Sökning: "academic culture"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 108 avhandlingar innehållade orden academic culture.
1. Order in Ruins : British Society and the Media Assemblage of The World at War c. 1970-1975
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies a period of intense crisis and creativity in British media, society, and culture, when the settled outcome of the Second World War (WW2) was perceived to be disintegrating. The post-world-war order was becoming an ‘order in ruins’. LÄS MER
2. Culture Unbound: Americanization and Everyday Life in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This book investigates the significance processes of Americanization have had in shaping and influencing the form and content of everyday life in Sweden. However, rather than simply viewing Americanization as an irresistible homogenizing force, it is argued that to the extent that Swedish everyday life has been Americanized, it has been Americanized in a very Swedish way. LÄS MER
3. A metric culture in academia : The influence of performance measurement on the academic culture of Swedish universities
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies how the proliferation of performance measurement within Swedish universities has affected the way university actors perceive academic work. The wide diffusion of performance measures in academia is conceptualised as a reflection of changes in the wider societal culture that may be attributed to comprehensive public sector reforms, the globalisation of the higher education sector and novel perspectives and expectations on universities. LÄS MER
4. Impacts of Facebook hedonic usage on students’ academic achievement : the role of culture and personality characteristics
Sammanfattning : The largest online social network in the world, Facebook continues to prompt debate about users’ behaviors. The effects of online activities on themselves and their interactions with others have been discussed extensively. LÄS MER
5. University and Culture: a Phenomenological Analysis of Formal and Informal Discourse on Education and Research at Universities in Sweden and China
Sammanfattning : In this research, science and its political appearance are studied through an empirical exploration of their representations in narrative expressions. The field of investigation is allocated to formal and informal discourse on university, education and research in Sweden and China. LÄS MER