Sökning: "Literacy methods"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 105 avhandlingar innehållade orden Literacy methods.

  1. 1. Literacy and development : A study of Yemissrach Dimts literacy campaign in Ethiopia

    Författare :Margareta Sjöström; Rolf Sjöström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult; education; Development; Education for women; Ethiopia; Evaluation; Literacy; Literacy methods; Motivation; Rural education;

    Sammanfattning : The problem of illiteracy has been the object of many studies during recent decades. In Ethiopia, a country which reports one of the lowest literacy rates in Africa, the Yemissrach Dimts Literacy Campaign (YDLC) was started in 1962. Its activities were concentrated to rural areas and directed primarily towards adults. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Measuring health literacy : Evaluating psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-Q47 and the FCCHL, suggesting instrument refinements and exploring health literacy in people with type 2 diabetes and in the general Norwegian population

    Författare :Hanne Søberg Finbråten; Bodil Wilde-Larsson; Gun Nordström; Kjell Sverre Pettersen; Anne Trollvik; Øystein Guttersrud; Unn-Britt Johansson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; confirmatory factor analysis; FCCHL; health literacy; health-promotion nursing; HLS-EU-Q47; HLS-N-Q12; measurement; Norwegian population; psychometric evaluation; Rasch modelling; type 2 diabetes; validation; FCCHL; health literacy; helsefremmende sykepleie; HLS-EU-Q47; HLS-N-Q12; konfirmatorisk faktor analyse; måling; norsk befolkning; personer med diabetes type 2; psykometrisk evaluering; Rasch modellering; validering; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to measure health literacy (HL) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and in the general Norwegian population.Methods: Sampling 388 people with T2DM (papers I, II and IV) and 900 individuals (III) in the general Norwegian population a cross-sectional design was applied. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Understanding individual investors’ preferences and knowledge of sustainable investments

    Författare :Ida Ayu Agung Faradynawati; Ingalill Söderberg; Annina H. Persson; Misse Wester; Jeanette Carlsson Hauff; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :sustainable investments; risk-return preference; investment horizon; financial literacy; sustainability literacy; sustainable finance literacy; product literacy; information-seeking behavior; advice-seeking behavior; hållbara investeringar; risk-avkastningspreferenser; investeringshorisont; finanskunskap; hållbarhetskunskap; kunskap om hållbar ekonomi; informationssökande beteende; rådsökande beteende; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the field of sustainable investment by investigating individual investors’ preferences and knowledge level of sustainable investments. To achieve this objective, this thesis examined the impact of investment-related attitudes and demographic characteristics on sustainable investment choices through secondary data analysis and assessed investors’ knowledge level regarding sustainable investments through a survey. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Högpresterande gymnasieelevers läskompetenser

    Författare :Yvonne Hallesson; Mona Blåsjö; Kristina Danielsson; Åsa af Geijerstam; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :reading; literacy; high-performing students; upper secondary school; non-fiction texts; reading positioning; textual awareness; metacognitive awareness; genre awareness; systemic functional linguistics; new literacy studies; utbildningsvetenskap med inriktning mot språk och språkutveckling; Education in Languages and Language Development;

    Sammanfattning : Recent international surveys reveal a decline in reading performance among Swedish students during the past decade. In the light of these results, this thesis describes the reading literacy of a class of high-performing students in the Swedish upper secondary school, in order to discern characteristics of successful readers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Skriftbruk som yrkeskunnande i gymnasial lärlingsutbildning : Vård- och omsorgselevers möte med det arbetsplatsförlagda lärandets skriftpraktiker

    Författare :Enni Paul; Marianne Teräs; Viveca Lindberg; Ingrid Berglund; Ingrid Henning Loeb; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vocational education; upper secondary school; apprenticeship education; workplace-based learning; Health and Social Care Programme; New literacy studies; literacies; literacy practice; literacy event; yrkesutbildning; yrkesprogram; lärlingsprogram; arbetsplatsförlagt lärande; vård och omsorg; New literacy studies; skriftbruk; skriftpraktik; skrifthändelse; Didactics; didaktik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to describe and critically discuss the literacies apprentice-students in the Health and Social Care Programme in the upper secondary school in Sweden are given access to during the workplace-based learning part of the education. The study draws on sociocultural understandings of learning and knowing, and on perspectives developed in the field of new literacy studies of literacies as situated social practices. LÄS MER