Syftet med denna studie är att i grundskolans årskurs nio undersöka hur lärare upplever och bemöter elever med särskilda matematikförmågor i matematikundervisningen. Metoden som valdes för undersökningen var kvalitativa intervjuer som genomfördes med fyra lärare som undervisar i år nio. Studien knyter teoretiskt an till konstruktivistisk- och sociokulturell lärandeteori. Resultatet som framkom i studien visar på att lärarna uppfattar att elever med särskilda matematikförmågor skiljer sig åt sinsemellan, men att två typer av duktiga elever ändå kan urskiljas i deras berättelser; den mekaniske räknaren och den logiske tänkaren. Den logiske tänkaren betraktades dock som mer kvalificerad än den mekaniske räknaren.

Ämnet för den här uppsatsen var i första hand mentorskap och jag ville ur ett socialpsykologiskt perspektiv studera det samspel som sker mellan mentor och adept. För att förstå hur denna relation kan uppfattas som utvecklande för både mentor och adept har jag i andra hand också tittat på de näraliggande begreppen coachning, fadderskap och handledning. Avsikten var dels att genom att synliggöra skillnader och likheter bidra till en förståelse för hur de olika relationerna kan fungera som utvecklande relationer i arbetslivet och dels utröna vilken typ av kompetens adepter och mentorer menar att man utvecklar. En annan avsikt med arbetet var att bidra till att man använder de olika begreppen på ett mer konsekvent sätt.Anledningen till mitt val av problemområde hänger samman med att jag uppfattar att mentorskap är ett begrepp som används i flera sammanhang och med olika innebörd. Ofta talar man om mentorskapsprogram där syftet med programmen bl.a.

This report will try to evaluate the use of rented concrete casting moulds, which are used to build walls and system of joists. The evaluation is only examining the economical aspects.The cost of using concrete casting moulds is a big part of the total production expenses. Therefore it is important that the calculated price not exceeds the final costs of the casting moulds. The calculated price is the price used in the process of making an offer.The evaluation consists of a comparison of the calculated price and the final costs for three building projects. It also evaluates the exploitation of the concrete casting moulds for each project.The report is made by Sven Gynne and Anders Alexandersson at School of Engineering, Jonkoping University, in cooperation with PEAB Jonkoping.

Problem Faith in the power of advertising has varied largely through the ages, and since we know that advertising is paid for, it therefore has less weight than the usual news. Publicity through promotional activities is in turn difficult to control. The question which of these two ways to communicate with the market that is the most effective, is equally entitled to ask, as difficult to answer. Purpose/Aim This paper is designed as a pilot study with two different objectives that go hand in hand. The first overall aim is to investigate how advertising and PR / publicity can be measured with the same tools while designing this metric.

This study aims to create an understanding of how employees relate to directives that come from a level above them in the hierarchy and is to be implemented in their working activities. This is studied by examining a case where a work group has tried to implement orders, given to them by the government and through a work group in the level above them in the organizations, concerning how employees working with child health care is to educate parents regarding the child convention. The method that have been use in this study is group interviews with 19 child health care nurses and the two main questions that are asked is why has it been difficult to implement the orders and how have the child health care nurses expressed their resistance to the changes, this since only five of the nurses had begun working with the child convention. The theories that have been used focus on how resistance towards change is expressed, organizational incapability and reluctance towards change, as well as how grass root bureaucrats relates to change. The conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that it is important to let the concerned parties participate from the beginning of the process, to minimize their reluctance to the changing process.

The purpose of this study was to look at the experiences of midwives in maternalhealth care encounters with non-european-born women and men, and to determine ifmidwives deem any special competence necessary to handle these encounters well.We gathered information by means of qualitative interviews and semi structuredquestions with eight midwives all of whom matched the inclusion criterias and gavetheir personal consent. Midwives from four district health care centers in Uppsalawere included. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by means of qualitativecontent analysis.The results reveal the experiences from encounters with non-european patients to betwofold. On one hand the encounter is a positive, exiting experience with anopportunity to learn more about a foreign culture and exchange experiences. On theother hand complications can occur as patients may have unexpected expectationsregarding the health care, have great difficulties with the language or haveexperienced traumatizing incidents, all on top of coming to Sweden alone withoutrelatives.In the encounter with non-european-born patients the midwives consider it importantto have special competence in form of knowledge of other cultures and religions asthis provides a greater understanding of the reasoning behind the patients? decisions.Cultural competence is also important as it helps avoid inadvertently insulting thepatient during the encounter.The special competence held by the midwives has been attained from their basic andspecialist education as well as from self acquired experiences and interests.

