The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge of caries and gingivitis among third to fifth grade school Children. A questionnaire was distributed to 117 Children of a primary school in the south of Sweden. The result of the study indicate that the Children had good knowledge regarding development and prevention of caries and gingivitis. However, the Children did not know the meaning of the words caries and gingivitis. The Children also appeared to lack important information about dietary measures to achieve good dental health.

The purpose of this study is to investigate if and how Children acknowledge TV-commercials, and if that is the case, are their preferences in products a result of it? The study also investigates which TV-commercials that are broadcasted together with Children?s programs and if and how the Children acknowledge these. The studies are based on interviews and an exercise with pictures that was carried out with two groups containing four Children each. One group contained four Children in the age of 6, and the other four Children in the age of 7. The Children are situated in a school in the Swedish countryside.

The aim of this studyhas been to capture preschool Children's strategies, when they include and exclude each other in play. My aim was also to find out how Children choose to integrate into an already existing game. My questions were: What strategies are used by the Children at the preschool when they want to exclude or include each other? How to integrate the Children when they want to be involved in an ongoing game and how they will be received during the time of play? My theoretical starting points are from Vygotsky's theory of proximal development zone, and Michel Foucault's perspective on power, and also research on the subject.The empirical study was conducted using the observations at two preschools. The Children I observed were between four to five years old.The results show that Children used different strategies, and when the strategy did not work so the child could switch to another.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to investigate the culture for Children in the age of 10-12 year-old at the library in a small town and to see if the library and Children shared the same view of the libraries missions. We have interviewed 3 groups of 5-7 Children at two times. We have also interviewed a Children librarian about her opinion of her work and Childrenculture. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child works as our theory in this thesis.

The aim of this report is to see whether the graphic design of a game influences Children?s will to play games. I am especially looking at minimalist graphic design and how well it works for a game aimed at Children age 7-9. Does the style of the game design have any impact at all concerning the Children?s wish to play the game or is the game mechanic all that matters.

The purpose of this study was to examine pedagogues? experience working with shy Children and their opportunities for participation in preschool. An increasing number of Children are registered in preschools today; this leading to larger groups of Children and the chance for the individual child to practice its rights of having its voice heard are therefore becoming more difficult.The literature review will start with what the UNCRC and the pre-school curriculum, Lpfö 98, say about Children?s participation and their right to have their voices heard. After that, shortly about the shy child, and then moving on to what is important in the work with Children?s participation.

This paper is about street Children in Delhi and how they get through the day. The content is based on interviews with staff in different Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Delhi. The facts from the interviews are complemented with different researches about street Children in general and not only about street Children in Delhi. Our main question is "How is it possible for a child to deal with the street life in Delhi?".

The purpose of this thesis is to gain insight into Children`s voluntary reading in their spare time. I have focused on printed books and none of the digitally published Medias. I want to examine how Children experience the power adult`s exercise over their chose of books and also why they choose the books they do. The method of this study is qualitative with interviews of six 10 years old Children. I conducted the interviews detachedly and I have used two different point of view for my study; Aidan Chamber`s ?Reading Circle? and Barbro Johanssons opinions if Children`s participation in terms of their voluntarily book selection.I have also studied other researchers and author´s writings about literacy, Children´s reading habits, adults´ attitudes to Children´s reading and Children´s passion for reading.During my study it became clear that Children who like to read prefer to read detective stories for Children, a result that also earlier investigations reached..

Today?s Sweden becomes more and more multicultural, with a mixture of many different languages. Many Children are raised to learn two or more parent languages. If you work as an educationalist in preschool you will probably come in contact with these Children. The question is how you should treat them and ease their development of languages.The purpose with this work is to find answers to the question if bilingual Children develop their languages by the same method as monolingual and how one as an educationalist can make these Children?s development of language easier.The papers preface is a part of literature that describes different researchers view on the bilingual Children?s development of language and how one, as an educationalist, can ease it.To my study I have chosen to interview three educationalists in preschool who all work with bilingual Children.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how much influence Children perceive and feel that they have in terms of after-school activities and offerings. I have also tried to find out how much influence the Children in the selected after-schools feel they have. This is to highlight how Children themselves perceive their influence and if the Children are aware of their rights in terms of participation and influence. The study also wants to highlight the forums and the ways in which Children feel that they are heard. The study used questionnaires and group interviews were made of 15 Children aged 8-9 years from two after-schools, located in two different schools in the same municipality.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate the factors of Children?s voluntarily reading in their spare time. We also want to know if the Children choose non-fiction books for their voluntarily reading. The method as well as the empirical basis of this study is qualitative, with interviews of twenty-eight Children in ages between 9 and 12 years. We conducted nine interviews with 3?4 Children in each group.

The purpose of this study is to find out how four preschool teachers view Children?s free playing and its impact on their learning. My main questions are:How do the teachers view the Children?s free playing?In what ways does the Children?s free playing affect their learning, according to the teachers?This essay is based on a qualitative study in which I have interviewed four female preschool teachers of different ages. I highlight various theories of Children?s playing and learning in preschool, by theorists such as Vygotsky, Lillemyr, Knutsdotter Olofsson, Lindqvist, among others.

The aim of this study is to investigate how 20 Children discusses norm breaking based on a Children?s book with a focus on following questions:How do the Children discuss norms based on the Children?s book?Are there differences in opinions and comments between Children with Swedish as their first language and Children with Swedish as a second language, and if so, which ones?The investigation is based on four discussions of Children?s literature, which are a method Chambers (2004) means enable the Children to put their thoughts and feelings about the book into words.The theoretical frame of the study is founded on post-structuralism feminism and particularly Butler (Ambjörnsson, 2010) and Davies (2003) theories about gender and gender roles.The investigation shows, among other things, that the Children are basing their discussions on the norms accepted by the society. But it also shows that there are differences in the way that the Children with Swedish as a first language and Swedish as a second language discusses norm breaking. .

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate the factors of Children?s voluntarily reading in their spare time. We also want to know if the Children choose non-fiction books for their voluntarily reading. The method as well as the empirical basis of this study is qualitative, with interviews of twenty-eight Children in ages between 9 and 12 years. We conducted nine interviews with 3?4 Children in each group.

The purpose of this study was to illustrate how Children of the "digital generation" used their computers in their everyday practice. The important in the study was Children's perspective on computers interactions and communications in a digital arena.An essential item about understanding Children's way to think about computers was to let Children themselves speak by taking part in the study, because Children's voices are seldom heard in public. The empirical material used was interviews with sex Children between 13 and 15 years old. My method was qualitative.The main results showed that social relations are very important for Children. The Internet gives Children access to an arena where they are able to make new contacts with others as well as transcend their biological as their physical identity.An important accepts for the Children in the study was the option to be anonymous.