The thesis of this essay is how literary texts are selected in the teaching of Swedish in upper secondary school, and how teachers reflect upon gender in these selections. To answer the thesis question three methods have been used. Firstly interviews were held with five teachers of Swedish, which have been the primary source for the essay. In addition to the interviews, I have examined two literary anthologies used as teaching aid in the teaching of Swedish and lastly I analyzed the literature and authors that the teachers explicitly express that they use in their tutoring. The secondary sources of this thesis contain research on selections of fictional texts, literary canon and students? re-production of gender.

Being an immigrant in a Swedish school today might not be easy. It´s quite difficult to be accepted and becoming a part of an already functioning group. Difficulties with the Swedish language doesn´t make it easier. Besides that the requisites of the school curriculum program are very demanding and Swedish students are often in advantage already being a part of the system for many years.By following five immigrant boys in grade 6 during ten ensemble lessons, one concert and individual interviews with the boys as well as with their teacher, this study aims to investigate how ensemble playing can function as a social tool and promote interaction as well as integration.The results in this study show that ensemble playing in fact can function as a social tool. The boys developed abilities in playing an instrument as well as cooperating and analyzing by using the social tool of ensemble playing.The results even show that ensemble playing can promote interaction as well as integration.Above everything was the concert where the boys acted in front of their classmates and were treated with great respect and acceptance..

The authors were curious and asked themselves if teachers are aware of the base of their teaching in various teaching situations. Are teachers at all capable of expressing that in words? One of the reasons that the authors chose the particular issue was because they think teachers have the task to satisfy the needs of all students and therefore they found it interesting to study how various teachers act. The purpose of the study is to observe teachers didactical awareness, and how it can be added to their intentions and actions, as in how they speak about their teaching and how they act in various teaching situations. Methods used in the study were observations and qualitative interviews.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate if the reading habits of teacher students are influenced by merit and descent. The empiric material consists of six questionnaires answered by students at the teacher training with Swedish at the upper secondary school as their first topic. The questionnaire comprised questions about reading habits in the childhood and today and information concerning merits and descent.Pierre Bourdieu?s sociological ideas about cultural capital transmitted from parent to child and the concept of habitus are used as a theoretical framework regarding descent.

The aim of this study was to investigate preschool teacher?s perceptions about the curriculum goal concerning simple chemical processes. The result was based on narratives received by a qualitative study and semi-structured interviews of six preschool teachers. The results of the study showed that preschool teachers perceive that they actually are working in a relatively small scale with simple chemical processes and they do not really know what simple chemical processes are, and do not feel very familiar with the subject. Water, dough, mud, paint and baking were the most common activities that were used when working towards the curricular goal. However, it was never explained to the children that it was simple chemical processes they were working with during the activities, neither was it discussed among colleagues because of the uncertainty about the concept.

Studiens syfte är att analysera i vilken mån flerspråkiga elevernas språkutveckling uppmärksammas av ämneslärare i samhällskunskap på Mariagymnasiet. Med intervjuer samt observationer som valda metoder har tre samhällskunskapslärares undervisning fått stå i fokus i denna kvalitativa studie. Undersökningen är utförd på en gymnasieskola i södra Sverige och lärarna undervisar i klasser på samhällsprogrammet där elever som läser svenska och svenska som andraspråk integreras. Materialet har analyserats och diskuterats med hjälp av litteratur som på ett eller annat vis utgår från det sociokulturella perspektivet. Resultaten av observationsanteckningar samt intervjuinspelningarna pekar på att lärarna trots att de undervisar elever på deras andraspråk, är omedvetna om hur man arbetar språkutvecklande utifrån sociokulturell forskning och i liten grad har uppmärksammat flerspråkiga elevernas språkutveckling.

Is there an unwritten art canon in Swedish schools? This work is about the art displayed and used in Swedish schools. The study examines whether there is an art canon in Swedish schools, or not. Through my profession, as an art teacher at a secondary school, I have come to take an interest in this issue. When I use art images in my own teaching it often strikes me that many of the pictures I use are the same as the ones my colleagues use.

Tanken bakom detta examensarbete var att framställa ett laborativt läromedel i matematik för utomhusmiljö som ska upplevas som motivationshöjande och lustfyllt för eleverna. Läromedlet är upplagt i lektionsplaneringar som är förankrade i läroplanen för det obligatoriska skolväsendet (1994), i kursplanen för matematik samt i de sex aspekterna på lärande ur sociokulturellt perspektiv som Dysthe (2003) skriver om. Vi har arbetat fram ett material som innefattar rumsuppfattning och mätning eftersom dessa passar utmärkt att genomföra i utemiljö. Idéerna till lektionsplaneringarna är utifrån oss själva men inspiration från tidigare kurser, kurslitteratur och VFU-platser går inte att frånse. Upplägget på lektionerna är utifrån Lindström och Pennlerts (2003) modell, där flera didaktiska frågeställningar tas i beaktning.

