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Glöm inte barnteatern! En studie om barnteater på folkbiblioteket.
This master?s thesis deals with the issue of children?s theatre at the public library. I want to examine what purpose children?s theatre play for the children according to the children?s librarians, what different factors that may influence the purchase of plays to the public library and what the children?s librarians think of the children?s theatre at the public library at present and in the future. Interviews have been conducted with four children?s librarians, at different libraries, who are somehow involved in the purchase of children?s plays to the library.
Utvärdering av klusteranalytiska metoder i kombination med bibliografisk koppling: en bibliometrisk kartläggning av aktuella forskningsteman inom informationsvetenskap
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the combination of bibliographic coupling and three hierarchical cluster analytic techniques: average, complete and single linkage. Bibliographic coupling is applied as a measure of similarity between recently published articles and the cluster techniques are used for the partition of a set of articles into subsets of articles with similar research focus. The field of information science is applied as the test arena and the selection of data, i.e., the article population to be partitioned, is based on a number of central journals. Methods of evaluation include both quantitative approaches as well as a qualitative one. For comparing the resulting partitions, adjusted Rand index is utilized and for the establishment of cluster coherence and isolation, measures of average normalized coupling strength is applied.
Det bättre argumentets auktoritet - om förutsättningarna för deliberativ demokrati i Europaparlamentet
Deliberative democracy theory has been prominent within political science research since the early 1990?s, often applied in studies on postnational democratic constellations, in particular the European Union. Of the main institutions of the union, the European Parliament stands out as somewhat understudied from this point of view, which is why the main aim of this thesis is to study the conditions for deliberative democracy in the European Parliament.From deliberative democratic theory four criteria have been selected to function as methodological framework in analysing the institutional structure and proceedings of the parliament. Each of the criteria is applied separately to the practice and function of the plenary sessions, the parliamentary committees and the political groups. The analysis shows that the conditions for deliberative democracy differ between the three fora, as do their respective roles in parliament, but all in all they supplement each other.
Undervisningsmetoder, kompensation och datorn som hjälpmedel för att underlätta skolarbetet för elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter
Anledningen till varför jag valde att just skriva om läs- och skrivsvårigheter är dels att fenomenet förekommer ute i skolan och dels att jag som lärare förväntas vara kompetent på området och inte minst kunna hantera det praktiskt. Mitt syfte är att i en deskriptiv litteraturstudie ge exempel på konkreta metoder för hur man kan arbeta med elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter i klasserna 4-6 om man är vanlig klasslärare och då inom ramen för klassrumsundervsining. Mina övergripande frågor är: - Vad är läs- och skrivsvårigheter? - Hur yttrar sig läs- och skrivsvårigheter i skolan? - Vad finns det för olika metoder att använda sig av som vanlig lärare för att underlätta skolarbetet för elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter? På slutet i diskussionsavsnittet tar jag upp vilka metoder jag kan tänka mig att använda mig av i mitt arbete med elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Resultatet av denna litteraturstudie är att jag tycker mig ha fått en större inblick i hur man kan arbeta med elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter och att jag är en bit på väg men inser också att det i praktiken är eleven i fråga som får visa vägen för hur vi ska arbeta....
Affärsmodeller och Strategier i Apples Appstore
Apple has since their launch of the Iphone series created a billion dollar business with the market place Appstore. Third-party apps have disrupted the mobile industry, attracted a high number of developers and set the standard for the industry. Despite success, this market has yet not been the topic of any academic study, a fact that makes this thesis important. Under the assumption that apps can be regarded as a service, traditional service marketing theories have been applied with the research goal to map existing business models, evaluate revenue potential and understand best practices of marketing techniques. A series of qualitative interviews with representatives from the difference business models, backed by secondary data describing the domain shows how the Appstore has evolved over time and which marketing practices that appear successful.
Ordinlärning i främmande språk : en studie av några läromedel i franska för högstadiet
Mitt syfte med detta arbete har varit att undersöka ordinlärning i franska för årskurserna 7-9. Då jag själv har fått lägga ner mycket tid på ordinlärning i mina franskstudier har jag kommit att ställa mig frågan hur man arbetar med ordutlärning i nybörjarundervisningen på högstadiet. Eftersom orden är språkets grundstenar anser jag att det är oerhört viktigt att som lärare besitta kunskap om hur man på ett systematiskt sätt hjälper eleverna att bygga upp sitt ordförråd. I litteraturgenomgången hade jag för avsikt att ge en teoretisk bakgrund till min undersökning. Jag tog min utgångspunkt i språkinlärning i största allmänhet för att så småningom inrikta mig mer specifikt mot ordinlärning.
Icke verbal kommunikation- De yngre grundskoleelevernas tankar kring icke verbal kommunikation
Mitt syfte med detta arbete var att få kunskap om elevers syn på betydelsen av och uppfattningen om icke verbal kommunikation i skolan. Icke verbal kommunikation är benämningen för allt som sägs utan ord. Arbetet inleds med en beskrivning av olika icke verbala uttrycksmedel och sedan följer resultatet från mina elevintervjuer. Eleverna har fått svara på frågor som kan delas in i två delar. Den ena delen handlar om kroppsspråk, deras eget och andras, och den andra om miljön kring eleverna i skolan och vilka signaler den ger till eleverna.
