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Beach, Dennis; Player-Koro, Catarina – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
Two related ethnographic research projects on mathematics teacher education in Sweden are presented in this paper. They represent a response to recent policy developments that reaffirm the value of authoritative subject studies content as the central and most important component in the professional knowledge base of would-be teachers and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Scientific Research, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wickman, Per-Olof – Science Education, 2011
This article examines the use and role of the term "experiment" in science teacher education as described by teacher students. Data were collected through focus group interviews conducted at seven occasions with 32 students from six well-known Swedish universities. The theoretical framework is a sociocultural and pragmatist perspective…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Scientific Research, Research Methodology, Educational Objectives
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Erixon, Pe-Olof – Education Inquiry, 2011
This article explores the perceptions of active senior researchers from different scientific and scholarly areas about scientific and scholarly writing, specifically that associated with research. The study comprises interviews with 12 researchers in four different faculties at a Swedish university: Arts, Social Sciences, Science and Technology,…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Epistemology, Universities, Art
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Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wickman, Per-Olof – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This paper examines the use and role of the term "hypothesis" in science teacher education as described by teacher students. Data were collected through focus group interviews conducted at seven occasions with 32 students from six well-known Swedish universities. The theoretical framework is a sociocultural and pragmatist perspective on…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Scientific Research, Education Courses
Pedersen, Helena – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2011
This article seeks to contribute to the idea of "posthumanist education" by unfolding an educational situation where an assemblage of two humans and 33 former battery hens is gathered to carry out a so-called cognitive bias experiment for two days. A Deleuzian repertoire is set in motion to configure the dynamics of hens intervening in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Educational Principles, Critical Theory
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Isaksson, Sven – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
A continuous classroom assessment technique, "Five-minute" essays, was applied during a short course called "Scientific Methods in Archaeology--Applications and Problems", given at the Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden. There was a strong positive…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Student Evaluation, Archaeology, Foreign Countries
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Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
For the first time, the annual conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) took place in Sweden. The conference took place at the Faculty of Education on historic ground on the old fortification walls of Carolus Dux from the 17th century right in the centre of the city. This year's host comprised the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Tasar, Mehmet Fatih – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The conversation between myself and Professor Lederman took place in Malmö, Sweden on August 25, 2007. The purpose of the conversation was to elaborate on the past, present and future of nature of science research and also to provide insights for beginning researchers. In this text I am providing the questions about which we talked and my…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Research, Reflection, Foreign Countries
Erikson, Ewa, Comp. – 1977
Compiled by the Swedish Council for Scientific Information and Documentation, this directory is intended to inform institutions, authorities, and research and development performers of available sources of information about Swedish activities in various fields of research, mainly of a scientific and technical nature. It provides an alphabetical…
Descriptors: Databases, Directories, Information Centers, Information Services
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Bengtsson, Jan – Educational Review, 1993
Teacher education should be based on theoretical knowledge about practice, of which there are at least three kinds: self-reflection, dialog, and scientific research. Theory can be integrated into practice if practitioners recognize themselves in theoretical knowledge and if the theoretical knowledge is practiced. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Self Concept
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Bergendal, Gunnar – Journal of Higher Education, 1983
Higher education policies must be based on considerations of the conditions of knowledge in society: knowledge as distinct from science, traditions, knowledge and power, and schools as institutions of knowledge. Science represents only some of the traditions forming Western culture, as has been learned from Sweden's experience with higher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Premfors, Rune – 1986
Ways to further the development of higher education and research as a field of study are addressed, with a focus on the role and importance of various disciplinary perspectives. It is argued that, in simplified terms, the field of higher education and research is dominated by two major traditions: "science studies" and "higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach
Lybeck, Leif – Swedish Research on Higher Education, 1984
The objectives and design of a 3-year study of research training and supervision in biology and physics are discussed. Scientific problems arising from work on the thesis will be a focus for the postgraduate students and their supervisors. Attention will be focused on supervisors' and students' conceptions of science, subject range, research,…
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Bennich-Bjorkman, Li; Rothstein, Bo – Studies of Higher Education and Research, 1991
This essay examines the importance of university organization to its creative capacity, in particular how the research policies and organizational structure affect the creative capability of scientists. The argument opens by exploring possible measures of institutional success and creativity. There follows a discussion of creativity and insight in…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
Bergendal, Gunnar – 1980
Issues pertaining to knowledge traditions that are important to the reform of higher education in Sweden are considered. While nonacademic parts of higher education (e.g., vocational/technical, nursing) account for more than half of its admissions, it is suggested that thinking regarding higher education in recent years has used the ideals of the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Role, Educational Change, Educational History
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