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"It Must Not Disturb, It's as Simple as That": Students' Voices on Mobile Phones in the Infrastructure for Learning in Swedish Upper Secondary School
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Ott, Torbjörn; Magnusson, Anita Grigic; Weilenmann, Alexandra; Hård af Segerstad, Ylva – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Drawing from a survey and focus group interviews, this study explores how Swedish upper secondary students reason about the usage of their personal mobile phones in school. As a contribution to the debate around the mobile phone's role in school, we present the students' own voices relative to the question of regulating mobile phone use. We use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
The Goteborg Discotheque Fire: Posttraumatic Stress, and School Adjustment as Reported by the Primary Victims 18 Months Later
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Broberg, Anders G.; Dyregrov, Atle; Lilled, Lars – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: On October 29, 1998, around 400 young people were gathered in an old warehouse in Goteborg, Sweden, for a discotheque party. A fire erupted and spread explosively. Adolescents were exposed to dreadful scenes inside and outside the building. In all, 63 young people were killed and 213 physically injured. An 18-month follow-up with 275…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder