Background: Due to declining student ratings, a new teaching method was applied to a course in gastrointestinal diseases for undergraduate medical students. Problem-based learning was replaced with our new concept, consisting of a theory week with traditional lectures and case seminars. Methods: In this retrospective study, we compared student-rati...
Published in Frontiers in Education
Motivation is a prerequisite for students’ learning, and formative assessment has been suggested as a possible way of supporting students’ motivation. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence corroborating the hypothesis of large effects from formative assessment interventions on students’ autonomous forms of motivation and motivation in term...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundThis study outlines key aspects of professional development among health professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). LMICs need support in developing their continuing medical education, and non-technical skills (NTS) that have been neglected in this respect. Given the nature of NTS, educational methods should be used experie...
Introduction (Networked Learning Editorial Collective): Since the turn of this century, much of the world has undergone a tectonic socio-technological change. Computers have left the isolated basements of research institutes and entered people's homes. Network connectivity has advanced from slow and unreliable modems to high-speed broadband. Device...
Published in Cancers
Simple Summary Children treated for brain tumours often suffer from late-appearing complications, including impaired cognitive performance. In this study, 475 Swedish children diagnosed with a brain tumour before their 15th birthday and 2197 matched controls were included. Data from compulsory national tests performed school year nine in the first ...
Utomhusmiljön kommer ofta i skymundan och pedagogers fokus hamnar på inomhusmiljönoch dess betydelse för barns lärande och utveckling. Enligt forskningen i föreliggande studieser inte pedagogerna alltid utomhusmiljö som en undervisningsmiljö samt att de intar en passivroll. Studiens syfte är att bidra med kunskap om vilka diskurser som pedagoger fr...
Att lära elever att läsa är något som ofta ses som en huvuduppgift i skolans tidiga år. Under senare år har även fritidshem kommit att lyftas fram som en viktig arena för elevers läsutveckling. I denna text undersöks hur elever beskriver läsningens funktion och roll i skola och fritidshem. Att förstå hur elever resonerar är en viktig utgångspunkt f...
Larsson, Frida (2021). Behovet av specialpedagogen i förskolan. Specialpedagogprogrammet, Institutionen för skolutveckling och ledarskap, Lärande och samhälle, Malmö universitet, 90 hp. Studiens resultat förväntas ge en inblick i hur specialpedagogerna i undersökt kommun uppfattar förskolans behov av utomstående insatser. De 18 specialpedagoger s...
Sweden faces a recruitment problem in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It has been suggested that imposter phenomenon, a feeling of fraudulence and inability to internalize success, may be the reason why many individuals, especially women, leave STEM fields. Fear of failure is theorized to be the main motive u...
