Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis: Recent submissions
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Wooden objects in historic buildings: Effects of dynamic relative humidity and temperature
(2017-11-24)Cultural heritage objects and interiors are found not only in museums but also in historic buildings, often with less climate control. The indoor environment in such buildings may be colder and more humid, and can fluctuate. ... -
Interpretations of old wood. Figuring mid-twelfth century church architecture in west Sweden
(2017-11-23)This thesis explores mid-twelfth century church architectures in west Sweden. The architectures are investigated in the light of a case, five parish churches’ naves, in particular their attics and surviving mid-twelfth ... -
”Det kan vara svårt att förklara på rader”. Perspektiv på analys och bedömning av multimodal textproduktion i årskurs 3.
(2017-11-05)Drawing and coloring have been part of young students text making as long as the writing system has been used, but with the increased use of digital tools and an enlarged focus on accountability of today there is a ... -
The Dynamic Development of Cognitive and Socioemotional Traits and Their Effects on School Grades and Risk of Unemployment
(2017-10-13)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the dynamic development of cognitive and socioemotional traits and how these traits influence academic achievement and predict risk of unemployment. Data was retrieved from the ... -
Sexualitet i klassrummet. Språkundervisning, elevsubjektivitet och heteronormativitet
(2017-10-09)In this thesis, the production of sexuality in secondary language education is examined. More specifically, the aim is to explore how sexuality, pupil subjectivity and heteronormativity are produced within, and as ... -
Om lärarblivande: En livsvärldsfenomenologisk studie av bildningsgångar in i läraryrket
(2017-10-06)The purpose of this study is to understand and visualize the prospective teachers ' educational trajectories into the profession. The theoretical framework is life-world phenomenological and the method is narrative. The ... -
Fritidshem eller servicehem? En etnografisk studie av fritidshem i tre socioekonomiskt skilda områden
(2017-09-18)In recent decades there has been decreased resources and larger groups of children in the leisure-time centres. Statistics show major differences between leisure-time centres in terms of staff education, group size, staffing ... -
Hoppet om en framtidsplats. Asylsökande barn i den svenska skolan
(2017-09-01)The thesis explores how accompanied refugee and asylum-seeking children experience everyday life in Sweden. During the asylum process, as part of a policy for promoting ‘normal life’, these children have the same right ... -
Geographical Mobility of the Tertiary Educated – Perspectives from Education and Social Space
(2017-08-29)The purpose of this research is to illuminate the complexity of measuring and understanding patterns of geographical mobility from higher education to employment. This is done by employing an educationally oriented social ... -
Performativa lärarpraktiker
(2017-08-23)The preconditions for teachers’ practices in Sweden have dramatically changed during the last few decades. Since the 1990s, processes of decentralisation, marketisation and privatisation have rapidly transformed the ... -
Trädgårdsmästarens förökningsmetoder: dokumentation av hantverkskunskap
(2017-05-29)Plant propagation is craft expertise that has been developed within a gardening tradition in which knowledge has primarily been transferred from one practitioner to another by showing and explaining. When the transfer of ... -
Contributions to the Metamathematics of Arithmetic: Fixed Points, Independence, and Flexibility
(2017-05-11)This thesis concerns the incompleteness phenomenon of first-order arithmetic: no consistent, r.e. theory T can prove every true arithmetical sentence. The first incompleteness result is due to Gödel; classic generalisations ... -
Making Sense of Heritage Planning. Experiences from Ghana and Sweden
(2017-04-14)Heritage has become a key element in the development of places, and historic areas have become valuable spaces because of their economic relevance for global cultural tourism. However, the interpretations and management ... -
Visuella möjlighetsrum. Gymnasieelevers subjektsskapande i bild och medieundervisning
(2017-04-05)This thesis examines upper secondary school pupils’ processes of subjectivation, resistance and creative becomings in visual art and media education. By using visual methodologies, pupils’ subjectivity is explored as ... -
Interest and Engagement: Perspectives on Mathematics in the Classroom
(2017-03-31)The aim of this research project is to illuminate interest manifested as student engagement in mathematics in years 6-9. In particular, the studies capture how engagement is recognised by teachers and researchers and what ... -
Truth and Proof in the Long Run: Essays on Trial and-Error Logics
(2017-03-17)The theme of this book is convergence. For many philosophical representations of the evolution of theories, as well as representations of the meaning of the language used to express these theories, it has been essential ... -
Svenskämnets estetiska dimensioner – i klassrum, kursplaner och lärares uppfattningar.
(2017-03-10)This thesis explores aesthetic dimensions in the school subject Swedish in classroom, curricula and teachers’ perceptions. In focus is the question about young pupils’ (7 – 9 years old) possibilities to use different ... -
Förhandlingar om kulturföremål. Parters intressen och argument i processer om återförande av kulturföremål
(2017-03-03)Disputes over demands for a return of cultural objects, in many cases museum objects, are well known. But such conflicts can also be seen as negotiations, which can be analyzed as well. This thesis adds a negotiation ... -
Framåt Marsch! Ridlärarrollen från dåtid till samtid med perspektiv på framtid
(2017-02-23)Swedish riding schools are characterized by a traditional stable culture that originated in army practices. The riding instructors reinforce these military traditions. Nevertheless, riding instructors and riding schools ... -
Learning to reason in environmental education: Digital tools, access points to knowledge and science literacy
(2016-12-21)Digital technologies and environmental education represent two rather new areas in school curricula. The background of the present research is an interest at the inter-section between how students learn about environmental ...