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- Bengtson, Charlotta, et al.
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Kursutveckling i partnerskap mellan lärare och studenter
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- En kurs på grundutbildningsnivå har omformats i partnerskap mellan studenter och lärare vilket lett till mer omfattande förändringar än motsvarande lärarledd process.(Bengtson et al., 2017) Den nya kursen har getts två gånger och resultatet blev avsevärt bättre betyg på kursvärderingarna och viss förbättring av examensresultateten jämfört med tidigare år. Fokus på presentationen är att diskutera lärdomar och utmaningar för att genomföra lyckade partnerskap i kursutveckling. Målet med projektet var att göra om en fysikkurs på kandidatprogrammet i kemi som studenterna uppfattade som svår och med bristande koppling till deras utbildning i kemi. I den första delen av projektet hördes studentens röst genom intervjuer kring kursens roll i utbildningsprogrammet. Intervjuerna gav inspiration till fortsatt arbete med högre grad av studentmedverkan. I den andra delen av projektet bildades därför en utvecklingsgrupp bestående av sex studenter och två lärare för att utveckla kursplan och läromedel i partnerskap (Mihans et al., 2008). Partnerskap kan leda till ökad motivation och självförtroende hos studenterna och att de tar större ansvar för sitt lärande (Bovill et al., 2011). Samtidigt drar lärarna nytta av att se inlärningsprocessen från studentens perspektiv (Cook-Sather, 2014). Hela gruppen träffades en gång i veckan under sju veckor. Dessutom bildades fyra separata arbetsgrupper som tog fram nytt kursmaterial. Samtliga beslut om förändringar togs genom omröstningar i hela gruppen där allas röster vägde lika. Lärarna kunde behålla ansvaret för kursens kvalitet genom att bestämma vilka förslag som var tillräckligt bra för omröstning, men det blev aldrig aktuellt eftersom det nya materialet höll genomgående hög kvalitet. Bland de genomförda förändringarna var nya seminarier för ökad begreppsmässig förståelse, omformning av alla föreläsningar med mer aktivt studentdeltagande, samt byte av kurslitteratur. Projektet har krävt betydande resurser från både lärare och studenter och med tanke på arbetsinsatsen passar liknande projekt bäst för att periodvis genomföra större förändringar i en kurs. Studenterna arvoderades för de timmar de lagt ned på kursutveckling och projektet finansierades med bidrag från en pedagogisk fond. Viktiga framgångsfaktorer var deltagande av studenter att rekrytera till projektet, finansiellt stöd från fakulteten, tidigt urval av konkreta utvecklingsuppgifter samt att låta gruppens medlemmar själva välja vad de ville utveckla utifrån deras egen kompetens. En rekommendation är att dela in utvecklingsprocessen i flera steg och öka partnerskap över tid för att hitta balans mellan behovet av vägledning och studenternas frihet att utveckla på egen hand. Nästa steg är att tillsammans med en ny studentgrupp fokuserat arbeta med att förbättra examinationsformerna. Samarbetet mellan lärare och studenter ledde till en djupare förståelse för varandras roller i en akademisk utbildningsmiljö och gav studenterna inspiration att arbeta med förbättring även i andra delar av utbildningen. Bengtson, C., Ahlkvist, M., Ekeroth, W., Nilsen-Moe, A., Proos Vedin, N., Rodiuchkina, K., Ye, S. & Lundberg, M. 2017. Working as Partners: Course Development by a Student–Teacher Team. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 11, 6.Bovill, C., Bulley, C. J. & Morss, K. 2011. Engaging and empowering first-year students through curriculum design: perspectives from the literature. Teaching in Higher Education, 16, 197-209.Cook-Sather, A. 2014. Multiplying perspectives and improving practice: what can happen when undergraduate students collaborate with college faculty to explore teaching and learning. Instructional Science, 42, 31-46.Mihans, I., Richard, J., Long, D. T. & Felten, P. 2008. Power and expertise: Student-faculty collaboration in course design and the scholarship of teaching and learning. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2, 16.