Programmet schemaläggaren har funnits sedan 1994, och används på arbetsplatser för att på ett strukturerat sätt lägga scheman för de anställda. Programmet har sedan starten varit sådant att man själv ska skapa alla scheman och även koppla dessa till de anställda, men det finns en önskan att programmet ska vara mer användarvänligt och lättanvänt. Ett steg i utvecklingen är att skapa en automatisk schemaläggningsguide som gör det mesta av jobbet åt användaren.Etex AB, som detta examensarbete är gjort åt, avser att med detta examensarbete skapa en prototyp på en sådan schemaläggningsguide som ska implementeras i det befintliga programmet. Denna guide ska alltså skapa scheman utifrån given data och sedan koppla dessa scheman till de anställda som valts. Allt detta ska ske automatiskt.

Kriget i Tjetjenien utbröt 1994, som en följd av tjetjenernas krav på självständighet. Den tjetjenska sidan karaktäriseras idag av två vitt skilda drag, civilbefolkningens krigströtthet och de islamistiska extremisternas oförtröttliga kamp med terroristiska metoder. Ryssland å andra sidan håller hårt på sin territoriella rätt och situationen är därmed låst.Vi har, i en teorikonsumerande fallstudie, genomfört en analys av konfliktens drivkrafter utifrån den teori om konfliktlösning som kallas conflict resolution. Denna teori betonar vikten av att konflikten kommit in i ett så kallat ripe moment, för att kunna uppnå en lösning. För att freden skall bli bestående, är det av största vikt att de bakomliggande problemen blir lösta.Anledningen till att Tjetjenienkonflikten fortfarande pågår, är att den inte kommit in i ett ripe moment ännu.

The study was performed for the Swedish Regional Forestry Board in Södra Götaland. The study examines broadleaf plantations on former farmland that were planted between 1991 and 1996 with subsidy payments for conversion of farmland into forest. In particular, the study reviews forests planted in 1991-92 and 1994-96. In the early 1990s, Swedish agriculture was deregulated and direct subsides to farmers ended. The Swedish state instead granted farmers financial support and offered incentives for conversion of farmland and investments in order to make their unproductive land productive. The state supported conversion of farmland to broadleaf forest, forest for energy biomass production, or establishment of wetlands on former farmland. The County Administrative Boards and Regional Forestry Boards together monitored the planting of broadleaf forests.

Karaktärsanimationerna måste vara könsneutrala eftersom spelarna själva väljer kön och personlighet på sin karaktär i Cloud Islands. Personlighetsgestaltningarna som skapades kallades ?Neutral?, ?Äventyrlig? och ?Sprallig?. Problemformuleringen bestod av att undersöka om animationerna för dessa stereotypiska personligheter kunde göras könsneutrala. Arbetet utgick från Isbisters (2006) rörelsemönster för personligheter, power centers (Lango, årtal okänt) och Labans rörelseteorier (Kundert-Gibbs & Kundert-Gibbs, 2009).

The purpose of this study is to highlight how Swedish primary school teachers teach of and about democracy and based on this then compare with how the primary school teachers in South Africa teaches of and about democracy. This comparison will then highlight what can be developed in the teaching of and about democracy in Swedish schools. The method used in this study is mind maps because it gives a greater depth in the way teachers look at teaching democracy. The result of this comparison is that South Africa's history pervades the entire democracy education in school but both Sweden and South Africa use methods as dialogue and discussion in teaching of and about democracy. Furthermore, the community, curriculum, teacher and cooperation with other teachers also have an influence on how democracy's teaching looks like in schools.

Sexual harassments have since long been an issue all over the world and schools have not been an exception. Reports from Swedish secondary schools show how 47% of the female pupils state that they have, sometime during their time in school, been the victim of sexual harassment. Other studies claim that pupils exposed to sexual harassments will develop low self-esteem and a decreased sense of self. The Swedish curriculum state that all children shall have the right to a harassment free school environment, but still many pupils claim to be exposed to sexual harassment in school. Several studies have theorized about why sexual harassment is so prevalent in schools but what do the pupils think? This study aims to reveal and analyze pupil opinions about sexual harassment; what do they think it is and why do they think it occurs? This will be done from a post-structural feminist point of view with focus on the shaping of identity among the respondents.

Det senaste decenniet har Sydafrika genomgått enorma förändringar. Landet har lämnat det minoritetsstyrda apartheidsystemet och blivit demokratiskt. Att förändringar får olika följder är givetvis självklart, kanske relaterar de flesta till den kraftiga ökningen av våldsbrott. Det finns dock även en annan typ av brott som ofta kommit i skymundan i den nuvarande debatten det är s.k. White-Collar Crime, vilket jag har valt att undersöka i min uppsats.