Essays about: "television in education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words television in education.

  1. 1. 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. 2. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gricean Maxims and ASD Individuals on TV : A pragmatic analysis of individuals with ASD and their sensitivity to Gricean Maxims

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Alice Ann Mikha; [2023]
    Keywords : Autism; ASD; Atypical; the Gricean Cooperative Principle; maxims; flouting; pragmatics; autistic disorder; language understanding; neuropsychiatric disabilities; education;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine the way the flouting of the Gricean maxims is used to portray a fictional character with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study analyzes a character named Sam Gardner from the television series Atypical. READ MORE

  5. 4. Predictors of full vaccination among children aged 12-23months in Zambia- A quantitative secondary analysis of the 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Evaristo Mafulauzi; [2022]
    Keywords : Predictors; full vaccination; children 12-23 months; Zambia;

    Abstract : Introduction Zambia is aiming to achieve the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of 90% vaccination coverage among children under five years. The 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) established that Copperbelt province had the highest vaccination coverage at 83%. However, Luapula province was lowest at 67%. READ MORE

  6. 5. Public Service – at your service? : A study of attitudes toward the public service broadcasting company SVT

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Else Mikkelsen Båge; [2022]
    Keywords : Public service broadcasting; post-broadcast democracy; audience fragmentation; Sveriges television; media consumption; SOM institute; public service; publikfragmentering; sveriges television; svt; mediekonsumtion; som-institutet;

    Abstract : Public service broadcasting is a longstanding broadcasting institution in Sweden. Being the most consumed and highly trusted media broadcasting institution on the market, it suffers both challenges and acclaim. It has become a highly politized matter. READ MORE