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- Bengtson, Charlotta, et al.
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Working as Partners : Course Development by a Student–Teacher Team
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Ingår i: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning. - : Georgia Southern University. - 1931-4744. ; 11:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A first-year undergraduate course at Uppsala University has been redesigned in a process exploring differentlevels of student participation. In the first part of the project, the student voice was heard through interviewsfocusing on the role of the course in the degree program. In the second part, a student-teacher team wasformed to develop course curriculum and teaching material in partnership. Among the implemented changeswere new seminars focusing on conceptual understanding, redesign of all lectures to include active studentparticipation, and a change of the course literature. The redesigned course significantly increased studentsatisfaction compared to previous years. Important success factors were involvement of the studentorganization to promote the project, institutional support, early selection of concrete development tasks, andallowing team members to choose what they wanted to develop according to their own expertise.
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- Ekezie, Promise E., et al.
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Is the mental health of older adults receiving care from their children related to their children's dual burden of caregiving and work stress? A linked lives perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Aging & Mental Health. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1360-7863 .- 1364-6915. ; 27:9, s. 1796-1802
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: Mental health problems are a major concern in the older population in Sweden, as is the growing number of older adults aging alone in their homes and in need of informal care. Using a linked lives perspective, this study explored if older parents' mental health is related to their children's dual burden of informal caregiving and job strain.Methods: Data from a nationally representative Swedish survey, SWEOLD, were used. Mental health problems in older age (mean age 88) were measured with self-reported 'mild' or 'severe' anxiety and depressive symptoms. A primary caregiving adult child was linked to each older parent, and this child's occupation was matched with a job exposure matrix to assess job strain. Logistic regression analyses were conducted with an analytic sample of 334.Results: After adjusting for covariates, caregiving children's lower job control and greater job strain were each associated with mental health problems in their older parents (OR 2.52, p = 0.008 and OR 2.56, p = 0.044, respectively). No association was found between caregiving children's job demands and their older parents' mental health (OR 1.08, p = 0.799).Conclusion: In line with the linked lives perspective, results highlight that the work-life balance of informal caregiving adult children may play a role in their older parent's mental health.
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- Finkel, Deborah, et al.
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Impact of Childhood and Adult Socioeconomic Position on Change in Functional Aging
- 2024
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Ingår i: Health Psychology. - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 0278-6133 .- 1930-7810. ; 43:5, s. 388-395
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: To examine life-course models by investigating the roles of childhood and adult socioeconomic position (SEP) in longitudinal changes in a functional aging index. Method: Up to eight waves of testing, covering 25 years, were available from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging: N = 654, intake age = 50-82. A two-slope latent growth curve model was applied to the data, and the impact of including childhood and adult SEP as covariates of the intercept (at age 70) and slopes (before and after age 70) was tested. Results: Both childhood and adult SEP contributed to the best-fitting model. Childhood SEP was significantly associated with intercept and Slope 1 (before age 70) of the latent growth curve model (p < .05). Association of adult SEP with Slope 2 (after age 70) trended toward significance (p < .10). There was a significant interaction effect of childhood and adult SEP on the intercept (p < .05). As a result, intercept at age 70 was highest and change after age 70 was fastest for those whose SEP decreased from childhood to adulthood. Conclusions: Both childhood and adult SEP impact change in functional abilities with age, supporting both critical period and social mobility models. The social environment is modifiable by policies at local, national, and international levels, and these policies need to recognize that early social disadvantage can have long-lasting health impacts.
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- Finkel, Deborah, et al.
