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Theodore Metochites on ancient authors and philosophy : Semeioseis gnomikai 1-26 & 71
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Differentiation, didactics and inequality: How rich and poor populations are educated for sustainability
(2023-10-06)The world is facing pressing challenges arising from human activities, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and depletion of resources. To meet these challenges, UNESCO has launched three initiatives on education for ... -
Leaving dry land: Water, heritage and imaginary agency
(2023-09-01)This doctoral dissertation explores the interplay between water, heritage and the agency of the imagination. Instead of seeking how to map subjects or heritage, the research focuses on the ways in which mapping and the ... -
Skolförändring, reformer och professionella villkor - en etnografisk studie
(2023-08-25)This is a dissertation primarily built on ethnographic methodology. It examines how teachers and principals react to and handle change. The overall aim of the study is to investigate how general and specific changes have ... -
Crenne, Hélisenne de (2023 [1541]). Les quatre premiers livres des Eneydes du treselegant poete Virgile, Traduictz de Latin en prose Francoyse, par ma dame Helisenne. Edition critique établie, présentée et annotée par Britt-Marie Karlsson, Sara Moding & Gunhild Vidén
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Om arabiska: en kort språkvetenskaplig introduktion
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Den sinnliga uppmärksamheten: Materiellt ekokritiska läsningar av svensk prosa i antropocen
(Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2023-05)The present study investigates literary representations of relationships between the human and the more-than-human in Swedish prose written during the second half of the twentieth century. In this compilation thesis works ... -
De tjänstvilliga vännernas samhälle: Abraham Brahe och den svenska eliten 1590–1630
(2023-04-11)This dissertation traces the culture and agency of the Swedish elite during the years 1590–1630, focusing on lived practice rather than normative texts. It examines how culturally determined ways of thinking guided actions ... -
Young students’ Language Choice in Swedish compulsory school – expectations, learning and assessment
(2023-04-05)The second foreign language, referred to as Modern Languages in the Swedish curriculum, begins no later than year 6 in compulsory school. Swedish students normally make their Language Choice (in Swedish “Språkval”) in year ... -
Sustainable inclusion without sustainability
(2023-02-28)In this PhD project, I put forward the importance of becoming more comfortable with the oscillating nature of wisdom in physical education, sport, and research. This is also what the word `without´ in the title `sustainable ... -
Hidden carpentry. Investigations of Medieval Church Roofs in Västergötland and Northern Småland.
(2023)This licentiate thesis examines through three articles the corpus of preserved medieval timber roofs in churches of Västergötland and Northern Småland, based on surveys in the dioceses of Linköping, Skara and Gothenburg ... -
Teacher sorting and the opportunity gap: a cross-national investigation of institutional differentiation and educational equity
Inequitable access to teacher competence (‘teacher sorting’ or the teacher ‘opportunity gap’) is increasingly the focus of international educational bodies worldwide but is still relatively underexplored empirically. The ... -
Interaktionsmönster, social anpassning och emotioner i förskolan. En mikrosociologisk studie av interaktion mellan förskollärare och barn i målorienterade aktiviteter
The overarching aim of this thesis is to contribute knowledge about the interactions between preschool teachers and children in ongoing goal-oriented documentation activities in preschool. More specifically, the thesis ... -
Staten som trädgårdsmästare. Järnvägens planteringar från naturförsköningskonst till testamente
Järnvägen är en av de innovationer som påverkat modern samhällsutveckling allra mest. När de första stambanorna började att byggas i mitten av 1800-talet anlades planteringar som en integrerad komponent i järnvägssystemet. ... -
Children retelling stories. Responding, reshaping, and remembering in early childhood education and care
(2022-11-14)Oral storytelling is a prevalent cultural practice for sense-making. Through stories, people get to know themselves, others, and the world around them. Children are introduced to this practice at home and in early childhood ... -
Everyday Language Practices and the Interplay of Ideologies, Investment and Identities - Out-of-School Language Use and Dispositions among Young Adolescents in Multilingual Urban Settings in Sweden
(2022-11-11)This thesis explores the out-of-school language use of young adolescents in contemporary multilingual urban neighborhoods, located in the three largest cities in Sweden. More specifically, the thesis explores the potential ... -
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Financial Crises from a Philosophical Perspective
(2022-11-09)Financial crises are severely destructive events. The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 sent sovereign states into a spiral of political unrest and caused millions of people to lose their homes, their jobs, their life savings, ... -
Teaching and learning mathematics with integrated small-group discussions. A learning study about scaling geometric figures
(2022-11-09)The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between teaching and student learning in mathematics when small-group discussions are used in teaching. This thesis focuses on student ... -
Linking Recent and Older IEA Studies on Mathematics and Science
(2022-09-09)The purpose of this thesis was to develop procedures that allow researchers to make reasonable comparisons of grade-eight mathematics and science achievement and motivation scales over a long time period, despite changes ... -
Som att hålla tiden i sin hand – Didaktiskt perspektiv på muntligt berättande
(2022-08-19)Storytelling is deeply interwoven with the act of teaching and learning. Teachers tell stories and anecdotes within their everyday teaching practice. Previous research on teachers’ storytelling in the interdisciplinary ...