Essays about: "types of education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 161 essays containing the words types of education.

1. 1. “What is Fun for You, is What’s Important to Us!” : Image Work and Positional Games in Swedish Upper Secondary Education

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Schunnesson; Jakob Westergren; [2019]
   Keywords : Competition; Discourse Analysis; Image; Upper Secondary Education;

   Abstract : How do upper secondary schools work with image to compete online? Through meso-discourse analysis we have analyzed the descriptions of 147 schools offering university preparatory programs in Stockholm County, at one of the larger online information portals for upper secondary education (gymnasium.se). READ MORE

3. 2. “And so each and every teacher has to handle it to the best of their abilities”

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

   Author : Ibrahim Musa; Charles Nordström; [2019]
   Keywords : Newly Arrived Students; Second Language Acquisition; Strategies; Methods; Culture;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate the methods and strategies teachers in Malmö and Lund, Sweden, use to overcome issues faced when working with newly arrived students in teaching English. There was a need to explore this further since there is a lack of previous research in the area, as well as a lack of education on how to teach these students. READ MORE

4. 3. Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Blad; [2019]
   Keywords : foreign-local knowledge exchange; social learning systems; agriculture; community; Guatemala;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the learning process between foreign and local knowledge in a community of organic farmers by the name Atitlán Organics in Tzununa, rural Guatemala. Foreign settlers with formal education and contemporary farming experience work alongside indigenous local Guatemalan farmers in this community, which also takes on international volunteer workers. READ MORE

5. 4. School-based Interventions or Prevention Programs regarding Alcohol, Smoking and Drug Use among Adolescents with Disabilities or Physical Impairments : A Systematic Literature Review

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Marouso Triantafyllou; [2019]
   Keywords : school-based interventions; prevention programs; adolescents; alcohol consumption; smoking; drug use; physical impairments; disability;

   Abstract : Introduction Substance use in adolescents with disabilities is rising, containing the prevalence of substance-related disorders (SRD) such as addiction, mental or health disorders, cancer, accidents and mortality. Yet little is known about the existing substance use prevention programs among adolescents with dosabilities or physical impairments. READ MORE

6. 5. Education and Political Efficacy Among Youth in Kosovo : A field study on university students’ perceptions on the effect of higher education on political efficacy and political behavior

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sandra Hagelin; [2019]
   Keywords : education; political efficacy; political behaviour; Kosovo;

   Abstract : This study seeks to investigate perceptions on education’s effect on political efficacy among university students at University of Pristhina, Kosovo; as well as how that seems to inform political behavior. Education is believed to have important implications on political behavior, an important factor for this is internal and external political efficacy, which allows research to disentangle educational effects on the individual’s political behavior. READ MORE