The aim of this thesis is to investigate new knowledge about how children search for library material and which strategies they use, and if the latest research gives any answers whether we should adapt systems and services or teach information seeking in a better way. In this thesis knowledge is understood as research publications but also results from projects in library practise, and studies concerning children 6 to 18 years old are included. The method used is a knowledge survey. We have gathered and evaluated documentation from different sources like citation and reference databases within the field of library and information science. The result implicates that there are, both in old and new documentation, three main search strategies children use in their search for information in a library context; they browse, they search in library catalogues and they use some sort of reference service.

För vår egen utvecklings skull så ville vi fördjupa oss inom detta område och vi har använt oss av kontakter som vi sedan tidigare hade upprättat. Avsikten med arbetet har varit att ta reda på hur vardagen för dessa pedagoger och elever ser ut. Vi har undersökt utmaningarna som finns i träningsskolan genom kvalitativa metoder, både i intervjuform och i observationsform. Undersökningens resultat visade att de utmaningar som finns är bland annat den gällande läroplanen och just den individualisering som krävs för elevernas välbefinnande. Även relationerna pedagogerna i mellan är av stor vikt.

The aim of this study was to investigate the production of knowledge that can emerge in the use of Practice Research by Mirror method. This by finding out what it is in the practical work that leads to the production of knowledge and how knowledge production takes form. The empirical data that form the basis for this study is recorded group within the Mirror method discussions and a focus group interview with social workers who participated in the discussions. Those who have participated are social workers with experience from working with financial aid support and only real cases have been used in the discussions. The results have been analyzed according to Lipsky's theory of street-level bureaucracy and their discretion and Fook and Gardner´s theory of critical reflection.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse how corporations can learn from past issues and corporate crises and to see how they use this knowledge in the management of subsequent issues and corporate crises. Furthermore, the influence of media on the possible intensification of the issue or corporate crisis, but also its impact on the company?s usage of knowledge management, was to be analysed.Method: The study was carried out through a case study method, in the hope of being able to analyze how a company makes use of knowledge management in the communication that occurs during issues and corporate crises. A semi-structured interview was conducted, with the head of public relations of the chosen company as a respondent. The purpose of the interview was to analyze the underlying factors behind a specific way of communicating.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to investigate the views Swedish elementary school teachers produce on the subject of ethics. The teachers? thoughts on selection among ethical notions is described and also how these notions are assessed. The essay proceeds from the central content and the knowledge requirement in the syllabus of religious knowledge.The empirical survey is based on qualitative scientific interviews with four teachers employed in grades 4-6 at different schools.The teachers find ethics in its current state of the syllabus hard to define and they find encounters with parents and pupils difficult in their tasks. The selection of ethics is decided by previously planned basic values education or from conflicts erupting during schools hours.

Background: Every year, 2000 persons in Sweden are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most alarming form of skincancer. Sunexposure, sunburns and tanningbed use are the most appearing causes in the development of this disease. The skin of young people is sensitive to UV-radiation and their sunbehaviour could be determinant to their future health. Purpose: To illuminate the knowledge and attitudes of adolescents towards sunexposure in the meaning to avoid the development of malignant melanoma. Method: The study was designed to be a literature review, containing scientific articles of both qualitative and quantitative approach.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att visa vad några pedagoger, vid olika tidpunkter, berättar om en högfungerande autistisk elev i grundskolan och hur de pedagoger som har mest kontakt med Alice ser på henne, hennes problem och möjligheter.   Hur förstår och förklarar pedagogerna hennes problem?   Vad berättar de om Alice i ett kognitivt, socialt och pedagogisk perspektiv?   Hur ser de på syftet med inkluderingen: Vad är målet och hur menar de att det ska uppnås? För att besvara syftets frågeställningar har jag genomfört ostrukturerade intervjuer med sex pedagoger i Alices närhet vid tre olika tillfällen där de har ombetts berätta om Alice. Pedagogernas berättelser analyseras sedan utifrån aktuell forskning och litteratur om autism, inkludering/integrering och narrativa teorier.   Några generella motiv och aspekter framträder särskilt tydligt i pedagogernas berättelser om Alice.   För det första handlar det om hur man ska tilltala och bemöta Alice. Råd om tydlighet, struktur och rak kommunikation förstås på olika sätt av olika pedagoger.   För det andra kan man se en dramaturgisk strategi hos flera av de intervjuade att förklara och dramatisera Alice problem i förhållande till hur det var tidigare och hur det kommer att bli i senare årskurser.   För det tredje syns en skillnad i hur de intervjuade beskriver och förklarar Alices problem. Några av pedagogerna ser det som ett annat sätt att tänka medan de flesta betonar den biomedicinska förklaringsmodellen.   Slutligen skiljer sig berättelserna åt genom sin beskrivning av syftet och ambitionen med integreringen av Alice och hur det ska uppnås.

