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- Björklund, Fredrika, 1959-, et al.
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Value change : Related to the process of democratisation in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
- 2004
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- How have people in the three Baltic states changed after the fall of the Soviet Union? Do they trust the new political institutions? How do they look upon gender equality, homosexuality or abortion? What differences are there between the three countries, and how can they be explained? These are some of the questions addressed in this report. The analyses are based on data from a series of surveys carried out as part of the research project "Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region" at Södertörns högskola (University College)
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- Jukneviciute, Laura, et al.
(författare)
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The Role of Media in Transforming Outlooks on Environmental Issues : A Comparative Study of Lithuania and Sweden
- 2011
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Ingår i: Social Sciences - Socialiniai. - : Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). - 1392-0758 .- 2029-7319. ; 73:3, s. 23-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Environmental issues on media channels are current topics these days. The governmental policy as well as the media come together to influence how people perceive, interpret and act on environmental issues. So far little has been researched on the subject of the environmental communication across the Baltic Sea. By comparative research on media coverage of environmental issues in Lithuania and Sweden, the paper aims at analyzing the role of media in facilitating learning in the society about environmental protection on the two different sides of the Baltic Sea. The research findings have revealed that in Sweden media coverage is rich with environmental content, thus the level of awareness in Sweden regarding the environmental issues is high and people are environmentally active. To compare, in Lithuania education of the society related to environmental issues is the main goal leading to the sustainable development and the rise of the environmental activism, which is currently comparatively low.
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- Liubiniené, Vilmante, 1969-, et al.
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Media Literacy and Digital Divide : A cross-cultural case study of Sweden and Lithuania
- 2015
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Ingår i: Creativity Studies. - Vilnius : Routledge. - 2345-0479 .- 2345-0487. ; 8:2, s. 134-149
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A case study of Sweden and Lithuania aims at analysing the important question of inclusion and exclusion when it comes to the media literacy and the digital divide. Analysis of country-level factors, such as social-stratification, technological infrastructure, educational system, cultural values is provided with the goal to identify the keen factors widening the digital divide of certain population groups in both countries. The study has revealed that in regard to media literacy, age matters the most in case of Lithuania. On the contrary, in Sweden the digital divide between different age groups is diminishing but the media literacy of socio-economically marginalized groups (immigrants in particular) is much lower as compared to the general trends in population. The digital generation – children and teenagers – have got much more in common in both countries as opposed to the senior adult populations.
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- St John, Oliver, 1953-, et al.
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“This is not my world” : Essential support strategies for newly arrived adult migrants learning Swedish
- 2021
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Ingår i: Sustainable Multilingualism. - Warsaw : De Gruyter Poland. - 2335-2027 .- 2335-2027. ; 18, s. 85-110
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, the state-sponsored language education, Swedish for immigrants (Sfi), provides language and cultural knowledge for the integration of newly arrived adult migrants in Swedish society. Sfi’s educational quality has sustained severe criticism. Through qualitative investigation of Sfi teacher work, this study aims to find out what pedagogical priorities guide the teachers’ classroom practices with linguistically and culturally diverse students. Furthermore, it aims to compare the contributions to Sfi learning environments of ethnically diverse teachers whose language experiences are different. Research into second language acquisition and native and non-native second language teachers contextualize the research aims. Bakhtin’s (1986) conception of human understanding as the meeting of two consciousnesses and García’s ideas about translanguaging in language education for adult migrants provide theoretical perspectives. Classroom observation alongside teacher focus groups generated data. Content analysis condensed the data into five essential support strategies that foreground students’ existential needs, their home languages as a learning resource, integration, learning challenge and instructional partnership between ethnically diverse teachers. Findings do not support the view that non-native language teachers are better equipped to teach second language students than their native counterparts but illuminate the unequivocal advantage of harnessing the pedagogical strengths of both teacher groups cooperatively.
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- von Post, Christina, 1951-, et al.
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Values and Attitudes of Nordic Language Teachers towards Second Language Education
- 2017
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Ingår i: Sustainable multilingualism. - : De Gruyter Open. - 2335-2019 .- 2335-2027. ; 10, s. 194-212
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Issues in minority education in relation to citizenship have received more attention lately, because of new requirements for language testing in several countries (Bevelander, Fernandez & Hellström, 2011, p. 101). The acquisition of citizenship is more decisive for immigrant participation in society than the duration of stay in the country (Bevelander, Fernandez & Hellström, 2011). The second language is crucial for active citizenship and integration in this perspective. Most countries in the EU (except Ireland and Sweden) have language requirements for citizenship and the use of language testing becomes increasingly common among the countries that receive migrants. The rapid development highlights the need for new international studies on the relationship between citizenship and conditions for second language learning. The goal of the recent study is to compare premises, perspectives and scales of values of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish language educators, related to the requirements for immigrant citizenship. Previous studies (Björklund & Liubiniené, 2004) indicate that there are major differences in value systems even between the neighbouring countries. To reach the objective of the present study, interviews were conducted with language educators in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The results have revealed two opposing patterns. The values of Swedish informants show a wide-ranging variation, while the Danish and Norwegian data on values are consistently similar. The results raise further questions about the effects caused by differences in values among language educators when comparing the countries and call for a further verification of the data in a more extended study, including Lithuania and other Baltic states.
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