Essays about: "upper secondary education"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 354 essays containing the words upper secondary education.
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16. Harry Potter and racial hierarchies in the English language classroom : A thematic study on racial inequality in Harry Potter
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : This essay focuses on the pedagogical benefits of using fantasy literature in the classroom as it relates to the Swedish school’s democratic values of anti-racism and working for a just society. It examines the representations of racial prejudice, discrimination, and othering among wizards and muggles which are explicitly or implicitly present throughout the Harry Potter series as well as what the representations of inequality can offer in terms of inculcating democratic values and critical thinking in a Swedish upper secondary classroom. READ MORE
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17. Frankenstein and the Timelessness of Queer Identities: Teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through Queer Theory in the Upper-Secondary EFL classroom
University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaAbstract : This paper analyses the pivotal gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley through a close queer reading, focusing on excerpts featuring the artificially created creature and their maker, Victor Frankenstein. The queer perspective is applied to the gender identity and expression of the creature, which is a reading that lends itself to the teaching of the novel to Swedish upper-secondary students because of the timelessness of the themes and its close ties to the 2022 recommendations of the Swedish National Agency for Education regarding sexuality, consent, and relationships. READ MORE
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18. A thematic analysis of Swedish upper secondary EFL teachers’ cognitions about and reflections on written feedback
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : To gain a deeper understanding of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers’ knowledge, thoughts, and beliefs about written feedback (WF), this thesis explored four Swedish upper secondary school EFL teachers’ cognitions about WF, the sources of their cognitions about WF, and ways in which their cognitions about WF are reflected in their actual feedback practices. To carry out this exploratory investigation, the study made use of semi-structured interviews, sample student texts with teacher WF, and stimulated recall interviews. READ MORE
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19. Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Regarding CLIL
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : English has been on the rise on the global stage for the last half century, and is now the most studied second language, being used regularly in international academia, social and mainstream media and international relations. In Sweden, the increase in the use of English is particularly noticeable in the country’s higher education system, with recent studies reporting a significant increase in English as the language of instruction. READ MORE
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20. Teachers' perspectives on translanguaging in EFL classrooms : Discourses around its use in Swedish upper secondary schools
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This research focuses on teachers’ perceptions of the term translanguaging in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Swedish upper secondary schools. In Sweden, EFL classrooms are characterized by multilingual environments with a diverse set of learners with different backgrounds. READ MORE