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- Bergström, Göran, et al.
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"Att lyssna på lärarna" - en metodologisk utmaning
- 2015
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In: Nordidactica. - Karlstad : CSD Karlstad. - 2000-9879. ; :1, s. 120-144
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Teacher education today is expected to strongly focus on pedagogical content knowledge. This means, among other things, increased attention to practice. However, how practice is to be analyzed and for what purpose practice is analyzed is still up for debate. In this article we turn to the growing field of civics didactics to shed light on these questions. The analysis is based on a qualitative content analysis of twelve Swedish dissertations in civics didactics. Our findings suggest that the field of civics didactics has contributed with important suggestions on how practice and academic knowledge may enrich each other. However, we also find that the ways that practice has been analyzed are characterized by methodological challenges. To overcome these, and to contribute to the civics didactics research and future independent research projects within the teacher education, we call for a broader research agenda. This means a stronger focus on methodological questions, on other kinds of research projects and on developing the practice of teaching, rather than solely describing it.
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- Bergström, Göran, et al.
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Mellan ämne och didaktik – om ämnesteorins roll inom samhällskunskapsdidaktiken
- 2015
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In: Nordidactica. - Karlstad : CSD Karlstad. - 2000-9879. ; :1, s. 93-119
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Pedagogical content knowledge is generally understood as a "bridge" between content and pedagogy, and therefore assumed to be theoretically informed by theories on both the content knowledge in question, and on general pedagogical knowledge. In this article we analyze whether this bridge exists in eleven Swedish civic didactics dissertations. This is done by developing a typology of how theory is used in relation to research problems and analytical frameworks. Our findings suggest that theories on content knowledge are downplayed in favor of pedagogical theories. We argue the need for strengthening the pillar of content knowledge, benefitting both research and teaching.
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- Ekström, Linda, 1978-
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Jämställdhet – för männens, arbetarklassens och effektivitetens skull? : En diskursiv policystudie av jämställdhetsarbete i maskulina miljöer
- 2012
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Issues concerning gender equality are today an integral part of Swedish society. Because of this, even traditionally male-dominated actors are forced to incorporate a focus on gender equality. What kind of tensions may this provoke, and how are these tensions visible in the gender equality policy making of traditionally male-dominated organizations? Against this background, the aim of this dissertation is to analyse how issues of gender equality are “problematized” by three organizations that originate from masculine environments; Män för jämställdhet, IF Metall and Rikpolisstyrelsen. I wish to analyse the meaning that these actors incorporate into the issue of gender equality and from which discourses these meanings are derived. This focus entails a specific theoretical standpoint. Thus, another aim of the study is to discuss the advantages of a post-structuralist approach to the study of public policy. More specifically, I want to develop the use of a range of discourse analytical modes of analysis and to evaluate their utility in capturing the dynamic of problematization processes.The empirical focus of the dissertation is on the years between 2000 and 2008. The research material consists of both formal and informal documents.The analysis shows that questions of gender equality can be problematized in a number of ways. Issues concerning gender equality can be tied to issues of men’s hegemony, men’s gender-specific problems, class-based problems and organizational problems. This wide array of problematizations also illustrates ways in which there still seems to be an underlying conflict over the meanings tied to the concept, even though nobody openly challenges the importance of gender equality reform efforts. I call this situation a “conflictual consensus” and point to the importance of deconstructing this supposed unity and illuminating the kind of power relations that lay hidden beneath it.
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- Ekström, Linda, et al.
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Läsförståelse och undervisning om lässtrategier
- 2019
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Den här systematiska översikten beskriver vad det samlade vetenskapliga kunskapsläget säger om relationen mellan undervisning om och användning av lässtrategier kontra läsförståelse. Lässtrategier definieras i denna översikt som medvetna, målinriktade försök att kontrollera och moderera läsarens arbete med att avkoda text, förstå ord och konstruera mening från text. Översikten fokuserar på elever i åldern 10–19 år, det vill säga motsvarande mellanstadiet och högstadiet i svensk grundskola samt svensk gymnasieskola, och på undervisning om och användning av lässtrategier inom ramen för skolans samtliga ämnen utom ämnen som motsvarar moderna språk inom den svenska skolan.Lässtrategier är alltså generellt sett ett redskap som elever kan använda sig av när de stöter på problem i sin läsförståelse. Vilka redskap det mer specifikt handlar om, hur dessa redskap kan kombineras eller vilka redskap som är mer eller mindre användbara i olika situationer är frågor som lärare kan behöva mer kunskap om.Genom denna översikt vill vi därför bidra till fördjupad kunskap om vad arbete med lässtrategier innebär liksom hur och för vem lässtrategierna bidrar till förbättrad läsförståelse.Översikten utgår ifrån följande överordnade frågeställning:Vad kännetecknar effektiv lässtrategiundervisning och lässtrategianvändning hos elever i åldrarna 10–19 år?Med effektiv menar vi att lässtrategiundervisningen och lässtrategianvändningen har en positiv effekt på elevernas läsförståelse, baserat på läsförståelsetester, observationer eller elevers självrapportering.För att besvara den överordnade frågeställningen har vi ställt följande mer specifika frågor:A. Vilka lässtrategier undervisas om och används i de i översikten ingående studierna?B. Vilken lässtrategiundervisning bidrar till utvecklad läsförståelse hos elever?C. Hur beskriver elever själva sin användning och nytta av lässtrategier?D. Hur varierar användning och nytta av lässtrategier med faktorer som kön, läsförmåga och språkbakgrund?
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- Lässer, Cecilia, 1981, et al.
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RNA-containing exosomes in human nasal secretions.
- 2011
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In: American journal of rhinology & allergy. - : SAGE Publications. - 1945-8932 .- 1945-8924. ; 25:2, s. 89-93
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Exosomes are nanovesicles of endocytic origin released by cells and present in human body fluids such as plasma, breast milk, andbronchoalveolar lavage fluid. These vesicles take part in communication between cells. Recently, it was shown that exosomes contain both mRNA andmicroRNA. This RNA can be shuttled between cells (exosomal shuttle RNA), which is a new route of communication between cells. The aim of this study wasto determine whether nasal secretions harbor exosomes and furthermore, whether these exosomes contain RNA.METHODS: Human nasal lavage fluid (NLF) underwent centrifugation and filtration to discard cells and debris, followed by a final ultracentrifugation at 120,000 X g to pellet the exosomes. Exosomes were detected using electron microscopy (EM), flow cytometry, and Western blot. RNA was extracted and analyzed using a Bioanalyzer.RESULTS: Exosomes were visualized as 40-80 nm, CD63+ vesicles using EM. Flow cytometry of exosomes using anti-major histocompatibility complex classII beads revealed exosomes positive for the tetraspanins CD9, CD63, and CD81. Western blot confirmed the presence of exosomal protein and absence ofproteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), because the exosomes were positive for Tsg101, but negative for the ER marker, calnexin. Bioanalyzer analysis revealed that, these exosomes contain RNA.CONCLUSION: This study shows for the first time that NLF contains exosomes and that these exosomes contain RNA. Further characterization of the exosomalRNA and proteins may provide important information about communication in the nose and potentially provide a source of biomarkers for upper airwaydiseases.
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