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Bjorck, Cecilia – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2011
This article examines how notions of freedom are linked to popular music practices in previous research literature. The author discusses how two competing discourses depict popular music practices on the one hand as "freedom," and on the other hand as "constraint," and how these ideas relate to gender. She also argues that…
Descriptors: Music, Freedom, Academic Discourse, Scholarship
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Ohrn, Elisabet – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article takes as a starting point the segregation of urban areas and discusses schooling in the neighbourhoods typically associated with problems and challenges, in order to explore young people's responses to their schooling and social positions. Such responses include individual acts, such as rejecting further schooling or dismissing the…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Youth, Urban Areas, Urban Education
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Olin-Scheller, Christina; Wikström, Patrik – Education Inquiry, 2010
The production of culture is today a matter of 'user generated content' and young people are vital participants as 'prosumers', i.e. both producers and consumers, of cultural products. Among other things, they are busy creating fan works (stories, pictures, films) based on already published material. Using the genre fan fiction as a point of…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Fiction, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
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Karlsen, Sidsel – British Journal of Music Education, 2010
The article reports on a 2-year higher education music programme for young rock musicians in Sweden called BoomTown Music Education. The pedagogical philosophy behind this programme is developed from the findings of two Swedish music education researchers, and the programme exemplifies how knowledge about popular musicians' learning strategies in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Music Education, Informal Education, Music
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Georgii-Hemming, Eva; Westvall, Maria – British Journal of Music Education, 2010
The embedding of informal practices in music education in school relates to significant issues concerning students' engagement, participation, inclusion and the role of the teacher. This article addresses these issues by presenting and discussing current music education in compulsory comprehensive schooling in Sweden. It does so by drawing upon…
Descriptors: Music Education, Informal Education, Music, Foreign Countries
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Sundqvist, Pia; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – Research-publishing.net, 2012
This paper presents findings from a study investigating young Swedish learners' extramural (out-of-school) contact with English. In contemporary Sweden, the influx of English is great and research has shown that extramural contact with English correlates positively with students' proficiency in English (Olsson, 2011; Sundqvist, 2009; Sylvén,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Learning Activities
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Gustafson, Katarina – Ethnography and Education, 2009
The article focusses on constructions of social identities in school and how children in their identity work (re-)construct common and segregated places in the school yard. Data were drawn from an ethnographic research in the daily lives of children aged 11-13. The fieldwork consisted of traditional ethnographic field work as well as children's…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Ethnography, Informal Education, Foreign Countries
Benson, Phil, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
This comprehensive exploration of theoretical and practical aspects of out-of-class teaching and learning, from a variety of perspectives and in various settings around the world, includes a theoretical overview of the field, 11 data-based case studies, and practical advice on materials development for independent learning. Contents of this book…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Independent Study, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Lundin, Johan; Nulden, Urban – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to show how professional tools trigger workplace learning. The daily mundane work of Swedish police officers has been studied to investigate how the use of police tools triggers learning through discussions in police practice. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through a field study consisting of…
Descriptors: Police, Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Bostrom, Ann-Kristin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2002
A Swedish intergenerational project involving older men in schools illustrates how intergenerational learning fits into a lifelong social capital perspective. The presence of older males reinforced the social network of teachers, children, and other adults, building trust and communication. (Contains 35 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Intergenerational Programs
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Bouij, Christer – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2004
Since 1988, the author and his colleague Stephan Bladh, from the Malmo Academy of Music, have followed the student teachers that started their music teacher education that autumn (Bladh, 2002; Bouij 1998a). They started their research project with 169 hopeful students. The music teacher education program was then four years long, but some of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Socialization, Informal Education
Suda, Liz – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 2001
One of the most successful examples of lifelong learning is the "study circles" program in Sweden, which attracts an estimated 50 percent of the population during their lifetimes. In vogue for more than 100 years, the study circle concept is firmly entrenched in Sweden and serves as a means of adult education. Study circles are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs
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EURYDICE European Unit, Brussels (Belgium). – 2001
This seventh publication in the Eurydice European Unit series of thematic bibliographies draws attention to a selection of publications on the topic of lifelong learning. This annotated bibliography lists 268 books, articles, publications, and reports that have appeared since 1994. Some earlier items of published literature of special historical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Distance Education
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