Regarding school-teaching most people have had the traditional idea that the teacher is the owner of all knowledge and the student is the receiver of that knowledge. Tradition tells us that the way the student receives the knowledge has been by listening, repeating, reading and memorizing what the teacher has taught. Research about teaching from the last decades show that there are other strategies, ways, and qualitys for helping students in learning. One of those ways is by integration of different school subjects.According to research every human being creates her own knowledge based on personal experiences. Johan Krantz and Pelle Persson (2001) wrote that learning is a process with experiences, ideas and opinions.

The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge of dental erosion and the consumption habits of soft drinks among secondary school students. Differences between the sexes should also be investigated. The study consisted of 102 students, 60 women and 42 men, in the eleventh grade from a school in the south of Sweden. A questionnaire with 25 questions, divided in two parts with focus on knowledge respective consumption pattern and behaviour, was handed out and collected by the authors. The data showed that more than 50% of the participants had knowledge about dental erosion.

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa hur fyra förskollärare beskriver arbetet med att utveckla kommunikationsförmågan hos barn med autismspektrumtillstånd, utifrån förskolans läroplan.Studien utgår från följande frågeställningar:? Hur beskriver förskollärarna möjligheter och hinder i strävan mot de kommunikativa målen i förskolans läroplan när det gäller barn med autismspektrumtillstånd?? Hur genomför förskollärarna arbetet i barngruppen så att barnen med autismspektrumtillstånd stimuleras och utmanas i sin språk- och kommunikationsutveckling?? Vilken hjälp tycker förskollärarna att de själva behöver och får för att kunna sträva efter att varje barn utvecklar sin förmåga att kommunicera med andra?Metod: I studien används en kvalitativ metod. Genom halvstrukturerade intervjufrågor undersöker jag hur fyra förskollärare med egna ord beskriver sitt arbete med barn med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST). Respondenterna har flera års erfarenhet av barn med AST i förskolan. Två pedagoger arbetar på resursavdelningar och två på specialavdelningar.Resultat: Resultatet visar att förskollärarna är övervägande positiva till möjligheterna att sträva mot målen.

The study aims to describe, compare, and analyze how managers and basic staff in disability care reflects on education and competence in the organization and from an organizational context explain how the professionalization efforts can be understood at different levels of disability care. Highlighting these questions can stimulate discussion within this field when it comes to the evaluation of competence and skills of staff working with people with various disabilities, which is also sought after in society even more today. The study is qualitative and the result is based on five semi-structured interviews with managers and basic staff in disability care. The interview questions were categorized according to the concepts that are central in this essay: competence, training, professionalism and organization.The results show that there is some doubt about what a higher competence of personnel in direct contact with the users would mean. Among the basic staff uncertainty seems to be highest.

Purpose:To concretize the various factors on students' theses that are perceived valuable and can contribute to corporate profitability. In our investigation, we want to strengthen the understanding of a "win-win-situation" of cooperation between students and businesses.Methodology:In this study, we have chosen a qualitative approach in which five personal interviews with various organizations that are active in a knowledge intensive industry. A semi-structured questionnaire was used in our interviews.Theory:Our theoretical framework has two broad areas. Introductory chapter is based on theories of research development in Sweden with theories that emphasize the value of collaboration and knowledge. The second chapter deals with a theoretical outlook on value and how this can be applied in marketing.Conclusion:The study shows a diversity of values within three broad categories.

This study aims to examine the regard paid to the use of Assistive Technology (AT) when assessing the knowledge of Year 9 pupils with dyslexia in the subject Swedish. A starting point was to examine the knowledge of a group of teachers in the areas of dyslexia and AT. The issues then developed as to which AT a dyslexic pupil is allowed to use in an assessment situation and how the use of these tools affects the assessment. There was an examination of the guidelines that the teacher group can use as support when assessing the knowledge of dyslexic pupils on the basis of AT. The method used was qualitative semi-structured interviews.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to investigate the views Swedish elementary school teachers produce on the subject of ethics. The teachers? thoughts on selection among ethical notions is described and also how these notions are assessed. The essay proceeds from the central content and the knowledge requirement in the syllabus of religious knowledge.The empirical survey is based on qualitative scientific interviews with four teachers employed in grades 4-6 at different schools.The teachers find ethics in its current state of the syllabus hard to define and they find encounters with parents and pupils difficult in their tasks. The selection of ethics is decided by previously planned basic values education or from conflicts erupting during schools hours.

This literature study assembles current knowledge about CODD (Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis). The aetiology of this disease is not completely known and to obtain a manageable overview, this study aims to summarize the knowledge from published studies and shed light on the subject. Search for literature on the subject has been made in the Web of Knowledge, PubMed and Google Scholar, and has been compiled in this paper. Footrot and ovine interdigital dermatitis are differential diagnosis of CODD and they possibly have a common role in the emergence of CODD. Several studies have drawn parallels to bovine digital dermatitis.