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- Berg, Lars-Erik, et al.
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Introduktion av värmekameror i undervisningen vid Lillerudsgymnasiet
- 2020
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vi har bedrivit en forskningscirkel med syfte att utvärdera värmekameran som visualiseringsteknik i olika ämnen på naturbruksprogrammet genom att planera, genomföra och reflektera kring lektionsupplägg, där elever har fått möjlighet att använda värmekameror med olika grad av styrning. Resultatet visar att värmekameran har många skilda tillämpningsområden inom lantbruk och djurhållning och kan användas i undervisningen som ett verktyg för elevers praktiska undersökningar av t.ex. djurs fysiologi, eller som ett mätinstrument då tillfälle ges, t.ex. för att studera juverbölder hos suggor eller temperaturökning när en skruv tar fel gäng. En utmaning i undervisningen är att finna en balans mellan öppenhet och styrning, där eleverna upplever att de har möjlighet att undersöka fenomen de själva är intresserade av, men utifrån ett etablerat, systematiskt arbetssätt. Sammanfattningsvis har vi upplevt användning av värmekameror som ett effektivt och intresseväckande sätt att konkretisera och individanpassa undervisningen på naturbruksprogrammet, vilket vi kan rekommendera andra lärare att prova.
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- Finnveden, Göran, et al.
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Evaluation of integration of sustainable development in higher education in Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1467-6370 .- 1758-6739. ; 21:4, s. 685-698
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose Since 2006, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Sweden, should according to the Higher Education Act, promote sustainable development (SD). In 2016, the Swedish Government asked the Swedish higher education authority to evaluate how this study is proceeding. The authority chose to focus on education. This paper aims to produce a report on this evaluation. Design/methodology/approach All 47 HEIs in Sweden were asked to write a self-evaluation report based on certain evaluation criteria. A panel was appointed consisting of academics and representatives for students and working life. The panel wrote an evaluation of each HEI, a report on general findings and recommendations, and gave an overall judgement of each HEI in two classes as follows: the HEI has well-developed processes for integration of SD in education or the HEI needs to develop their processes. Findings Overall, a mixed picture developed. Most HEIs could give examples of programmes or courses where SD was integrated. However, less than half of the HEIs had overarching goals for integration of SD in education or had a systematic follow-up of these goals. Even fewer worked specifically with pedagogy and didactics, teaching and learning methods and environments, sustainability competences or other characters of education for SD. Overall, only 12 out of 47 got a higher judgement. Originality/value This is a unique study in which all HEIs in a country are evaluated. This provides unique possibilities for identifying success factors and barriers. The importance of the leadership of the HEIs became clear.
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- Mogren, Anna, 1973-, et al.
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The work of higher education institutions to promote sustainable development
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In March 2016, the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) was tasked by the Swedish government to conduct an evaluation of how universities and university colleges promote sustainable development, pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Act (1992:1434) introduced ten years earlier, 2006. The evaluation has resulted in a unique collection of empirical material that would have been difficult for an individual researcher to collect independently. The evaluation includes an analysis, but is related to background theory not a strict scientific study. The empirical material could, however, form a basis for numerous interesting studies on, for example, the important factors for successfully working to integrate sustainable development into higher education. A comparison between nations is also possible to conduct based on the methodology of self-reporting by Higher Education institutions, HEI:s. The evaluation defined sustainable development by the Bruntland detention, that the present and future generations are ensured a healthy and good environment, financial and social welfare, and justice. The evaluation was limited to the educational area of sustainable development, education for sustainable development ESD. The purpose of the evaluation was to contribute with knowledge and a national comparison of HEIs, work with ESD, and also to present the results that have been achieved so far. The evaluation was further conducted to give support to the HEIs development work on ESD. Success factors of a positive ESD implementation due to pre-defined criteria were identified in the evaluation; the significance of management and control, building institutional support and providing support in implementation. Apart from investigated criteria, factors that showed effects on a positive ESD implementation was also identified in the evaluation. An example is that several of the large and medium-sized HEIs referred their ESD work from teaching- and engineering programmes, which is the only two programmes where sustainable development is included in the national qualitative programme targets. Central bodies with specific responsibilities for sustainable development was also appointed an important structure in translating ESD policy document to the local context and practice. An interesting finding was the link between HEIs rated high in this evaluation, to institutions with an environmental management system intended to improve the organisation’s environmental performance and contribute to national environmental goals and to the achievement of UN global goals for sustainable development. Such system takes a wider responsibility of sustainable development than education but seems influential and important in HEIs ESD work. A remaining challenge for a majority of HEIs in Sweden is the process of sustainable development in education where the ESD perspective is not only accounted for as a specific content in education but also a driving force to reach high quality education and society transformation.
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- Sverrisdóttir, Yrsa Bergmann, 1960, et al.
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Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Associated with High Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Low Birth weight?
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Ingår i: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism. - : American Physiological Society. - 0193-1849 .- 1522-1555. ; 294:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine and metabolic disturbance among women of reproductive age and is proposed to be linked with size at birth and increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease. A disturbance in the sympathetic nervous system may contribute to the etiology of PCOS. This study evaluates sympathetic outflow in PCOS and its relation to size at birth. Directly recorded sympathetic nerve activity to the muscle vascular bed (MSNA) was obtained in 20 women with PCOS and in 18 matched controls. Ovarian ultrasonographic evaluation, biometric, hormonal, and biochemical parameters were measured, and birth data were collected. Women with PCOS had increased MSNA (30 ± 8 vs. 20 ± 7 burst frequency, P < 0.0005) compared with controls. MSNA was positively related to testosterone (r = 0.63, P < 0.005) and cholesterol (r = 0.55, P < 0.01) levels in PCOS, which, in turn, were not related to each other. Testosterone level was a stronger predictor of MSNA than cholesterol. Birth size did not differ between the study groups. This is the first study to directly address sympathetic nerve activity in women with PCOS and shows that PCOS is associated with high MSNA. Testosterone and cholesterol levels are identified as independent predictors of MSNA in PCOS, although testosterone has a stronger impact. The increased MSNA in PCOS may contribute to the increased cardiovascular risk and etiology of the condition. In this study, PCOS was not related to size at birth.
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