AbstractThe aim for this study is to establish how teachers and supervisors at the Child and Recreation Programme interpret the concept ?vocational knowledge?. It is also about how they substantially can see that the pupils are developing vocational knowledge, during their work placement training. The aim of this thesis is to create a base for teachers to work with continuing development in teaching practice. The empirical part of this study is based on interviews. Interviews were analyzed in three categories: definition of vocational knowledge, substantially developing in vocational knowledge and success factors. The result shows that knowing how and knowing why is salient in vocational knowledge.

In the aftermath of three high-profile honor killings the social service administrators became strongly criticized for their lack of skills and knowledge when it comes to dealing with honorrelated cases. In order to fix this lack of knowledge and to respond to the criticism from the society, the Swedish government allocated resources to train administrators in social services to improve their knowledge of honor-related violence and know how to handle clients who are victims of honor-related crimes.The aim of this study is to examine how social service administrators perceive their professional knowledge regarding to their work in honor-related cases. How they perceive their competence and discretion in relation to the work of honor-related problems and their perception of what resources the organization has to provide training and skill development in this area. The study shows that the social service administrators experience that there has been a development of knowledge in some areas regarding their work with honor-related cases but that there still exists an uneven distribution in terms of knowledge between small and large communities in Sweden..

This essay is an attempt to scrutinize dance improvisation in terms of Aristotle?s concept of the practical knowledge phronesis. By remembering and reflecting upon lessons and my own practical knowledge and experience as a teacher in the subject of dance improvisation, I want to examine the ability to improvise as the dance students´ phronesis. Awareness, spontaneity and intuition are vital elements for the comprehension of phronesis and even represented in the basis training in dance improvisation. During the contemplation I have used philosophical books and texts mainly about practical knowledge, intuition and reflection..

AbstractThe aim for this study is to establish how teachers and supervisors at the Child and Recreation Programme interpret the concept ?vocational knowledge?. It is also about how they substantially can see that the pupils are developing vocational knowledge, during their work placement training. The aim of this thesis is to create a base for teachers to work with continuing development in teaching practice. The empirical part of this study is based on interviews. Interviews were analyzed in three categories: definition of vocational knowledge, substantially developing in vocational knowledge and success factors. The result shows that knowing how and knowing why is salient in vocational knowledge.

The aim of this study has been to discuss ideas of knowledge within classification theory and subject analysis in the light of theories of fundamental changes in the production of scientific knowledge. Guiding questions have been: How have the conditions of knowledge production changed? How has interdisciplinarity as part of this development evolved? What assumptions lie behind theories of classification and subject analysis? How do these stand in relation to the alleged changes in the production and understanding of science? Three works about the changing conditions for knowledge production and the growth of crossdisciplinarity have been presented and discussed. These works stress the loosening up of boundaries between traditional knowledge domains and open up for discussions about how to organize knowledge production in the light of these changes. In the study it is argued that their works also could open up for discussions about the way knowledge is organized for retrieval purposes.

 The upper secondary school has a responsibility to give every student enough knowledge for a healthy life after they finished school, this is stated in the curriculum. Although the way of reaching this knowledge or what knowledge that is to be obtained regarding health is not stated in any way, this is the teacher's job to figure out. This knowledge shall be the same regardless of where you live, this could prove to be a problem as different teachers interpretation of health will reflect the pupils knowledge of their own health. This work points out some of the problems that can arise due to the complexity of the concept of health as there are no guidelines in the curriculum that could be of help for teachers'. Through interviews with active physical education teachers and questionnaires for their pupils this work illustrates several aspects of problems most likely occurring in school regarding the health education..

Detta handlar i grunden om fyra elever, mellan 10 och 14 år som är diagnostiserade autism. Syftet med det här examensarbetet är, att med inriktning på vardagliga situationer där barn och ungdomar diagnostiserade autism ingår i, utreda och identifiera grupp- och organisationsrelaterade problem, vilka lyfter fram och förstärker ett avvikande beteende. Jag vill sätta fokus på deras omgivning, och ur ett sociokulturellt perspektiv titta på situationer där pragmatiska svårigheter, både när det gäller den kommunikativa och den samspelsmässiga situationen, har ett avgörande inslag. Följande frågor har jag velat ha svar på: ? Vilka sociala mekanismer i gruppen/klassen/skolan gör det besvärligt alternativt gynnsamt för individen att kommunicera och samspela med omgivningen? ? Vilka sociala fenomen i gruppen/klassen/skolan lyftes fram och förstärker alternativt motverkar ett avvikande beteende? För att komma åt detta har jag tagit avstamp i ?fenomenologin?.

