. It explores the grammar content of two Englishschoolbooks from two different levels, and whether the teacher uses other materials when teachinggrammar: language websites with grammar and vocabulary exercises, and listening, reading andwriting activities, that are different or similar to the ones in the schoolbooks. READ MORE

5. 4. Improvements in numeracy on a micro level: A field study in the Philippines

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karin Lindell; [2013]
   Keywords : Human capital; Numeracy; Calculators; the Philippines; Difference-in-differences estimation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This project investigates if access to a solar powered calculator improves numeracy and who benefits the most from the use of a calculator. A randomized field study was carried out in two different high schools in Palawan, a province in the Philippines. READ MORE

6. 5. Representation of Gender, Ethnicity and Sexuality in Wings 7, 8 and 9

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Magnus Nilsson; [2009]
   Keywords : Wings; representation; critical discourse analysis; sexuality; ethnicity; ideology; discourse; gender; secondary school; Base Book; activity book; English;

   Abstract : Textboken är en nyckelkomponent i engelsklärarens arsenal. Av den anledningen är det viktigt att boken överensstämmer med värdegrunden när det gäller ett flertal frågor. Vad denna uppsats ämnar göra är att analysera några böcker i Wings-serien, som är en populär skolboksserie som används i Sverige. READ MORE