Modersmålsundersvisning- en kvalitativ studie om invandrarföräldrars inställning till modersmålsundervisning
Syftet med mitt arbete var att undersöka vad några invandrarföräldrar hade för inställning till modersmålsundervisningen. Jag valde en kvalitativ metod med en induktiv ansats. Mitt arbete baserades på intervjuer som jag gjorde med åtta invandrarföräldrar. I resultatet framkom att nästan alla invandrarföräldrarna från undersökningen hade en mycket positiv inställning till modersmålsundervisningen. Många ansåg att de barn, som lärde sig sitt modersmål, kommunicerade bättre med andra som talade samma språk.
Våga vara västkustsk! : En historiesociologisk studie av kultur och tradition i en studentförening i Växjö
The purpose of this essay is to analyse how and why culture and tradition is created and maintained within a minor student society at a Swedish university by looking at its history. The West Coast Nation student society provided the material which was subsequently analysed and three sociological perspectives were applied in order to give the study a theoretical base. In order to investigate the purpose of the society, durkheimian theories on functionalism were applied. Moreover, Bourdieu?s thoughts on social fields were used as well as Elias? theories on the established and the outsiders.
Modellbaserad systemutveckling i komplexa verksamheter. En fallstudie av Coremetoden
In system development it is today increasingly common to use a model-based system development method. These methods that are suited for Agile work with simple and quick updates and implementations of new applications in systems conform to the requirements that are becoming more important today, namely more flexible and less expensive system that still maintain high quality and safety.A company that has been working with this type of system development method for a long time is Genicore AB, which also has developed their own tools and model language in order to better model the information management systems in complex and abstract operations. Genicore AB is trying to spread their method other developers and have therefore taken the initiative to start this study. The method is evaluated and tested by two students with relatively little experience in model-based systems engineering in order to gain a new perspective on how the method functions. The method has been applied to an educational activity in order to test it in a new domain, and this led us to our research question;?What criteria are of particular relevance in the implementation of a MBSD method on on complex businesses??Through literature reviews and interviews, we formed an idea of how model-based system development works from a theoretical perspective, and then continued to the case study conducted on the educational activities at the faculty of IT at University of Gothenburg.
Jag föreställer en kvinna men jag framställer mig själv : En kvalitativ studie i hur kvinnor kommunicerar genom sina kläder
This thesis aims at examining factors that influence women?s choice of clothing. Focus lies on what women want to communicate with their clothes, how consumption is used as a means of expression, women?s attitude towards the clothing and the body image that media has created. Is there an underlying idea in a women?s choice of clothing and is she trying to express something specific? Why do women buy the clothes they do? The aim with this thesis is to identify if there is a difference between people from an urban area and those from a small town, as well what role the geographic difference plays in how fashion conscious you are or how you choose your clothes.
Tidig engelskundervisning
Syftet med vårt arbete var att ta reda på vilka för- respektive nackdelar en tidig engelskundervisning för med sig. Vi utgick från undersökningar som gjorts inom detta område. Vi ville också undersöka vad lärarna tyckte om tidig engelskundervisning. Den största undersökning som gjorts om tidig start med engelska är EPÅL- projektet (Engelska PÅ Lågstadiet). Denna undersökning genomfördes under 1970- talet och dess syfte var att visa fördelarna med en start av engelskundervisning redan i år 1.
Vi tysta kväkare pratar så gärna. : En studie om svenska kväkares tystnad och tal
This qualitative research study aims to investigate how eight members of the Society of Friends (also known as Quakers) experience a divine presence in their Meeting for Worship. The purpose is also to find out how their identity as Quakers has been created, and to see how they look at their Meeting of Worship when it comes to ritual as a concept.The method used in this study is individual, semi-structured interviews and observations of Meeting of Worship. The results show a relatively homogeneous group of individuals from a secular upbringing who as adults sought out a community where silence is appreciated and used to achieve an experience of a divine presence. Berger and Luckmann's theories of socialization have been applied to the results and the discussion reveals how the secondary socialization has been essential in the process of forming the individual into being a Quaker. There is however one exception, in the form of one participant who grew up in the Society of Friends.
Transition till demokrati: strukturella faktorers påverkan i de begränsade flerpartisystemen Kenya och Tanzania
This paper deals with institutional and structural factors' influence on democratic transition in limited multiparty regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Comparing the cases Kenya and Tanzania, of which the former has made a transition to democracy and the latter has not, this paper reaches the conclusion that political traditions, the coalescing of the opposition, and the elites ability to learn from the electoral process is essential for a transition to democracy. In the specific cases, the harshness of the Moi regime and the Tanzanian vision of national unity may possibly carry some explanatory power, alongside the pressure from international actors.These results have been reached through the application of a comparative case study, where democratic transition constitutes the dependent variable. It should be noted that a harsh definition of the term transition has been applied, according to which the incumbents actual loss of an election is a necessary indicator for transition. However, the Freedom House and Polity scores have been brought up as complement of this definition.
"En björn som inte sover" : En kritisk diskursanalys av svensk dagspress positionering av Ryssland i försvarsdebatten
The aim of this essay is to analyze how media constructs strategic positional statements in debates of great immediate interest in order to stress ideological standpoints. Two questions are derived on the basis of this aim.- How is Russia positioned in Svenska Dagbladet's and Dagens Nyheter's editorials in the debate on the Swedish defence during 09-01-13 - 09-01-31?- Are there differences in the positional statements between the newspapers?In the study a Critical Discourse Analytical (CDA) approach is applied, and more specifically that of Teun A. van Dijk. Both the theoretical basis and the methodological tools are based on van Dijks CDA.