Essays about: "schools problem"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 167 essays containing the words schools problem.

  1. 6. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE

  3. 7. Halvvägs mellan dåtid och framtid : ett anslutande gestaltningsförslag för Gjuteriparken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Sara Höglund; [2023]
    Keywords : järnväg; industri; postindustriella landskap; sanering; successiv gestaltning;

    Abstract : Det här arbetet tar avstamp i Malmö kommuns planer att utveckla Gjuteriparken, ett avlagt järnvägsfragment i norra Limhamn. Förfallet av tidigare järnvägsverksamhet gav upphov till platsen som den är idag: när växter etablerat sig på den gamla banvallen och ny, spontan användning uppkom i hålrummet som uppstått efter tågen slutat gå. READ MORE

  4. 8. Scrutinizing local views of the role of education in relation to western mainstream views : a case-study from Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Najah Abyan; Caroline Petersen; [2023]
    Keywords : Babati; capability; education; freedom; gender; socioeconomic differences; Babati; Tanzania; kapabilitete; frihet; utbildning; genus; socioekonomiska skillnader;

    Abstract : This case study was conducted to give an in-depth analysis of the local stakeholder’s views on the role of education in Babati, Tanzania. The goal is to investigate differences and similarities between the views in Babati and mainstream western views, exemplified by the theory of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen while being attentive to gender and socioeconomic differences. READ MORE

  5. 9. Behind the Academic Underachievement of Black Caribbean Children in the United Kingdom : Examining the Prevalence and Impacts of Structural Barriers and Teachers’ Low Expectations in the Schooling of Black Caribbean Children in the United Kingdom

    University essay from

    Author : Shewit Yemane; [2023]
    Keywords : Black Caribbean children; academic underachievement; teachers low expectations; self-efficacy.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand the prevalence and impacts of structural barriers and teachers’ low expectations in the academic underachievement of Black Caribbean children in the United Kingdom. In doing so, this thesis has utilized the following two theories: systemic racism and self-efficacy. READ MORE

  6. 10. “The challenge is probably just to understand what it is...” Constructing sustainable development as a wicked problem in an educational context.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Tess Andrén; Rebecka Stubb; [2023]
    Keywords : Wicked problems; Education for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development; Governance; Teachers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Purpose: investigate in which ways sustainable development in Swedish schools is constructed as a wicked problem. Research Question: How is sustainable development constructed as a wicked problem in Swedish educational contexts? Methodology: A qualitative study approach was implemented where 20 semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. READ MORE