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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 413 avhandlingar innehållade orden higher education university.

1. 16. En didaktisk studie av kunskapsinnehåll i biologi på universitetet : Med genbegreppet som exempel

   Författare :Veronica S. Flodin; Per-Olof Wickman; Christina Ottander; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biology; higher education; tertiary education; didaktik; didactics; discipline-based education research; science education; knowing; gene concept; practice epistemology; Hirst; Wartofsky; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about knowing in biology in higher education and research. The gene concept is used as an example of knowledge content that is common to both biological research and education. The purpose is to study how knowing about the gene is expressed in different forms of knowledge contexts at the university. LÄS MER

3. 17. Teaching in an age of complexity : exploring academic change and development in higher education

   Författare :Claire Englund; Anders D. Olofsson; Linda Price; Shirley Booth; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Academic Development; Educational Technology; Conceptions of Teaching and Learning; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Change and Development; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : Higher education (HE) has expanded and diversified at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate. Change and development are omnipresent, a constant part of university teachers’ sociocultural and organisational practice at multiple levels; the micro-level, the meso-level and the macro-level Against this background, the aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence academic change. LÄS MER

4. 18. Quality in higher education : approaches to its management and improvement

   Författare :Robert Lundqvist; Luleå University of Technology; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology and Management;

   Sammanfattning : Issues related to quality have received more attention in both society at large and higher education during the last decades. Concepts such as ‘Total Quality Management' and ‘continuous improvement' have become prevalent terms in the discussions around quality issues. LÄS MER

5. 19. Online teaching practices : Sociomaterial matters in higher education settings

   Författare :Karin Bolldén; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Ann-Marie Laginder; Åsa Mäkitalo; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Practice theory; sociomaterial; ICT; distance education; e-learning; online ethnography; internet research; higher education; virtual worlds; LMS; VLE; Praktikteori; sociomaterialitet; IKT; distansutbildning; e-lärande; onlineetnografi; internetforskning; högre utbildning; virtuella världar; LMS; VLE;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study was to describe and analyse online teaching practices in the Swedish higher education context. The study had an online ethnographic approach and was based on empirical data on the teaching in two university courses. LÄS MER

7. 20. New professionals and new technologies in new higher education? : Conceptualising struggles in the field

   Författare :Alison Hudson; Per-Olof Erixon; Gaby Weiner; Miriam David; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; technologies; technology; change; new professionals; academic practice.; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the practices and positionings of two groupings of professionals in UK higher education, ‘educational developers’ and ‘learning technologists’. It investigates the emergence of the groupings, and their professional paths and respective approaches to supporting teaching and learning. LÄS MER