Essays about: "students role towards society"

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  1. 16. The role of multicultural art education in a cultural diversified society

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : TESHOME YAYA YARED; HASSAN YOUSIF TAHA; [2015-02-13]
    Keywords : multicultural awareness; attitude towards diversity; multiculturalism; art education;

    Abstract : This paper investigates art students’ and teachers’, awareness, attitudes and practices of multicultural issues in Art education. Particularly, the study focuses on Tigray Arts College, because, among the major goals of the college is: to produce students that are well acquainted with the knowledge and skills of developing and reflecting the cultural values of The Region State of Tigray. READ MORE

  2. 17. Between green consumerism and civic action – A case study of the solutions to environmental problems brought up in Swedish upper secondary education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Andrea Söderblom Tay; [2014]
    Keywords : education for sustainable development; environmental education; ESD; green consumerism; sustainable consumption; citizenship; privatisation of responsibility; eco-anxiety; anger; hope; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Education is considered to be one of the most important tools for enabling the transition to a sustainable society, and it is commonly agreed that education for sustainable development (ESD) should be pluralistic, democratic and promote critical thinking. However, there are indications that education might be dominated by green consumerist approaches to solving environmental problems. READ MORE

  3. 18. Understanding the Role of Mathematical Anxiety, Disaffect and Emotion in Learning and Teaching the Subject of Mathematics : A Qualitative Study of Swedish Student Teachers’ Experiences and Feelings towards Mathematics Education

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Stephanie Shamoon; [2014]
    Keywords : student teacher; mathematics; mathematical anxiety; emotions; subjectivity; discursive practices; Sweden; PISA; lärarstudent; matematik; matematisk ångest; känslor; subjektivitet; diskursiva praktiker; Sverige; PISA;

    Abstract : Alongside the international consensus about the importance of mathematical competencies in today’s knowledge society, the awareness about children’s and adult’s mathematical anxiety has increased. Within this, relatively limited, field of research it has moreover been revealed that the level of mathematical anxiety is considerably higher among students within teacher education programs compared to other university students. READ MORE

  4. 19. THE APPLICATION OF POLITENESS THEORY INTO ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Maho Kawai; [2013]
    Keywords : politeness theory; ESL in Japan;

    Abstract : In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) revised the Course of Study in English education twice in the last decade (in 2002 and in 2011), and the drastic changes have been made especially in the section of communicative skills: introduction of English study in elementary school, teaching English in English in high school, requirement of the subject ‘Oral Communication I’ in high school, etc. The aim of the revisions is to produce international individuals, who have high English proficiency not only in input-skills but also in output-skills, especially in speaking (MEXT 2004: 90, MEXT 2011). READ MORE

  5. 20. Somali Parents and Parental Involvement in Compulsory Schools in Flen, Sweden

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Osman Mohamoud Ahmed; [2013]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Education; Parental involvement; Multiculturalism; Social sustainability; Migration;

    Abstract : Departing from commonly held fact that parental involvement increases students’ academicachievement; The Swedish Schools and parents are required to have close relations with each other. However, low parental involvement becomes obvious norm in Swedish schools nowadays, especially immigrant parents. READ MORE