Sökning: "Contextualisation of studies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden Contextualisation of studies.
1. Berättelser om omsorg : omsorgsetikens kritiska potential i skolans värdeförmedlingsuppdrag
Sammanfattning : From a care ethics perspective, this thesis aims to discuss and conceptualise children’s experiences of care in Swedish compulsory school. I initiate an ethical discussion focusing on the theoretical core of care ethics and exploring how the framework can be used and developed within the aforementioned educational context. LÄS MER
2. Contextualising studies in higher education : First-year experiences of studying and learning in engineering
Sammanfattning : The study aims at investigating students’ first-year experiences of studying and learning in tertiary engineering education. At the end of their first year 86 Swedish undergraduates of electrical engineering and computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm were asked to reflect in writing on the conditions for studying and learning as they perceived them. LÄS MER
3. I naturens teater : Kultur- och miljösociologiska analyser av naturhistoriska utställningar och filmer
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of constructions of reality in visual and textual representations in current exhibitions in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm with comparisons to the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg and minor excursions to other museums. The study also includes seven giant screen films in Cosmonova: an IMAX theatre which is part of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. LÄS MER
4. Creating sustainable citizens? : constructions of sustainable development in textbooks
Sammanfattning : There is a general consensus that education is crucial for achieving sustainable development. Education for sustainable development aims to foster citizens capable of participating independently and actively in creating a sustainable future. LÄS MER
5. Reproducing gender - The spatial context of gender in entrepreneurship
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contextualise gender-in-entrepreneurship, which means focusing on when, how, and why entrepreneurship happens. Gender-in-entrepreneurship implies a focus on how women and men perform gender in entrepreneurship while questioning underlying masculine assumptions of entrepreneurship. LÄS MER