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Rönnlund, Maria; Ledman, Kristina; Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – Educational Research, 2019
Background: This article presents an analysis of how critical thinking is contextualised in everyday teaching in three vocational education and training (VET) programmes: Vehicle and transport, Restaurant and management, and Health and social care. Purpose: The main question addressed is: What knowledge discourses permeate different VET-contexts,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Vocational Education, Citizenship Education, Context Effect
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Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Asplund, Stig-Börje – Education Inquiry, 2012
This article explores how four male vehicle engineering students at an upper secondary school in Sweden engage in literature discussion. The study combines a Conversation Analysis (CA) approach with a reception theory perspective and shows that the boys use direct reported speech (DRS) in their interaction as a technique to handle intimate and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Secondary School Students, Males
Nordmark, Staffan – VTI Rapport, 1984
This report contains a theoretical model for describing the motion of a passenger car. The simulation program based on this model is used in conjunction with an advanced driving simulator and run in real time. The mathematical model is complete in the sense that the dynamics of the engine, transmission and steering system is described in some…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Driver Education, Foreign Countries
Campbell, B. J.; Campbell, Frances A. – 1986
This report examines the process of enacting laws requiring the use of seat belts in the United States. It assesses these laws against the perspective of benefits realized from such mandates in other nations. Chapter one is an introduction; chapter two provides background on seat belt installation in U.S. vehicles, introduction of belt use laws,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Skandia Insurance Co., Stockholm (Sweden). – 1971
This study examined the traffic accidents in Sweden during 1968 and 1969 in which children up to and including the age of ten were actively involved. The major goal of the study was to illustrate the traffic behavior patterns of children in this age group. Data were analyzed under two broad categories: pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Data Analysis
Sandels, Stina – 1974
This investigation concerns traffic accidents in Sweden during 1968 and 1969 in which children ages 1-10 were active participants. A total of 182 complete police investigations including preliminary investigation records, police reports to the Central Bureau of Statistics, and memorandums, were analyzed. The purpose of this report is to determine…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Age Differences, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns
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Gill, Peter E.; Wijk, Katarina – Health Education Research, 2004
Professional drivers, i.e. lorry, truck, bus and taxi drivers, have been identified as a particular health risk group. An intervention to study the efficacy of a series of educational programmes, involving improved nutritional balance in meals served, food preparation routines and carrying out personal health profiles on staff, was implemented at…
Descriptors: Food Service, Intervention, Motor Vehicles, Hygiene