Sökning: "Literacy Practice"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 113 avhandlingar innehållade orden Literacy Practice.

  1. 11. Where is the critical in literacy? : Tracing performances of literature reading, readers and non-readers in educational practice

    Författare :Elin Sundström Sjödin; Ninni Wahlström; Johan Öhman; Greger Andersson; Lalitha Vasudevan; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Literary Didactics; Literature; Critical literacy; Critical space; Actor-network theory; Special residential homes;

    Sammanfattning : In many instances in society, educational and other, literature reading is emphasised as something that develops persons in positive ways. The present thesis explores this claim in relation to literature reading in educational practices. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Assessing Scientific Literacy as Participation in Civic Practices : Affordances and constraints for developing a practice for authentic classroom assessment of argumentation, source critique and decision-making

    Författare :Jens Anker-Hansen; Maria Andrée; Per-Olof Wickman; Aik Ling Tan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific literacy; assessment; authentic; communities of practice; expansive learning; argumentation; peer assessment; moderation meetings; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes a departure from a view of scientific literacy as situated in participation in civic practices. From such a view, it becomes problematic to assess scientific literacy through decontextualised test items only dealing with single aspects of participation in contexts concerned with science. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Reading for Life : Three Studies of Swedish Students’ Literacy Development

    Författare :Ulla Damber; Stefan Samuelsson; Mats Myrberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Literacy; fiction; second language learning; the deficit discourse; scaffolding; Läsning; skönlitteratur; andraspråksinlärning; bristdiskurs; stöttning; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore school classes with a higher level of achievement in reading than could be expected, with regard to socio-economic background factors and language background. What do those classes practice? Which attitudes towards reading and schooling do those children and their teachers display? The teacher and the classroom environment are in particular focus. LÄS MER

  5. 14. The publics’ perspective on cardiovascular risk information : Implications for practice

    Författare :Åsa Grauman; Mats G. Hansson; Stefan James; Jorien Veldwijk; Liesbeth Claassen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Cardiovascular diseases; Health checks; Risk communication; Cardiovascular risk communication; Optimistic bias; Family history; General health; Preferences; Public perspective; Prevention; Mental distress; Health related quality of life;

    Sammanfattning : Lay people struggle to understand the implications of cardiovascular risk information. With new advanced testing techniques and the digitalization of personal health information, the communication of cardiovascular risk becomes a challenge. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Makers, Materials and Machines : Understanding Experience and Situated Embodied Practice in the Makerspace

    Författare :Sophie Landwehr Sydow; Jakob Tholander; Martin Jonsson; Maria Normark; Alexandra Weilenmann; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HCI; making; materials; machines; experience; makerspace; situated practice; embodied interaction; material interaction; maker culture; material turn; digital fabrication; material literacy; machine sensibility; pliable machine; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; informationssamhället;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores interaction between humans, materials, and machines, in the context of makerspaces. The concept of making describes a practice that deals with new technologies in combination with craft to create artifacts in physical, digital and hybrid forms. LÄS MER