Gothenburg Studies in Educational Sciences: Recent submissions
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Engagerade i världens bästa? Lärande för hållbarhet i förskolan
(2013-05-10)In this thesis the aim is to acquire knowledge about and to scrutinise the ambiguity, complexity and contradictions within education for sustainability in the Swedish preschool, as well as analysing children’s agency and ... -
Knowledge at play. Studies of games as members’ matters
(2013-05-08)On a general level, this thesis seeks some answers to the broad question of what one can learn from digital games. With an analytical approach informed by ethnomethodology, the main thrust of the work is an exploration ... -
Yngre elevers lärande om naturen En studie av kommunikation om modeller i institutionella kontexter
(2013-04-15)Abstract The aim of the study is to draw attention to and examine how young students (approximately 5-13 years) are involved in communication about nature, what approaches to nature are mediated in the social practices ... -
Sport Has Never Been Modern
(2013-04-15)Sport has often been understood as a set of formalised physical contests, and moreover as something inherently modern. New conceptions of the term implicates that sport ought to comprise all physical activity. However, the ... -
Language learning and technology. Student activities in web-based environments
(2013-04-03)The impact of the web as a communicative arena, based on the use of social software, has changed conditions for communication on all levels of society; privately, at work and in education. This has opened up for multicultural ... -
Immigrant Groups and Cognitive Tests – Validity Issues in Relation to Vocational Training
(2013-04-02)Psychologists at the Employment Service use cognitive tests to assess suitable work or training areas. The tests are standardized on a Swedish population and possible differences in cognitive constructs, prognostic properties ... -
Nutrition in Olympic Combat Sports. Elite athletes’ dietary intake, hydration status and experiences of weight regulation
(2013-03-22)There are a number of sports in which competition is conducted with weight limits or weight classes. In one-on-one combative sport, such rules are enforced to create an equal playing level and minimize the risk of injury ... -
On the Validity of Reading Assessments: Relationships Between Teacher Judgements, External Tests and Pupil Self-Assessments
(2013-02-04)The purpose of this thesis is to examine validity issues in different forms of assessments; teacher judgements, external tests, and pupil self-assessment in Swedish primary schools. The data used were selected from a ... -
Gymnasieelever samtalar kring facktexter. En studie av textsamtal med goda och svaga läsare
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Contextualizing inquiry. Negotiations of tasks, tools and actions in an upper secondary classroom.
(2012-11-27)The challenges for education in contemporary society are complex. The emergence of the post-industrial society – an information- or knowledge society, where the development of digital technologies are pivotal – have altered ... -
Idén om en skola för alla och specialpedagogisk organisering i praktiken
(2012-11-19)Based on the assumption that inclusive schools, sometimes put in terms of ‘schools for all’ – i.e. the quest to create and maintain everyone’s learning, participation and social development in school – is a somewhat ... -
Variation och invarians i Maria Montessoris sinnestränande materiel
(2012-10-20)The purpose of this study was to analyse the Montessori pedagogy with the objective to theoretically describe and explain the Montessori pedagogical method. The aim has been to find an answer to what still makes the ... -
Self-awareness and self-knowledge in professions. Something we are or a skill we learn
(2012-10-04)This study explores how issues associated with the professional as a person can be dealt with in professional education. It has been done by exploring what participants learn in a course of personal development with ... -
Flerspråkiga barn i förskolan: Villkor för deltagande och lärande
(2012-08-17)The aim of this research was to study the learning conditions in preschool that support young multilingual children’s language and communicative development, and their participation in activities. A sociocultural theoretical ... -
Kontroversen om DAMP. En kontroversstudie av vetenskapligt gränsarbete och översättning mellan olika kunskapsparadigm
(2012-08-17)Title: The controversy of the Swedish neuropsychiatric diagnosis DAMP. A controversy study in scientific boundary work and translation between different paradigms of knowledge. Language: Swedish with an English ... -
Variation Theory and the Improvement of Teaching and Learning
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Ungdomars matval – erfarenheter, visioner och miljöargument i eget hushåll
(2012-05-28)The aim of this thesis is to increase the knowledge of how young people, who have recently formed their own household, reason about and present their food choices. The study sheds light on the process the young people ... -
Spaces for Solidarity and Individualism in Educational Contexts
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L3 Motivation
(2012-03-01)The purpose of this thesis was to study secondary school students’ motivation to learn a second foreign language in addition to English. In addition to the empirical investigation of L3 motivation over a program of study ... -
Gymnasieungdomars livstolkande
(2012-01-16)This thesis describes and analyses views of life and religion, as a component of „view of life‟, among young people in a Swedish upper secondary school that in the words of the young people themselves is „multicultural‟. ...