Syftet med studien är att undersöka vad pedagoger på olika förskolor har för syn på barns lärande i utomhusmiljö, betydelsen av utomhusmiljöns utformning och pedagogens närvaro i utomhusleken. Studien är kvalitativ och baseras på semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio pedagoger som är verksamma inom förskolan. Resultatet av studien visar att samtliga pedagoger betraktar utomhusmiljön som en viktig arena för barns lärande. Pedagogerna lyfter fram att det är viktigt att vara lyhörd för barns önskemål och behov vad gäller material till miljön. Det finns en medvetenhet hos pedagogerna att barnen behöver närvarande vuxna i leken för att ge stöd, stimulans och utmaningar som leder till utveckling i lärandet.

This study examined constructions of horses and means staff working with horses parallel to therapy in institutional care ascribes to horses. A narrative method was used and the theoretical framework was social constructionism. A question was asked to the narratives: How can practice in institutional care be understood through these stories? The result showed different pictures of institutional care. Horses seem to provide a multi-faceted therapeutic tool.

The shopping mall branch has estimated that the turnover of e-commerce will double within the upcoming ten years (NSCS, 2013). The growth can thus stop for shopping malls and there is a risk that some shopping malls end up being "dead-malls", completely losing their turnover.The thesis starts off with presenting the background for the factors of trade, i.e. e-commerce and shopping malls.This is followed by a presentation of which integration possibilities there are in Sweden today and by examples from the British market. Thereafter follows a section on integration possibilities that shopping malls can use in order to integrate e-commerce instead of regarding it as a threat. This can be done in several ways, e.g.

Tail-biting in pigs is an animal welfare issue and in Sweden during 2002 the producers lost tree million Swedish crowns because of tail biting. This economic loss depends on the pigs which are discarded at slaughter because of tail biting. Tail biting can be separated into two stages, "pre-injury" and "injury". The aim of this study is to investigate if tail biting depends on environment or genetic background.A lot of research on the environments effects on the behaviour of pigs but not so much on the genetic effects has been performed. The frequency of tail biting in pig farms influence among others of environment enrichment, ventilation, gender and breed of the pig.

Since energy simulations are used to verify that projected residential buildings will reach the current energy requirements it is important that the results are reliable.This report investigates the extent of uncertainty in energy simulations, estimates the causes of the uncertainty and its economic and environmental consequences.The method used in this report is based on three validation methods; empirical validation, analytical validation and comparative validation. The analysis was carried out for five multi-family dwellings in Uppsala with installed meters for energy measurements. One of these objects, Klockarlunden, was studied in more detail than the others.The results show that the deviations are between 10 and 29% for the studied objects, which means that the uncertainty is estimated to be at least 29%. All simulations underestimate the buildings need of energy. The simulation for Klockarlunden can predict the energy consumption to be within the range of 46-98 kWh/m2year with 90% confidence level based on the current uncertainty.

The school is under constant change and school reform on the conveyor belt. In 2009 the Swedish government introduced new directives for the elementaryschool, including multi-national sample, written testimonials from grade one and grade with several grades rose from grade six. The purpose of this study is to examine currently active primary teacher perceptions of the pupils' learning and development might be affected by those earlier and clearer knowledge assessments, and how teachers perceive this reform on the basis of the Swedish school's motto "a school for all". The study was carried out with a phenomenological approach where the method has been depth interviews with five active primary teachers from grades one to six in a school. The results show that teachers perceive that the earlier and clearer assessments will affect students differently according to student performance and knowledge.

This master thesis is based on a general issue of quality in social services. I have chosen to illustrate through an empirical case, namely the position social responsibility coordinator and shortened SAS.This position is fairly new to the Swedish social services and has the overall mandate to monitor, develop and ensure quality.To study this, I have developed two analytic schemes. One is based on the concept of quality value components, the second is based on the concept of quality character components. These analytical schemes are used as the presented material. When I study mycase, I have used two methods, documents and questionnaires.In this study I will try to describe how new solutions to improve the quality of social services can conform and develop.

This hermeneutic case study examines how and why an insurance company?s output has been affected by a CEO-succession. The authors pay specific attention to three activities; changes in personnel and organization structure, handling of media and change in customer focus. It is shown that the CEO was able to influence the company?s activities and this discretion was primarily created through her relational capacity.

