Sökning: "foregrounds"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade ordet foregrounds.

  1. 11. Beastly Lessons: Natural Utopias in Seventeenth-Century England

    Författare :Sandra Iren Kottum; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; theriophily; animals; nature; utopias; emblems; empiricism; anthropocentrism; language of nature; beast literature; malleability; politics; animal exemplarity; animal language; colonialism; vegetarianism; early modern zoology; Leviticus; Royal Society; bestiaries; fables; The Parly of Beasts; The Blazing World; The Way to Health; James Howell; Margaret Cavendish; Thomas Tryon; early modern England; Golden Age; paradise; misanthropy; ecocriticism; self-fashioning;

    Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the motif of virtuous animal instructors in three selected English texts from the second half of the seventeenth century: James Howell’s The Parly of Beasts (1660), Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World (1666), and Thomas Tryon’s The Way to Health (1683). These authors proposed solutions to the challenges facing early modern England, most notably the Civil War, the emerging empirical science, and the incipient colonization of the Americas. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Hälsoarbetets möte med skolan i teori och praktik

    Författare :Lena Nilsson; Christina Gustafsson; Bengt Lindström; Sven Hartman; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health promotion; health education; health promoting schools; school development; salutogenic model; empowerment; student participation; democracy; on; democracy; writing; dialogue; pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate whether, and if so how, schools can be developed in a way that foregrounds a greater awareness of their role in the promotion of health.This thesis is about how the school itself, that is to say everything that can be subsumed within the notion of education, can promote health. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Reading the world through virtual exchange : critical interculturality and glocal awareness in English teacher education

    Författare :Malin Reljanovic Glimäng; Björn Sundmark; Breffni O'Rourke; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Virtual exchange; interculturality; global citizenship education; glocal awareness; teacher education; English; action research; Sustainable studies; Hållbarhetsstudier;

    Sammanfattning : Virtual exchange (VE) is a pedagogical approach that connects learners across borders and cultures through online communication technologies. Taking a point of departure in critical social constructivism, this thesis contributes to the VE research field by presenting a collection of studies that explore the intersections of critical interculturality, global citizenship education, and online exchange in English teacher education. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Dialectics of Negotiagency : Micro Mechanisms in Children’s Negotiation in Play Activity

    Författare :Mimmi Waermö; Inger Eriksson; Ylva Ståhle; Viveca Lindberg; Bert van Oers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; agency; breaktime; children; collectividual; cultural historical activity theory; demands; development; double stimulation; enculturation; motives; negotiagency; negotiation; play; transformation; Didactics; didaktik;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about the children in a fourth and fifth grade Swedish primary school class and their play during breaktimes. The study takes the theoretical point of departure in seeing children’s breaktime play as a cultural historical activity. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Animals and the Politics of Suffering : Essays on Law, Care and Interspecies Relations

    Författare :Marie Leth-Espensen; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal suffering; industrialised animal production; care; anthropocentrism; visibility; witnessing; ethical obligation; Critical Animal Studies; socio-legal research; Denmark;

    Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis aims to develop an understanding of the ethical, legal and political implications associated with different strategies to address the suffering of animals caused by industrialised agriculture. Based on qualitative analysis conducted in Denmark, the research explores how ethical commitment to the situation of farmed animals is negotiated across different domains. LÄS MER