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- Brodin, Jane, 1942-, et al.
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How many positive results on inclusion do we need to make a change?
- 2009. - Vol. 25
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Ingår i: Assistive Technology From Adapted Equipment to Inclusive Environments. - The Netherlands : IOS Press. ; , s. 708-712
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The expectations of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool for participation and equal opportunities for all have been highly valued within the European community. For children and young persons with disabilities the expecations have been of special importance as they have found their opportunities for inclusion on the agenda. Inclusion is not only a physical placement. Inclusion means to be part of, to share, to communicate and to be someone to count with. The aim of the article is to stress research on inclusion of children and highlight how ICT has been and still is used in the schools to enhance participation and equal opportunities for all. Our intention is to stress challenging research results and we ask 'how many positive results on inclusion do we need to make changes?' and 'where are all the progressive decision-makers who will implement the research results?'.
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- Brodin, Jane, 1942-, et al.
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IRIS Teacher Training : CD
- 2009
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- CD in English from the IRIS Teacher Training package. International cooperation between Austria, Belgium, Catalonia (Spain), England, Portugal and Sweden. Focus is on inclusive education and classroom climate.
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- Jensen, Mikael, 1969
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Learning about environmental issues with the aid of cognitive artefacts
- 2008
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Ingår i: SSKKII Publications. - 1653-8420.
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- When looking at the issue of learning about environmental problems many difficulties stem from their inherent abstractness which causes difficulties because humans have a problem understanding information that is not directly perceivable. We primarily create our lives on perceivable information and by imitating other people. This paper will examine the limitations of the human mind and it will discuss environmental problems that we can't grasp, but on the other hand it will discuss our cognitive capacities and the kind of tools we can use, and how these might be handled by educators. The tools discussed are: models and miniatures, metaphors and analogies, tracking, key questions, and (participatory) stories. The cognitive science approach is just one way of looking at the issue but it can be useful when dealing with educational challenges.
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- Brandt, S. Anders, 1970-, et al.
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A harmonized GIS course curriculum for Swedish universities
- 2007
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Ingår i: EUC'07 HERODOT Proceedings. ; , s. 10 s.-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- With the implementation of the Bologna declaration, European and other universities must change or adjust courses and programmes so they fit into the Bologna model. In Sweden this will take place during 2007. The intention with the declaration, for example, is that a basic course in one subject at one university should be treated as equivalent to the same type of course at another university. Once a year, the recently formed section for education of the Swedish Cartographic Society gathers university lecturers and others for an education conference to discuss matters concerning higher education in geomatics, geoinformatics, geography, etc. Last year’s conference identified the need for a harmonized course curriculum in basic GIS. One of the advantages of such a course is easier transfer of study records for inclusion of course credits in study programmes at other universities. Therefore, an attempt has been made to write a harmonized course curriculum for basic GIS. The course will contain about 50% common content and about 50% of content decided by the individual university. The common content will be described as learning outcomes, and then it is up to the universities to place the learning outcomes into a context. Thanks to this common core, the course can be given for such diverse programmes as archaeology, land surveying, or economy, and still be able to include the required knowledge for students to continue on more advanced courses at other universities.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis
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Communication and learning in on-line courses
- 2006
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Ingår i: Lifelong Open & Flexible Learning in the Globalized World. - 975060413X ; , s. 137-144
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a course, given through the internet without any face-to-face meetings, several techniques were adopted to promote communication. The hypothesis was that these facilitated cognitive coordination which is needed for internalization of instruction and for learning. The results showed that the discussion forum and e-mail to teachers failed as a tools for communication. The students communicated among themselves by e-mail mostly regarding peer evaluation of their assignments. Explanations of these results have to be based on the particular features of internet courses, i.e. the wish to work alone and manage difficulties alone.
