This essay is a work on Mircea Eliades's interpretation of the religious human understood as "homo religiosus" and the role of the shaman from the Eliade perspective. In Eliade human existence consists of a dichotomy between the sacred and the profane. The question is whether one can understand the concept of Eliades ?axis mundi?, center of the universe? Can we create an understanding of human existence with Eliade? Can one use  phenomenology of religion as perspective for the exploration of ?reality?? Furthermore, this paper aims to understand the role of the shaman has religious worldviews. Shamaism  is through an ecstatic technique traveling to other cosmic plane, in order to gain knowledge that would otherwise not be reached.

Abstract: In this study, I have searched for answers to whether teachers use pictures in their teaching with the purpose of making education easier. Can we use the pictures with a pedagogic purpose? In this study, I have interviewed middle-school teachers concerning this subject.My results show that teachers actually use pictures in order to make the education easier for pupils but they do not do it very often. They think that they do not have the time to look for the good pictures that go with their subject and that they can show in the classroom. They also think that the pictures in the textbooks are good enough and they do not discuss the pictures very much.

The purpose of this study was to investigate pupils' and teachers' experiences of using the simulator computer game Minecraft in connection with the Swedish school competition Future City. The study examines how students (ages 14-15) and teachers have experienced the use of Minecraft, what the students have learned in relation to everyday education and the different forms of education during Future City and also examine which patterns that exists in the experiences of the students, with personal interest of and knowledge of Minecraft as a benchmark. The study was conducted through individual semi-structured interviews with both students and teachers. The analysis of the results is based upon a theoretical perspective that includes a socio-cultural view of learning, as well as the lines of reasoning in previous research about computer games and learning. As a general approach towards the study, and in a way, a justification of the chosen research method, a hermeneutic approach was used.

Denna studies syfte har varit att undersöka om tre samhällsorienterade läromedel riktade mot mellanstadiet (Puls grundbok i samhällskunskap och religion samt SOL 3000s grundbok i religion) lever upp till Kumashimos teori om en undervisning som förändrar elever och samhälle med hänsyn till normer om kön och sexualitet, så som dessa formulerats av Judith Butler. Studien har med hjälp av diskursanalytiska verktyg visat att så inte är fallet. Istället visar studien att läromedlen till största delen osynliggör både genusvetenskapliga och queera perspektiv, även om det även finns tendenser till diskursiv kamp mellan könskonservativa och könsprogressiva diskurser. Bakgrunden till studien är de förtydligade målsättningarna för arbete med genus i skolans senaste styrdokument Läroplan för grundskolan 2011. Studien har en resultatdel där man finner läromedlens tal om kön och sexualitet.

This essay is about children who have psychological and social problems. An increase part of children and young people in Sweden describe this kind of difficulties. These problems are at the same time a concern for the school as well as the social welfare. The purpose in this essay is to explore if children with psychological and social problems have the same legal rights to education as other children. The main questions are to describe the legal rights in this area and explore how schools and social welfare cooperate in order to achieve better possibilities for the children.The facts take a legal aspect as a starting point.

I studien undersöks individers olika behandling i det svenska skolsystemet utifrån etnisk, kulturell och religiös härkomst. Fokus ligger på skolans styrdokument och den teoretiska utgångspunkten är den universalistiska och mångkulturalistiska perspektiven på hur en individ ska behandlas och vilka fri- och rättigheter den ska kunna åtnjuta. Studien belyser de olika perspetiven och eventuella spänningar dem emellan. Slutsaten är att båda perspektiven finns representerade i styrdokumenten och att spänningar faktiskt existerar. Där till konstateras det att det universalistiska perspektivet alltid har ett övertag gentemot det mångkulturalistiska.

Cross infection is a global health problem. The cost for cross infection increases every year. Florence Nightingale focused her attention on preventing cross infections by using good hygiene and as a nurse that is one of your more important tasks. Nurses have guidelines for how hygiene should be implemented in practice. The aim of this study is to investigate factors that influence nurses´ compliance to guidelines regarding hygiene.

The goal of our research is to give the general picture of the attitudes of immigrants to their own integration process into the Swedish society, focusing on the feeling of belonging, satisfaction with the social network, as well as confidence in the future. Moreover, in our study, we investigate a possible relation between the attitudes of the immigrants to the above-mentioned variables and their age and education. The research is based on a quantitative questionnaire investigation, which comprises all Sfi students at level D in the northeastern part of Skåne county. The research shows that the majority are open to the Swedish culture and traditions, keeping, at the same time, their own native traditions. Four out of five think that the Swedish language is important for integration.

