Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis: Recent submissions
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Folkbildning för demokrati : Colombianska kvinnors perspektiv på kunskap som förändringskraft
(2011-05-20)This thesis explores popular education as a tool for social change and democratization. The aim is to investigate the relation between popular education, empowerment and democratization by studying the meaning of a popular ... -
Lärares tal och barns nyfikenhet: Kommunikation om naturvetenskapliga innehåll i förskolan
(2011-05-20)The aim of this thesis is to generate new knowledge about how children and teachers communicate scientific contents in preschool. The general research question is formulated as: How do the object of learning and the act ... -
Concept Formation in Mathematics
(2011-05-19)This thesis consists of three overlapping parts, where the first one centers around the possibility of defining a measure of the power of arithmetical theories. In this part a partial measure of the power of arithmetical ... -
Interkulturell undervisning – ett pedagogiskt dilemma. Talet om undervisning i svenska som andraspråk och i förberedelseklasser
(2011-05-17)Abstract Title: Intercultural education – A Pedagogical dilemma. Professional talk about the teaching of Swedish as a second language and in preparatory classes. Language: Swedish with an English summary Keywords: ... -
Making Sense of Negative Numbers
(2011-02-10)Numbers are abstract objects that we conceptualize and make sense of through metaphors. When negative numbers appear in school mathematics, some properties of number sense related to natural numbers become contradictory. ... -
Utvärdering Genom Uppföljning. Longitudinell individforskning under ett halvsekel
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Bäst i klassen? Lärare och elever i svenska och europeiska policytexter
(2011-02-04)This thesis takes its departure in the recent criticism directed to the Swedish school system and its schools, teachers and pupils, but especially the epidemic of policies produced in order to develop and improve Swedish ... -
Nordic stakeholders and sustainable catering
(2011-02-03)Sustainability deficits in modern food systems are widely reported and changes in food habits towards more sustainable eating patterns, including eating seasonal and locally produced food, have been suggested to minimise the ... -
Knut Ströms scenografi och bildvärld. Visualisering i tid och rum
(2010-11-24)A pioneer in his field, Knut Ström (1887–1971) was a Swedish scenographer and director, who became the first professional scenographer in Sweden. He had an early international career in Düsseldorf during the 1910s but later ... -
"Opening Higher Education:" Discursive transformations of distance and higher education government
(2010-10-25)This thesis takes as its starting point the 1990s and early 2000s political arguments for a more open and flexible Swedish higher education system. At this time, the issues of accessibility and participation were also ... -
Conservation of the wood of the Swedish warship Vasa of A.D. 1628. Evaluation of polyethylene glycol conservation programmes
(2010-09-27)The principal aim of this dissertation is to investigate whether or not polyethylene glycol (PEG) has acted as a dimension stabilizing agent of the Vasa wooden material, i.e. whether or not the PEG molecules have penetrated ... -
Kan Batman vara rosa? Förhandlingar om pojkighet och normalitet på en förskola
(2010-08-27)Abstract Title: Have you Ever Seen a Pink Batman? Negotiating Boyishness and Normality at a Preschool. Language: Swedish with a summary in English Keywords: Performativity, gender, masculinity, normality, pre- school, ... -
The work of critique in architectural education
(2010)The research reported here is an investigation of instruction and assessment in architectural education. The focus is on the practice of critique, an educational activity in which instructors and professional architects ... -
En etnografisk studie i en thailändsk grundskola på en ö i södra Thailand. I sökandet efter en framtid då nuet har nog av sitt.
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New Spaces for Language Learning. A study of student interaction in media production in English
(2010-06-07)The thesis project takes as its starting point an interest in foreign language learning as a social and cultural activity. Globalisation and digital media have contributed to changed conditions, especially for learning ... -
I otakt med tiden? Folkhögskolorna i ett föränderligt fält
(2010-06-03)Folk high schools have often been out of synchronisation: both behind the times and as pioneers, and always eager to keep up with their unique identity. There have been variations over time and simultaneously. Folk high ... -
Quality in E-learning in a Cultural Context: The case of Iran
(2010-06-02)Higher education institutions in general and virtual institutions in particular are experiencing pressure to become more competitive all over the world. Such striving for excellence can be associated with and seen as a ... -
What is taught and what is learned. Professional insights gained and shared by teachers of mathematics
(2010-06-02)The aim of the thesis is to contribute to knowledge about relationships between teaching and learning in school. The framework used in this research, variation theory, states that, to improve student learning, attention ... -
Barnehagens relasjonelle verden - små barn som kompetente aktører i produktive forhandlinger
(2010-05-19)The present study investigates the negotiations that take place in play among the youngest children in preschool. What are their negotiations about? How do they negotiate? What kinds of strategies do they use during their ...