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- Olson, Maria, 1969-
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Equivalence and the challenge of 'freedom of choice' - Consequences of a changed Policy on a Democratic Citizenship in Sweden
- 2006
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Ingår i: Enacting equity in education. - Helsinki : Research Centre for Social Studies Education, University of Helsinki. - 9521031964 - 9521031999 - 9789521031960 ; , s. 156-175
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Equivalence is regarded as a central concept in contemporary Swedish education policy. One important aspect in the education policy is to describe and determine the Swedish schools' assignment to bring up democratic citizens. The concept of equivalence, hence, plays an important role in this policy-making practice. In the 1990s equivalence is challenged by another concept: 'freedom of choice'. Here some possible outcomes of a changed conceptual framework in the education policy are tried out, regarding the political understanding of a democratic citizenship. Three questions are pulled forth in order to carry out this aim. The challenge of 'freedom of choice' on equivalence contributes to a change in the political understanding of a democratic citizenship in Swedish education policy. A phenomenon that occurs in at least three aspects: the political participation (from co-acting to re-acting), the political activity (from directing to voting) and the political role of the citizen in society (from being a designer to a consumer).
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- Olson, Maria, 1969-
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Existential Democracy - A Way to nurture Hope for Global Democratic Education?
- 2009
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Ingår i: Disciplined Inquiry.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We live in times of search for an education that can transcend national, ethnical, religious and cultural borders. As it seems, contemporary education is to be found in despair. Or at least found to be unsatisfactory in relation to new challenges in the contemporary world. The aim of this text is to deepen the prospect of the potential of education, regarding what might seem almost like a visionary educational objective - to provide for a global democratic citizenship. The core issue in the text is to surface what appears as insufficiencies in present democratic citizenship education. The urge is to draw upon some feasible features of an alternative to these insufficiencies. Drawing on Stanley Cavell-s notion of voicing and language, I will suggest an altered understanding of democracy and of a democratic citizenship that may direct the mission of democratic education in another way. What is needed for a compelling democratic education, I will argue, is an existential orientation. In order to make my argument, I will use Swedish Education policy as a case in point.
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- Olson, Maria, 1969-
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The 'freedom of choice challenge' on equivalence - and the Swedish schools' assignment to bring up democratic citizens
- 2005
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Ingår i: A Nordic Dimension in Education and Research - Myth or Reality?.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Among the different meanings of equivalence in Swedish Education policy in the 1990ies, one can be related to the concept of -freedom of choice-. Even though this relation doesn't contribute to a replacement of the historically more unambiguous meaning of equivalence, it coexists with it and represents a constant tension to it. This tension can be described in terms of a -freedom of choice challenge- on equivalence. In this text I aim to highlight this tension in relation to the Swedish schools-assignment to bring up democratic citizens in the early 1990ies. The question I try to answer is how can the freedom of choice challenge be considered to stand out in the political understanding of the schools- up bringing of democratic citizens in Sweden in the early 1990ies? I take my point of departure in some nationally encompassing Education policy texts.
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- Lundgren, Berit, 1951-
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Retoriken i den pedagogiska praktiken
- 2008. - 1
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Ingår i: Sjätte nationella konferensen i svenska mned didaktisk inriktning. - Uppsala : Uppsala universitet. - 9789150620948 ; , s. 70-82
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Studien, som redovisas, lyfter fram betydelsen av styrdokumentens och lokala arbetsplaners utformning samt lärares undervisning för att utveckla elevers kommunikativa förmåga uttryckt i förberett tal. I studien görs en retorisk analys av en elevtext, ett manus till ett förberett tal, från en sydafrikansk kontext. I manuset kan tre topos urskiljas, byggnader, samhälle/familj och kroppen, vilka utgör ramen för den retoriska analysen. Vidare visar analysen att eleven i sin text, My name is HIV, tydligt använder sig av retoriska grepp på ett övertygande, intressant och associativt sätt. Avslutningsvis för jag en didaktisk diskussion om undervisning i tal i en svensk kontext, där jag menar att ett kritiskt reflekterande över skrivande och i synnerhet tal måste övervägas.
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