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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 394 avhandlingar innehållade orden International education.

  1. 16. ICT-based Distance Education : A Study of University Students’ Views and Experiences in Early Post-Apartheid South Africa

    Författare :Jared O. Odero; Petros Gougoulakis; Ulf Fredriksson; Stewart Kowalski; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher and distance education; South Africa; ICT-based distance education; students; universities; technikons; facilitators lecturers; learning; internationell och jämförande pedagogik; International and Comparative Education;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this study was to investigate how the introduction of ICT into distance education at public institutions of higher learning in South Africa during the early post-apartheid period from 1994 to 2002, provided learning opportunities for students and facilitated the delivery of learning content. More explicitly, it examined and analyzed the views and experiences of students and course facilitators at selected higher education institutions, which provided ICT-based distance education. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Integrated and Subject-specific : An empirical exploration of Science education in Swedish compulsory school

    Författare :I. Maria Åström; Karl-Göran Karlsson; Lars Owe Dahlgren; Björn Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science education; international studies; PISA; curriculum integration; Education; Pedagogik; Subject didactics; didactics of natural science;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is an explorative experimental study in two parts of different ways of organising Science education in the Swedish context. The first study deals with the question if students attain higher scores on test results if they have been working with integrated Science compared to subject-specific Science i.e. Biology, Chemistry and Physics. LÄS MER

  4. 18. When the first-world-north goes local : Education and gender in post-revolution Laos

    Författare :Ann-Louise Bäcktorp; Britt-Marie Berge; Lars Dahlström; Ulla Ambosius Madsen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; gender; development cooperation; post-structuralism; post-colonialism; discourse analysis; Laos; ethnography; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of three global issues – development cooperation, education and gender - and their transformation to local circumstances in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Combining post-colonial and post-structural perspectives, it sets out to understand how discourses of education and gender in Laos intersect with discourses of education and gender within development cooperation represented by organisations such as the World Bank and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). LÄS MER

  5. 19. Bilingual education cognitive development and school achievement : a study of the bilingual programs for Tibetan children

    Författare :Yu Qiang; Katrin Goldstein Kyaga; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bilingualism; bilingual education; cognitive development; threshold hypothesis; study variable; covariates the third variables ; path analysis; direct effects; total effects.; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the effects of two models of school bilingual programs on Tibetan children's cognitive development and school achievement.Based on the findings of empirical studies, Cummins' threshold theory was critically evaluated. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Mechatronics Engineering Education

    Författare :Martin Grimheden; Mats Hanson; Bernardo Wagner; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :mechatronics; thematic subject; synergy; engineering education; international collaboration; experimental learning; didactical analysis; mekatronik; tematiskt ämne; synergi; ingenjörsutbildning; internationellt samarbete; experimentellt lärande; didaktisk analys; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Since its emergence in the late 1960s, mechatronics has become well-established as an academic subject, and is now researched and taught at a large number of universities worldwide. The most widely-used definition of the subject today is centered on the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, electronics, and intelligent computer control. LÄS MER