This hermeneutic case study examines how and why an insurance company?s output has been affected by a CEO-succession. The authors pay specific attention to three activities; changes in personnel and organization structure, handling of media and change in customer focus. It is shown that the CEO was able to influence the company?s activities and this discretion was primarily created through her relational capacity.

Denna studie undersöker hur idrottsföreningar från de två, publikmässigt största sporterna i Sverige, fotboll och ishockey, arbetar med sina medie- och kommunikationskanaler. Med det menar vi hur idrottsföreningarna använder sig av den nya tekniken som sociala medier och andra mediaformer för att utveckla sina föreningar och deras matcharrangemang. Är klubbarna interagerade med sociala medier som Facebook, YouTube och Twitter eller använder de sig av andra mediaformer som videoklipp, ljudfiler med mera? Hur försöker klubbarna locka publik till sina matcher och på vilket sätt arbetar de med sin arena och matcharrangemang? Vi tycker denna undersökning är intressant för att den är aktuell och berör ett ämne som det inte skrivits om i någon större utsträckning..

Syftet med studien ?r att f?rs?ka f? f?rst?else f?r hur barn beskriver lek och l?rande i fritidshemmet utifr?n barn som respondenter genom intervju som metod. Studien f?rs?ker att ta reda p? vad barn beskriver n?r de l?r sig n?r de leker, hur barn reflekterar om varf?r de leker samt hur vi utformar ett fritidshem f?r framtiden utifr?n v?r kunskap och f?rst?else kring barns erfarenheter av lek. Studien kommer fram till att barns upplevelser av l?rande i leken r?r sig kring utvecklingen av mjuka f?rm?gor och att leken ?r en arena f?r demokrati.

The current debate regarding organizational strategies for sustainabledevelopment is influenced by the theory of global governance. Decentralizedstructures of the global society are taken to use in the realization of a sustainabledevelopment. New roles of transnational networks and partnerships raisesquestions of the ability of global governance to co-ordinate and implement longtermsolutions without assistance from centralized and hierarchic structures basedon government. The aim for this thesis is to illustrate the current conditions forwell-functioning networks of sustainable development and examine therelationship between global governance and government. Issues of participation,decision making and compliance are examined by a case study of the Marrakechprocess, a global process to support the implementation of sustainableconsumption and production.

Title: ?When The Line Between Transmitter and Receiver Blurs? ? A Study of how organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media toolNumber of pages: 49 (51 including enclosures)Author: Ida Hansson KällTutor: Cecilia StrandCourse: Media and Communication Studies D 30hpPeriod: Spring 2010University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Informatics and Media,Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to study how five organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media tool.Material/Method: A qualitative method has been used. Five interviews as primary sources have been conducted with representatives from each organization.Main results: The main results of the study is that organizations have to integrate social media as part of their external communication plans in order to face and respond to their surroundings in a new interaction and multi-way communicative platform. Results also show that organizations are well aware of the importance of making use and participate in social media.Keywords: blogs, external communication, facebook, respond to the environment, social media.

År 1987 trädde en ny byggnadslag i kraft, Plan- och bygglagen(PBL). I och med den nya lagen minskade kommunens och byggnadsnämndens kontroll av projekteringshandlingar och besiktningar ute på arbetsplatsen. Efter lagändringen beror den slutgiltiga kvaliteten på en byggnad i större utsträckning på byggherrens och entreprenörernas egenkontroll. P.g.a. olika intressekonflikter inom kommunen, och att det kan förekomma starka kopplingar mellan byggherre och entreprenör, är det inte alltid självklart att kommunens tillsyn vid nybyggnation gällande till exempel egenskapskrav på energihushållning och värmeisolering utförs tillfredsställande.Med ovanstående i åtanke undersökte vi fyra flerbostadshus, två i Värnamo kommun samt två i Kristianstad.

En kommun är ett visst territorium inom Sveriges gränser som har en självstyranderätt inom vissa speciella områden. Kommunfullmäktige är kommunens högsta beslutande organ och består av politiskt valda personer som representerar politiska partier. De regler som bestämmer vad en kommun får göra kallas den kommunala kompetensen. Syftet med uppsatsen var att ta reda på mer om kommuner, reda ut inom vilka gränser de får agera och analysera mitt huvudexempel, Coop Arena - affären. Metoden för skrivandet av denna uppsats har varit den klassiska juridiska, vilket innebär studier av lagtext, doktrin och rättspraxis.