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Liff, Roy; Rovio-Johansson, Airi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
This paper investigates undergraduate students' application of theory in their analysis of problems presented in authentic leadership cases. Taking a phenomenographic research approach, the paper identifies two levels at which students understand "theory": Level 1-Theory as knowledge acquired from books; Level 2-Theory as support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Phenomenology
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Bunar, Nihad – Urban Education, 2011
Multicultural urban schools in Sweden are facing two major challenges. First, the communities the schools serve are stigmatized and economically impoverished, leading to growing concerns regarding the quality of education, lack of credibility, and outflow of students. The second challenge is the ambivalent relationships with students' parents…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy