Essays about: "vocational upper secondary school"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words vocational upper secondary school.

  1. 1. Fallen Between the Cracks : Students’ Motivation and Use of Learning Strategies in English 5: A comparison between an academic and a vocational program

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Rickard Hammar; [2023]
    Keywords : motivation; Self-Regulated Learning; vocational programs; academic programs; upper-secondary school; Sweden;

    Abstract : Recent reports have indicated that students’ motivation is declining, and that students in vocational programs show particularly low motivation. However, studies show that motivation and Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) strategies are closely intertwined, where motivation is depicted as an instigating and maintaining force that fuels a learner’s efforts toward a goal, and SRL-strategies are the actions that learners use to solve different tasks and structure their own learning processes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Teaching English Literature : A Qualitative Questionnaire and Content Analysis of Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Reading and Teaching Choices Analyzed Through Literary Socialization and Reception Theory

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Lejla Zeidan; [2023]
    Keywords : English literature; English teaching; literacy education; Swedish upper secondary school; reception theory; literary socialization theory; college preparatory programs; vocational programs; teachers’ attitudes; cultural significance; literary significance; historical significance; Engelsk litteratur; engelskundervisning; utbildning i läs- och skrivkunnighet; svensk gymnasieskola; receptionsteori; litterär socialisationsteori; högskoleförberedande program; yrkesprogram; lärares attityder; kulturell betydelse; litterär betydelse; historisk betydelse;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school teachers’ statements regarding reading and teaching choices in the English courses. The methods used were a survey in the form of a qualitative questionnaire, and a qualitative content analysis which was then applied to the survey data gathered. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Future is Familiar - Young Swedes Imagining Work-life Balance in Their Future Adulthood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Franciska Dis Brodersen; [2022]
    Keywords : imagined futures; young people; work-life balance; gender inequality; the second shift; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the imagined futures of young Swedes with a focus on how they envision creating work-life balance and how they aim to divide their time between paid and unpaid work. This is done by analyzing written accounts of 168 upper secondary students from both university preparatory schools (UP) and vocational schools (VO) in a middle-sized town in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Motivation and different types of feedback : A study on Focus on Form (FonF) and student motivation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Catarina Stål; [2022]
    Keywords : SLA; ELT; FonF; student motivation; corrective feedback; pre-emptive FonF; reactive FonF; motivational strategies;

    Abstract : This study investigates whether there is a relationship between student motivation and Focus on Form (FonF) frequency in English language teaching (ELT), with a focus on Swedish upper secondary school. The goal is to identify potential patterns of inefficiency in ELT that may need remediation, and to investigate potential benefits of promoting student motivation in ELT. READ MORE

  6. 5. Conjunctive Relations in Argumentative Essays : Second language learners of English and the frequency of connective words

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Jojo Blixt; [2022]
    Keywords : conjunctive relations; coherency in texts; argumentative essays; upper secondary school year 10; vocational vs. academic; girls vs. boys;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine texts written by students in upper secondary school year 10 to see which conjunctions and linking words students at that level use, the normalized frequency as well as how they are used. For the investigation, a corpus, the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC), was searched using AntConc, a corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis. READ MORE