Sökning: "learning in informal settings"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden learning in informal settings.
1. Framing perceived values of education : when perspectives of learning and ICTs are related
Sammanfattning : This thesis offers dialogue about the relations between learning and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The dialogue is guided by the question of how to design education to increase perceived values of learning. LÄS MER
2. Telementoring Physics: University-Community After-school Collaborations and the Mediation of the Formal/ Informal Divide
Sammanfattning : For several decades improvement of science education has been a major concern of policy makers concerned that the U.S. is a “nation at risk” owing to the dearth of students pursing careers in science. LÄS MER
3. Learning for well being : Studies using the International Adult Literacy Survey
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a collection of five independent but closely related studies. The overall purpose is to approach the analysis of learning outcomes from a perspective that combines three major elements, namely lifelonglifewide learning, human capital, and the benefits of learning. LÄS MER
4. Different Images of Science - A study of how science is constituted in exhibitions
Sammanfattning : Within the science and technology centre (STC) movement there exists explicit aims and ambitions to enhance visitors’ interest in and knowledge about science. Meanwhile, several researches question the choice of the scientific content in exhibitions when arguing that a too unproblematic view of science commonly is presented. LÄS MER
5. Creative Writers in a Digital Age : Swedish Teenagers’ Insights into their Extramural English Writing and the School Subject of English
Sammanfattning : The digital age has re-shaped the landscape of creative writing. One example of the changes that have taken place is the way in which millions of young people, globally, now write and share stories as online fanfiction. This is an out-of-school leisure pastime that can also help improve language skills (Aragon & Davis, 2019; Black, 2008). LÄS MER