Denna uppsats behandlar några frågeställningar i samband med bristtäckningsansvar. Bestämmelserna om bristtäckningsansvar reviderades i samband med införandet av den nya aktiebolagslagen som trädde ikraft 1 januari 2006. Tre särskilda ansvarssituationer varpå en utomstående kan åläggas bristtäckningsansvar vid en olovlig värdeöverföring kommer främst att belysas. Dessa är medverkansansvar för ?annan?, medverkansansvar för faktiska och formella företrädare samt medverkansansvar på grund av mottagande i andra hand.

In this essay I analyze Karin Boye?s first novel, Astarte, focusing on her views concerning norms,ideals and female liberation. The novel is written in a tone of irony, allowing for many of thecharacters to be viewed as caricatures. The theories and methods I use are drawn from genderstudies and queer theory. Queer theorist Judith Butler, and the concepts of performativity, interpellation, genealogy and the heterosexual matrix, are of central importance for my analysis.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and analyze why, in the case of Afghanistan, the government chose to establish a highly centralized political system, when from a democratic standpoint a less centralized system would be preferable.The time period that is examined span from 2001 when the so-called Bonn-Accord was signed, to the parliamentary elections held in 2005, a period often referred to as the Bonn-process.The theoretical framework examines both the complex relations between federalism and democracy, as well as the relation between federalism and the role of existent ethnic minorities. The theoretical framework is then used in order to explain why it would be problematic to create a federal system in Afghanistan under the present circumstances.The conclusions that can be drawn are the following: In case of the republic Afghanistan the creation and implementation of a highly centralized political system was the only possible way for the government to be able to cope and practically deal with the problems of existent ethnic antagonism and regional warlords in order to create a stable political situation in the country..

In today?s technological society, there are increasingly less physical demands on the locomotor system. However, despite that notion strength and function in the hand?s complex biomechanical system are in fact both needed to cope with daily life. The grip function is a main function in the hand and is used in many examples of scientific research, for instance when assessing physical health and predicting the probabilities of premature mortality.

The study has examined how some immigrants have managed to reestablish their professional careers in Sweden. Through in-depth-interviewing with six immigrant informants representing different genders, age and professional experience the process of successfully reestablishing a career within the same professional area in Sweden as in their native country is examined.The study looked at structural and individual possibilities and obstacles which affected the individual. In addition the study looked at the personal characteristics and strategies used by the informants to overcome and succeed in adapting and reestablishing their working life.  The study has drawn on human capital and social capital theory for a basic understanding of how education and skills affect. In addition the informants have surpassed structural barriers affecting many other immigrants.

Syftet med denna studie är att synliggöra vilka uppfattningar elever i skolår 9 har av bedömning i matematikämnet.En förändring har skett i synen på bedömning. Eleverna ska bli bedömda formativt under processens gång och inte bara summativt med fokus på produkten. Summativa prov är vanligast vid bedömning i matematik och därför var det intressant att undersöka hur eleverna ser på bedömning i ämnet. Undersökningen genomfördes i två skolor, där sju elever intervjuades och 99 elever deltog i en enkätundersökning. Huvudundersökningen var intervjuerna med fokus på deras uppfattningar och studien har därför genomförts med en fenomenografiskt inspirerad ansats.

This project investigated the current market regarding wireless net and the communication between the tools used for diagnostics/maintenance and an embedded system. Based on documentation obtained through interviews a demo system was created based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication between an embedded system and an Android device.This report intends to describe the tools and methods used in the design of the demo system and the result of an analysis of the BLE communication.Bluetooth Low Energy is an exciting protocol with wide applicability within the industrial field. This project investigated the communicational possibilities between a Smartphone and a Raspberry Pi and based on the results that emerged the conclusion can be drawn that BLE is a protocol with many beneficial applications within industrial IT..

Studiet undersöker kompetensutvecklings möjligheter för bemanningskonsulter. Intresset är stort i att ta reda på vilka kompetensutvecklingsmöjligheter finns och om bemanningskonsulter har tillgång till dem möjligheterna. Intresset finns även i hur bemanningskonsulterna själva uppleva deras utvecklingsmöjligheter och anställningsbarhet, jämfört med kundföretagens egna anställda. Undersökningen gjordes genom att intervjua några av bemanningskonsulter som är på en långtids uppdrag hos ett kundföretag inom bilindustrin, samt några av kundföretagets egna anställda som fick sin anställning på kundföretaget efter att har varit konsulter på uppdrag hos det kundföretaget. En jämförelse gjordes sedan mellan bemanningskonsulter och företagets egna anställda för att undersöker hur de upplever sina respektive kompetensutveckling.

The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse how social worker on a specific Social Service Agency describe their experiences. My focus has been to concentrate on social worker, whose task is related to young people. The paper is presented from three different themes; work assignments, professional roles and projects in life. The central questions are; Which are the socialworker´s main tasks? How does the social worker see himself in his professional role? Have their expectations been fulfilled? Where do they get their motivation from? Which are the reasons why the job as social worker is so strenuous? I have interviewed four social workers (semi-structured interviews), and a qualitative method is used.