Sökning: "science literacy"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 88 avhandlingar innehållade orden science literacy.
1. Science, Language, and Literacy : Case Studies of Learning in Swedish University Physics
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an investigation of undergraduate student learning with respect to physics lectures attended in English and Swedish. The work studies three connected areas: student learning patterns, bilingual scientific literacy and disciplinary discourse. LÄS MER
2. Measuring health literacy : Evaluating psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-Q47 and the FCCHL, suggesting instrument refinements and exploring health literacy in people with type 2 diabetes and in the general Norwegian population
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to measure health literacy (HL) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and in the general Norwegian population.Methods: Sampling 388 people with T2DM (papers I, II and IV) and 900 individuals (III) in the general Norwegian population a cross-sectional design was applied. LÄS MER
3. Drawing Science : Visual Content Formation in Young Students’ Multimodal Science Compositions
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores visual formation of science content in young students’ multimodal text-image compositions. In doing so, it also contributes a metalanguage for visual meaning-making about science content in the early school years. LÄS MER
4. Att ta sig an världen : Lärare diskuterar innehåll och mål i samhällskunskapsämnet
Sammanfattning : The focus of this investigation is civics in the Swedish upper secondary school. In addition to subject matter, civics is also an agent for democratic socialisation. The study explores and analyses the reflections of six teachers on their teaching about globalisation. LÄS MER
5. Explaining Civil Society Core Activism in Post-Soviet Latvia
Sammanfattning : Civil society activism in traditional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is seen as one of the cornerstones of a vibrant participatory liberal democracy in most Western democratic states. Whereas this issue has been explored from a variety of perspectives in a Western context, only limited research has been carried out in a post-Soviet context. LÄS MER