Syftet med uppsatsen var att försöka se om det finns ett samband eller en likhet för de båda områden som jag först kom i kontakt med som använde begreppet synkronicitet (kvantfysik och psykologi) och om betydelsen av begreppet var detsamma och dessutom om det fanns angränsande områden som använde sig av begreppet synkroniciet eller något liknande, och vilken innebörd samma begrepp, synkronocitet, i sådana fall kunde ha både vetenskapligt, psykologiskt och religiöst för att återknyta till det område som C-nivån av Religionsvetenskap skulle beröra, nämligen religion och vetenskap.Jung har själv refererat till magi och mirakel när han förklarat vad han menar med synkronicitet vilket gjorde att det var naturligt att söka på de områden som använder sig av och beskriver detta. Jag har därför försökt att belysa förekomster och situationer, förutom kvantfysiken och Jungs egna teorier om synkronicitet, som jag uppfattat har likadana eller liknande beskrivningar av upplevelser av fysisk eller känslomässig karaktär. Det jag kom fram till var att religionen också beskriver tillstånd som innehåller de beståndsdelar som Hopcke sammanfattade synkronicitet med, akausalitet, djup emotionell upplevelse, symbolisk och att de inträffar vid betydande övergångar i livet, även om det inte kallas för synkronicitet. Detsamma gäller för det som vi i vardagslag beskriver som ?slumpen? och som vi normalt inte ger någon större betydelse förrän vi ser det inträffade i ett större sammanhang eller i ett senare skede och först då ger det en innebörd.Kvantfysiken använder sig av begreppet synkronicitet och beskriver hur helheten består av delar som har en inbördes relation, har betydelse för varandra och egentligen inte går att separera, dock beskrivs det inte ha någon känslomässig karaktär.Vi kan konstatera att den innebörd som Jung gav ordet synkronicitet finns att känna igen på de områden som jag försökt att använda mig av, vetenskap, psykologi, religion och i ?vardagssammanhang?..

Aim: The study aims to investigate the distribution of grades between students in a practical subject and in a theoretical subject.The problem:What is the grade distribution in physical education and mathematics, with respect to gender, socioeconomic background, parental education, ethnicity, and physical activity?Method:To answer the aim of the study a quantitative method was chosen. As the collection method used was questionnaires to 620 students in the 9th grade in Stockholm. Of the 620 questionnaires, 597 questionnaires were used for the static analysis. The method of analysis used cross tables and logistic regression analysis.

Teachers in social sciences have a broad subject field to base their education on. This term paper examines, thru interviews, which factors that have an influence on the subjects contents in the A course of Social Sciences at Swedish high schools. Having interviewed four active teachers at three different schools, it shows that control documents like subject- and national curricula have little to say about what kind of subject that should been taught. Teachers seem rather to rely on local collegiate consensus, the textbook, locally prepared control documents, and adjusting to program directions while choosing material. In the final discussion the risk of structuring the subject around the text book is being investigated, along the fact that new locally control documents need to be written even for basic planning structures.

Background: Triage is the sorting of patients according to the severity of medical assessment. Triage has a long history of use in Anglo-Saxon countries but is a fairly new method in Sweden. Researchers have described the Manchester triage group method (MTS) and a literature review of the concept; working contentment and competence focusing on triage. Aim: The ambition with this study was to describe a number of triage nurses working conditions. The research questions were; working with MTS- does it bring work contentment? What kind of competence is needed? Method: Data was collected from 74 triage nurses by a questionnaire containing 37 questions and two questions provided the nurses the opportunities to describe their triage experiences.

In a municipality in the county of Stockholm there is a preparatory class which accepts newly arrived children from other countries. In the preparatory class the education is focused on teaching students the Swedish language so that they eventually, after about 3-4 -terms, can be transferred to a "regular" class.For students with a different native language, it takes about 5-7 years longer to learn the knowledge-based language that is used in school (Gibbons 2009: foreword). This requires education in school to be linguistically developing.The purpose with this essay is to gain knowledge on how pedagogues can work in a linguistically developing manner with students who have Swedish as their second language. The comparison between education in a preparatory class and education in two regular classes at two different schools is also part of that purpose.What is the education considering linguistically developing work methods like in the preparatory class and the" regular" classes? Are there differences and similarities between the preparatory class and "regular" classes education when it comes to linguistically developing work methods? Which part of the education is adapted to a linguistically developing perspective that fits students with Swedish as a second language?Theories as the socio cultural theory, the proximal zone, and Jim Cummins model, concerning among other things language and knowledge development, is brought up and linked to the study of differences and similarities between schools.

I denna uppsats presenteras en undersökning av gymnasiala styrdokument för religionsämnet i Sverige och Norge. Styrdokument som varit föremål för analys är Religionskunskap 1 och Religion og etikk, vilka betraktas i denna uppsats som en betydande dimension av framtida medborgares meningsskapande process på livsåskådningsområdet. Syftet med undersökningen har varit att förklara denna dimension av meningsskapande genom att undersöka vad som konstituerar innehållet i styrdokumenten och hur pluralism konstitueras i dessa. Undersökningen tar sin utgångspunkt i John Deweys begrepp transaktion samt Michael Foucaults maktperspektiv. Begreppet transaktion innebär att gymnasielevernas meningsskapande process på livsåskådningsområdet är oavhängigt styrdokumentens innehåll i form av ett meningserbjudande.

The aim of this study is to describe and examine the characteristics of inclusion of children with disabilities in the kinder garden and primary school in Belarus. The data in this study were collected through interviews with special teachers and staff at the Developing and Rehabilitation center. The interviews were supported by child-observations and a literature study. Staying in boarding schools prevents handicap students from integrating with the society as well as getting social experience. Integrated education demands the combination of two regularities: education of children with normal development and special education of children with psycho-physiological problems.