This case study has been conducted within the Swedish fitness chain World Class to explore the opportunities for knowledge development and transfers within franchise networks. We have interviewed the product manager at the World Class headquarter, the owner of a franchise club and a local product manager from the same facility. Our finding indicates that various forms of knowledge transfer occur within the World Class network, particularly in product development and sales. The transfer occurs within the framework set by World Class with regularly scheduled meetings. In addition informal networks provide other means of knowledge exchange between some units.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur olika behandlingsenheter i Sverige utvärderade effekterna av interventioner för barn med autism 0-6 år, oavsett om det rörde sig om enstaka åtgärder eller hela program. Det var också intressant att se om, och i så fall hur, man tog hänsyn till risker och möjligheter som kunde bidra till variation i utfallen. Kontakt togs med samtliga landstings, och två privata, behandlingsenheter. Brev innehållande information om studien och en enkät med studiens frågor skickades ut.Resultaten visade att man i första hand utvärderade effekterna genom någon form av bedömningstest t ex. PEP, VABS eller ADOS.

Under vår verksamhetsförlagda utbildning på Grundlärarprogrammet har vi kunnat urskilja skillnader i vilket stöd eleverna får med läxarbete i hemmet. Utifrån dessa iakttagelser har vi valt att undersöka hur ofta eleverna uppskattar att deras föräldrar ser till att de avsätter tid för att göra sina läxor och hur det påverkar elevernas prestationer. Mycket av den tidigare forskningen tyder på att läxstöttning är väsentligt för hur eleverna presterar i skolan och att det finns stora könsskillnader i hur ofta eleverna får stöttning och också i hur eleverna presterar i skolan. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilken betydelse föräldrars engagemang och tid till läxstöttning har för elevernas prestationer och huruvida det existerar könsskillnader gällande stöttning i hemmet. Vi har frågat oss hur ofta eleverna och föräldrarna skattar att föräldrarna ser till att eleverna avsätter tid för att göra sina hemläxor.

Syfte: Syftet är att studera kommunikativa tillvägagångssätt hos ett barn med autism. Hur ser kommunikationen ut som barnet använder och möter i förskolan? Vilka möjligheter respektive hinder för den kommunikativa utvecklingen kan upptäckas i förskolan?Teori: Studien bygger på ett sociokulturellt perspektiv, grundat på Vygotskijs tankar kring lärande och hur barnet formas och utvecklas i förhållande till den kultur, samhälle och sociala kontext det omges utav. Språk och kommunikation är centralt inom valt perspektiv; att ha kontroll över språket och att använda det är en viktig funktion. Kommunikation sker i sociala situationer tillsammans med andra och är betydelsefull för lärande och utveckling.Metod: Utifrån en etnografisk ansats har information samlats genom deltagande observationer, intervjuer och samtal samt dokumentinsamling för att utforska sociala och kommunikativa förlopp.

The purpose of this study was to examine knowledge within the social services. We narrowed the study down from general knowledge to scientifically produced knowledge and how the social workers relate to such knowledge. We aimed to see how the social workers perceive different knowledge and how they relate to the different sources of knowledge. We also examined the different factors that will enable and motivate social workers to stay updated with scientifically produced knowledge that is relevant to their work. We also examined what limits the ability or motivation for renewing ones knowledge.

AbstractThis study examines factors in school that could contribute to or counteract the experience of inclusion of persons who have been diagnosed in the field of autism spectrum disorder. The information was gathered through qualitative interviews and processed to be presented in the results.The results show that respondents found it difficult to concentrate when in school because of the environment. They experienced no coherence in learning situations, they may not get answer as to why information should be carried out and saw no point to have breaks. Furthermore, they experienced no problems to orientate in school or to follow the schedule. The results also revealed that the respondents had at least one teacher with whom they felt that the relationship was positive.

In the nurse's profession ulcer care is a common nursing intervention. Being inserted in methods of treatment and updated with evidence-based knowledge is therefore an important part of the nurse's work. Chronic ulcers are expensive for health care and occupy a lot of time. Knowledge is therefore important for ulcer healing, for the patient comfort and to reduce costs. The aim of the study was to illustrate the nurse's knowledge of nursing interventions of chronic ulcer.

Master Thesis in Managing People, Knowledge and Change (BUSM18)..