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Impact of Objective and Subjective Sep on Aging Trajectories of Functional Capacity
- 2022
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Ingår i: Innovation in Aging. - : Oxford University Press. - 2399-5300. ; 6:Supplement 1, s. 220-220
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Long-term stress is associated with adverse health outcomes in aging. It is important to identify not only factors that influence functioning in late adulthood, such as accumulated stress, but also the timing of such factors. The aim of the current analysis was to examine how socioeconomic stressors throughout the life course are associated with aging in functional capacity. Data were available from 740 adults ranging in age from 40 to 83 at intake (mean = 62.4, SD = 8.2) who participated in up to 8 waves of data collection (mean = 3.9, SD = 2.4). A Functional Aging Index (FAI) was created by combining measures of sensory, pulmonary, gait, and grip functioning. Both childhood and adulthood measures of objective socioeconomic position (SEP) and perceived SEP (financial strain) were available. Latent growth curve models (corrected for twinness) were used to estimate the trajectory of change in FAI over age and the impact of child and adult SEP measures on the trajectories. Results indicated that both childhood and adult objective SEP independently influenced rates of change in FAI in adulthood: higher SEP was associated with higher mean functioning and slower rates of decline. In combination, model fitting indicated that if SEP is above the median in adulthood, then childhood SEP has no impact on FAI trajectories; however, if SEP is below the median in adulthood, then childhood SEP can play a role. In addition, results indicated possible long-term effects of childhood financial strain on rates of change in FAI in adulthood.
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- Fischer, Silke, et al.
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ADHD in older adults - a scoping review
- 2024
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Ingår i: Aging & Mental Health. - 1360-7863 .- 1364-6915.
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- ObjectivesThis scoping review presents an overview of the available research on symptoms, comorbidities, and associated challenges among older adults with ADHD.MethodThe literature study followed Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework. The search was conducted in ProQuest Central, Scopus, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and PubMed. Articles were included if they were peer-reviewed, ethically approved primary studies, written in the English language, concerning ADHD, and including people 60 years of age and older.ResultsThe review included 17 articles. Symptoms of ADHD persist throughout life. Older adults with ADHD experience similar core symptoms as younger individuals, but their manifestation and intensity may differ. The most common comorbidity found was mental illness, for example depression and anxiety. ADHD in older adults is linked to several challenges, such as difficulty with relationships and social isolation.ConclusionOlder adults with ADHD face various symptoms, comorbidities, and challenges that affect their quality of life. Age-related changes can amplify ADHD symptoms and increase the perceived burden of illness. More research is needed to understand the complex relationship between these factors and enable tailored interventions to improve their quality of life and well-being.
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- Kåreholt, Ingemar, 1960-, et al.
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Are socioeconomic position and working conditions before retirement age related to physical function 20 years later after retirement?
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Ingår i: Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination: ESA 2015 12th conference of the European Sociological Association. - : European Sociological Association (ESA). I nstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Scienc es (IS CAS). - 9788073302726 ; , s. 107-107
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- INTRODUCTION: Socioeconomic position and working situation are two factors associated to health inequalities and to each other.AIM: To study how socioeconomic position and working conditions 20+ years earlier associates to physical functioning after retirement age.DATA: Swedish nationally representative samples, from 1968, 1981, and 1991 were re-interviewed 1992, 2002, and 2011 (76+) with 20-24 years follow-up time (women, n=431; men, n=450).METHOD: Ordered logistic regressions, censored normal regression, and ordinary OLS regressions will be used.VARIABLES: Physical function: Self-reported mobility, objective tests of lung function and general physical function.Socioeconomic position: Education, income, cash margin, social class based on occupation, and an index based on all measures.Psychosocial working conditions: job control, psychological demands, high strain (low control+high demands) and work complexity regarding data (information), people, and substantive (general) complexity.Controls: age, sex, follow-up year, mobility at baseline, and hours worked.RESULTS: Job control, work complexity with data and people and all measures of SEP, were significantly associated to the three measures of physical function. Controlling for working conditions, the only significant associations was between general physical function and cash margin and the socioeconomic index respectively. When controlling for socioeconomic position, job control was significantly associated to less limitations in mobility and general physical functioning, substantive complexity and complexity with data were associated to less mobility limitations.CONCLUSIONS: Both socioeconomic position, work related stress, and work complexity were associated to physical function in old age, but only partly independent of each other. The strongest single factor is job control.
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