Sökning: "teacher sorting"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden teacher sorting.

  1. 1. Inputs and Incentives in Education

    Författare :J. Lucas Tilley; Helena Holmlund; Olmo Silva; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adult education; human capital; performance incentives; school resources; student achievement; teacher credentials; teacher sorting; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I.  Educational interventions that increase the quality or quantity of school resources may have a limited impact on student achievement if students lack sufficient effort or motivation. A more effective way of raising achievement could be incentivizing students to perform well in school. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Caring for people and the planet : preschool children’s knowledge and practices of sustainability

    Författare :Farhana Borg; Monika Vinterek; T. Mikael Winberg; Arjen E.J. Wals; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumption; daycare center; economic sustainability; environmental education; environmental sustainability; guardians; kindergarten; parents; preschool; preschool director; recycling; sharing resources; social sustainability; sustainable development; teacher; young children; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; Utbildning och lärande;

    Sammanfattning : Children across the globe today are continuously being exposed to and affected by various kinds of real-world complexities and challenges; however, research on their knowledge and practices in terms of sustainability is limited, in particular with regards to how preschool- and home-related factors are associated with their learning for sustainability. Since 1998, different types of eco-certification have been awarded by the Swedish National Agency for Education and Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation to promote education for sustainability (EfS) in all areas of education and learning. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Wages and Their Impact on Individuals, Households and Firms

    Författare :Anna Thoresson; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Ana Rute Cardoso; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wages; wage inequality; firms; competition; immigrant-native earnings gaps; career opportunities; teacher labor markets; household behavior; gender gaps; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: This paper studies how wages respond to employer concentration. It exploits a reform that deregulated the Swedish pharmacy market, which until 2009 was a monopoly. The reform involved a substantial increase in the number of employers on the pharmacy labor market. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Skolans matematik : En kritisk analys av den svenska skolmatematikens förhistoria, uppkomst och utveckling

    Författare :Sverker Lundin; Donald Broady; Sten Kaijser; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; matematik; skolmatematik; historia; Matematik;

    Sammanfattning : I argue that common beliefs regarding mathematics originate in the practices of elementary mathematics instruction rather than in science. While learning how to solve mathematical problems in school, we come to believe that mathematics has a set of properties in itself, for instance that it is useful in everyday life, even though this is not necessarily so. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The effects of markets, managers and peers on worker outcomes

    Författare :Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Olof Åslund; Erling Barth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Markets; Wages; School competition; Managers; Co-Workers; Fertility; Gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1: This essay exploits the entry of private independent high schools in Sweden to examine how local school competition affects the wages and the mobility of teachers in a market with individual wage bargaining. Using rich matched employer-employee panel data covering all high school teachers over a period of 16 years, I show that the entry of private schools is associated with higher teacher salaries, including higher salaries for teachers in public schools. LÄS MER