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Jerlinder, Kajsa; Danermark, Berth; Gill, Peter – Disability & Society, 2009
Seeking social justice in education for pupils with disabilities creates certain dilemmas. A "school for all" means that educators are faced with the dilemma whereby the notion of "disability" is perceived as ought not to matter but where in actual fact it seems to matter very much! This article explores ways out of this…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Physical Education, Social Status, Physical Disabilities
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Lundqvist, Eva; Almqvist, Jonas; Ostman, Leif – Science Education, 2009
In this paper, we describe two central epistemological norms related to the importance of making investigations and to scientific language and its logic. These norms have been identified in empirical material consisting of 200 video-recorded lessons in three different science classes. With regard to the learning of science and socialization, we…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Scientific Principles, Epistemology, Science Education
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Keller, Christina; Lindh, Jorgen; Hrastinski, Stefan; Casanovas, Ines; Fernandez, Gladys – Educational Media International, 2009
This study compared attitudes, purposes, driving factors and barriers of using e-learning at an Argentinean and a Swedish university. Data from a questionnaire answered by 269 university teachers was analysed to discern similarities and differences in responses from Argentinean and Swedish teachers. The main conclusion of the study was that the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Program Implementation, Cultural Influences
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Myers, Jamie; Eberfors, Fredrik – English Education, 2010
This article examines the construction of an intercultural critical literacy practice in a Web-based discussion forum as one way to globalize interpretive practices within the English classroom. English education students in the United States and Sweden discussed a short story over a period of three weeks. The analysis of the students' postings…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Foreign Countries, Values, English Instruction
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Todd, Sharon – Ethics and Education, 2007
A cosmopolitan ethic invites both an appreciation of the rich diversity of values, traditions and ways of life "and" a commitment to broad, universal principles of human rights that can secure the flourishing of that diversity. Despite the tension between universalism and particularism inherent in this outlook, it has received much…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Ethics, Evaluative Thinking, Foreign Countries
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Taguchi, Hillevi Lenz – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
In the present action-research project, three teachers and the researcher engaged in a series of meetings to analyze children's drawings from several different theoretical perspectives, or "readings." Using two interrelated processes, deconstructive talks and an ethic of resistance, the teachers purposefully sought to recognize and…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Early Childhood Education, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change
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Berglund, Jenny – Ethnography and Education, 2008
We can note a varied use and attitudes to song and music in Islam. In the classroom of Sana--a primary school teacher of Islamic religious education (IRE) in a Muslim school in Sweden--music is an important but not uncontested part of IRE. The music not only supports themes discussed in the classroom but also gives variation to the education. A…
Descriptors: Music Education, Role Models, Muslims, Music Activities
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Lindqvist, Per; Nordanger, Ulla Karin – Educational Studies, 2007
This paper presents the argument that education and the teaching profession have been saturated by a new form of risk consciousness and risk consideration. The aim is to shed light on this issue and present a number of empirical examples and questions of interest in educational research. Furthermore, the paper presents some of the central theories…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Educational Research, Risk, Ethics
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Samuelsson, Joakim – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
The present study examines the effect of three different structured methods, traditional, independent and problem-solving, of teaching children arithmetic in the beginning of 7th grade in Sweden, age 13 years. The progress made by these students is presented by measures of their arithmetic ability, calculation and quantitative concept, as well as…
Descriptors: Motivation, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
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Glazer, Nathan – Public Interest, 1971
Compares the American health care system with those of England and Sweden; presents evidence to support view that cultural factors influence health care significantly. Health care systems in small countries with homogenous populations tend to accept cultural factors, but do so with less ease in countries with heterogenous populations and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Health Facilities, Health Needs, Health Personnel
Uddman, R. – Notes Stud, 1970
Since the 18th century adult education in Sweden has been organized by free and voluntary organizations. There are study circles, lectures, week-end courses, the courses of 105 Folk High Schools, exhibitions, concerts, and traveling theater performances. (NL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Influences, National Organizations, Program Descriptions
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Bladh, Stephan; Heimonen, Marja – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2007
In this paper, the authors discuss the influence of democracy and law on music education in Sweden and Finland, and the potential for music education as training in democracy. The latter consideration can be instructive regardless of the nation, or its laws and paradigms of music education. The theoretical background is based on Jurgen Habermas'…
Descriptors: Music Education, Democratic Values, Educational Legislation, Democracy
Bierschenk, Inger – 1989
This paper proposes to give an evolutionary background to a method developed for the analysis of language seen as expression of intention and morality--the method is named "Perspective Text Analysis." The paper argues that this name indicates that beyond the physical dimension of a text there is a metaphysical one, which can be…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Role
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O'Dowd, Mina – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2005
This article describes 35 individuals who have expressed an interest in taking university courses after retirement. Longitudinal data and individuals' own accounts are presented, in an effort to clarify the role that symbolic resources play in individuals' lives, for their capacity to construct their own identity, to function as social actors, and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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