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Lundin, Katarina; Schenker, Katarina – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
The overall aim of this paper is to introduce a new way of analysing and understanding the framing and potential of Physical Education and Health (PEH) practice. Focusing on subject-specific literacy, which is defined as an abstract and generalising language, containing words and concepts typical for a specific subject [Nestlog, B. E. (2019).…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Health Education, Literacy
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Modig, Niclas – Journal of Social Science Education, 2022
Purpose: This article examines the prevalence of six economic terms in 17 Swedish upper-secondary school textbooks and how the language shifts between everyday and scientific language. Variations regarding content in the textbooks used in vocational programmes and preparatory programmes for higher education are also investigated. Design: Powerful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Secondary Education, Incidence
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Pecorari, Diane; Shaw, Philip; Irvine, Aileen; Malmstrom, Hans; Mezek, Spela – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
This paper reports the findings of a study of undergraduate student use of, and attitudes toward, textbooks and other assigned reading. More than 1200 students of various subjects at three Swedish universities were surveyed. Most students said reading played an important role in learning generally and attributed positive characteristics to their…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Course Content