Sökning: "science centre education"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade orden science centre education.
1. Science Centre Education : Motivation and Learning in Informal Education
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to investigate learning in a science exhibition in order to further develop the theory of science centre education as a form of informal education. In studying motivation the model of Engestr”m (1984) was used. This model separates intrinsic, instrumental and situation motivation. LÄS MER
2. Different Images of Science - A study of how science is constituted in exhibitions
Sammanfattning : Within the science and technology centre (STC) movement there exists explicit aims and ambitions to enhance visitors’ interest in and knowledge about science. Meanwhile, several researches question the choice of the scientific content in exhibitions when arguing that a too unproblematic view of science commonly is presented. LÄS MER
3. The Missing Link in Learning in Science Centres
Sammanfattning : Science centres have been identified as an important resource in encouraging teenagers to choose higher education in science and technology. This is of interest to society, since there seems to be a problem in getting sufficient numbers to do so. LÄS MER
4. Reproducing Traditional Discourses of Teaching and Learning Mathematics : Studies of Mathematics and ICT in Teaching and Teacher Education
Sammanfattning : This thesis is primarily concerned with the effects of education for future teachers in the context of the Swedish teacher training (Government Bill 1999/2000:135 2000). It belongs to a theoretical tradition in which the education system is viewed as a key factor in cultural production and reproduction in educational practices through symbolic control (Apple 2009; Ball 2006; Bernstein 2000, 2003). LÄS MER
5. Konsten att producera lärande demokrater
Sammanfattning : This dissertation builds on the basic question of how individuals are formed and created as citizens in society today, and how individuals construct themselves as citizens in this society. It takes interest in how they are managed to govern themselves through specific constructions of citizenship, and looks at how the exercise of power establishes certain knowledge that affects their view of themselves and generates truths about how they are expected to live their lives. LÄS MER