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Direct linkAbrandt Dahlgren, Madeleine; Fenwick, Tara; Hopwood, Nick – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Despite the widespread interest in using and researching simulation in higher education, little discussion has yet to address a key pedagogical concern: difficulty. A "sociomaterial" view of learning, explained in this paper, goes beyond cognitive considerations to highlight dimensions of material, situational, representational and…
Descriptors: Simulation, Higher Education, Social Theories, Experiential Learning
Sass, Katharina – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
The historical origins and development of comprehensive schooling have seldom been analyzed systematically and comparatively. However, there is a rich comparative and historically grounded literature on the development of welfare states, which focuses on many relevant policies, but ignores the education system. In particular, the power resources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Welfare Services
Pena-Rangel, David – Theory and Research in Education, 2013
Most societies today are culturally diverse. Increasingly, minority groups are demanding recognition and self-governing rights to protect their ways of life against that of the majority. These demands represent a serious challenge for the state: how is it to balance between the equally legitimate claims of the many cultures inhabiting its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Minority Groups, Citizenship Education
Aspelin, Jonas – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
This article explores the influence of relationships on student achievement by examining empirical evidence and by adopting a social psychological theory. Initially, the issue is addressed from a national, Swedish context. Thereafter, two general questions are raised: (1) What is the influence of relationships on student achievement, according to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Theories
Smangs, Mattias – Social Forces, 2010
This article explores the plausibility of the conflicting theoretical assumptions underlying the main criminological perspectives on juvenile delinquents, their peer relations and social skills: the social ability model, represented by Sutherland's theory of differential associations, and the social disability model, represented by Hirschi's…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Interpersonal Competence, Delinquency, Peer Relationship
Westling Allodi, Mara – European Journal of Education, 2007
Education is stated as a basic right, but school attendance can become a burden for pupils experiencing school failure or difficulties. The aim of this article is to reflect about general and specific factors of the Swedish educational system and to identify facilitators and obstacles to the possibility to offer equal opportunities to all pupils.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance, Educational Policy, Educational Theories
