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  1. 1. Den pedagogiska skickligheten och akademins väktare : Kollegial bedömning vid rekrytering av universitetslärare

    Författare :Sara Levander; Eva Forsberg; Maja Elmgren; Sverker Lindblad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic hiring; academic career; academic reward systems; assessment; discourse; educational proficiency; evaluation; higher education; intertextuality; judgment; peer review; promotion; scholarship of teaching and learning; teaching skills; tenure and promotion; Pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis develops knowledge on educational proficiency as an object of assessment in academic hiring of university teachers. Hiring processes are essential for the very formation of academia, and peers involved in these processes have an institutional gate-keeping function. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Developing Academic Literacies in Times of Change : Scaffolding Literacies Acquisition with the Curriculum and ICT in Rwandan Tertiary Education

    Författare :Charles Karoro Muhirwe; Ingrid Andersson; Nigel John Musk; Martin Stigmar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic literacies; English for Specific Purposes ESP ; scaffolding; curriculum embedment; ICT; tertiary education; Rwanda; Academic literacies; allmän engelska och engelskt fackspråk; stödjande redskap; integrerade läroplaner; IKT; högre utbildning; Rwanda;

    Sammanfattning : Inspired by the Bologna Process and other globalising influences from modern higher education, and driven by policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reform for national development after the ravages of the 1994 conflict and genocide, Rwanda’s tertiary education has embarked on a number of policy reforms that have ushered in expectations, requirements and demands that call for both reinvigorated and new academic literacies in undergraduate study since 2007. With its aim of producing a highly skilled human resource as a panacea for Rwanda’s social and economic development deficits, the tertiary education curriculum is more than never before focused on outcomes that are linked to further education and the labour market. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Design Moves : translational processes and academic entrepreneurship in design labs

    Författare :Luca Simeone; Katarina Wetter Edman; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :design studies; interaction design; design management; academic entrepreneurship; translation; design moves; modes of translation; strategic ambiguity;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the relation between the design activity and entrepreneurial ambition of three academic labs: MIT Senseable City Lab, metaLAB (at) Harvard, and Medea at Malmö University. These labs are positioned at the borderland of academic research, as they operate in connection with external stakeholders (industry, NGOs, government institutions) through, for example, joint strategies of intellectual property management or the creation of start-ups. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Defending the university? : Academics’ reactions to managerialism in Norwegian higher education

    Författare :Jo Ese; Ann Bergman; Helge Ramsdal; Ivar Bleiklie; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; CUDOS; higher education; managerialism; academic resistance; academic gaming; Working Life Science; Arbetsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis contributes to the knowledge on academic work in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on how members of faculty react to contemporary developments in the management of universities. The approach is qualitative and consists of 25 in-depth interviews with academics at two higher education institutions in Norway. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Skrivprocesser på högskolan : Text, plats och materialitet i uppsatsskrivandet

    Författare :Sofia Hort; Greger Andersson; Per Ledin; Johan Öhman; Gustaf Skar; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Student writing; Academic Writing; University Writing; Writing Processes; Academic Literacies; Digital Literacies; Teacher Education; Sociomateriality; Higher Education;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to explore how students in a higher education context handle the writing of their final essay. Applying a sociomaterial approach, the study offers comprehensive case studies of students’ writing processes. LÄS MER