The aim of this study is to research images of the academic world that is presented, incorporated and reproduced within the frames of the mentorship in the basic level. Can these images derive to the view upon science as a traditionally male area? Is mentorship gendered? Can the mentorship on the basic level be viewed upon as a milestone of a academic career where men and women have different opportunities to succeed?By interviewing seven mentors, working in a social sciences institution in a larger Swedish university, I have come to the conclusion that knowledge is coded male and that this affect mentors mental images of what male and female students are expected to do. The male student represent the scientist, while the female student represent what the scientist is not.Depending on the work of, among others, Kerstin Norlander, Dorothy Smith and Eva Erson I have come to view upon the university as a patriarchal organisation witch produces knowledge based upon male values, experiences and concepts. This precludes the female within this organisation from relating to the knowledge she is supposed to incorporate.

This study was commissioned by the Västerbotten sports federation, whocalled for an overview of the policies that the municipalities inVästerbotten work after in the field of sport. The study aimed to identifysports policy programs or documents that have been produced by themunicipalities, and how they work with them. Furthermore, the studyhighlights the municipality?s politicians reasoning aboutsport andrecreation-sector,and how their sport policy-work was practiced. The datacollection was based on seven interviews and document-collections fromthe 15 municipalities.

Detta är en kvantitativ uppsats, baserad på en surveyundersökning där vi på ett explorativt sätt försöker ta reda på eventuella skillnader utifrån olika sociala faktorer som tradition, målmedvetenhet och ekonomi. Gruppen vi undersöker är studenter som läser antingen fristående kurs eller program på Kristianstad Högskola. I denna enkät använde vi oss av fyra bakomliggande variabler som bestod av kön, ålder, vilken studieform respondenten för tillfället läste och huruvida respondenterna hade föräldrar med högskola eller universitetsbakgrund. För att utföra en bivariat analys användes Chi två test för att hitta eventuella statistiska skillnader mellan grupperna. Vi testar våra hypoteser genom att selektivt använda oss av frågorna och påståendena från enkäten tillsammans med resultaten från de bivariata analyserna.

Recent studies indicate that teaching the theory of evolution in Swedish secondary schools is not as uncontroversial as expected considering that Sweden is often described as one of the World?s most secularzied countries. A recent study indicates that Swedish teachers have a varity of tactics to avoid coming in conflict with their students or even parents of students that believe they have a rightto dictate how evolution should be taught. This study had fourmain aims; the first being to analyse both the previous curriculum and the new to see how the teaching of evolution is adressed, and if any changes have been made in the curriculum. The second being to look into how teachers interpret the curriculumand if they have noticed any changes in the new curriculum which have had an affect on their teachingmethods? The third being if teachers have met resistance when they teach evolution and the origins of life, and if so, how do they deal with these conflicts? The fourth and final aim of this study was to see if instances of conflict are on the rise as indicatedin the literature.The results of this study indicate that there has been no siginificant changes made in the curriculum with the exceptionthat the new curriculum is more clear and precise as to what teachers are expected to teach and that pseudoscience, such as intelligent design, has no place in science classroomsexcept when teachingthe philosophy of science.

There are lots of theories about participatory democracy, but rather few examples of how to create it in practice. In the 1930´s, scientists at the Chicago School, implemented some projects within the Chicago Area Project, with the aim to decrease the youth delinquency in the socio disadvantaged areas surrounding Chicago. In this thesis, I assess wether these projects, and in particular the one at the Russell Square Area, have some common features with the thoughts of two of the most famous participatory democrats, Carole Pateman and Benjamin Barber. My question is if the Chicago Area Project could be seen as an experiment in participatory democracy. I find that participatory democrats could benefit from the experiences of the Chicago Area Project.

Detta examensarbete har till syfte att lyfta fram den skapande förmågan hos eleven i bildundervisning på gymnasiets estetiska program för att förstå hur man som lärare kan hjälpa eller stjälpa elevens förmåga till eget skapande. Skapande förmåga tillhör de centrala kompetenser som lyfts fram i skolverkets skrivelser i det inledande avsnittet om skolans uppgifter för ämnet bild. Jag har genom två undervisningsförsök och två intervjuer av lärare inom ramen för ämnet bild undersökt hur jag som pedagog kan påverka den skapande förmågan hos eleven. I mina litteraturstudier ges exempel på hur pedagogen kan främja lärandet och skapa förutsättningar som främjar skapande förmåga. Både resultat från undervisningsmetoderna och intervjuerna pekar mot att det finns metoder och strategier i undervisningen som kan påverka den skapande förmågan hos eleven; att som lärare exempelvis ge eleverna ?redskap?, sätta tydliga ramar och skapa goda relationer..

Bakgrunden till denna studie är att skoldebatten är het och vikten av att ha bra lärare nämns ofta. Hur är då en bra lärare? Studiens syfte är att få kunskap om hur en bra lärare är enligt gymnasieelever och se om elevernas svar överensstämmer med vad tidigare forskning säger. Jag ville även se om det fanns några större skillnader i svar mellan elever i ettan jämfört med de som går i trean. Metoden för undersökningen var kvalitativ i form av enskilda intervjuer med 22 elever på studieförberedande program.

Folkhälsovetenskapligt program.

The invasive species raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is currently under establishment Sweden and it is vital to discover invading individuals to prevent colonization. The use of wildlife cameras to discover dispersing raccoon dogs have been implemented in the north-European raccoon dog management program. In this study, I test the ability of four commercially available scent lures to attract raccoon dogs to camera stations. The study was conducted in the Åland Islands where raccoon dogs are abundant and the results could improve the effectiveness of the camera stations used in the program. I used 12 sites with five camera stations in each and tested the four lures and one control with no lure in each site.

This report is an attempt to clarify how religious and non-religious views-of-life [livsåskådningar] are created through the collaboration and opposition of religious and scientific elements/ideas. This with the hope of reaching a fruitful result related to the solution of world-view related conflicts, such as the ones existing between science and religion, on an individual and societal level.This is accomplished with the help of two assertions: (1) Mankind has a need to explain its existence and surroundings. (2) Religion and science has their origins in the same seed and aim to serve the same purpose, or function. Together these two assertions lay the theoretical foundations of this report which implies that all humans have an innate need of sustaining a stable world-view.The result of this report is that a final solution to world-view related conflicts are beyond reach as our mental and physical nature limits us. However there are strategies for minimizing world-view related conflicts effect on society..

SAMMANFATTNING Elever som går Estetiskt program med inriktning animation, har flyttat till Eksjö från hela landet eftersom det är riksintag. Hur går det då för dessa elever som ger sig iväg hemifrån redan vid 15-16 års ålder? En del flyttar långt, och har bara möjlighet att åka hem under de längre loven. Andra behöver inte flytta lika långt och kan utan problem åka hem varje helg. Under min praktik på Eksjö gymnasium såg jag att flera av dessa elever har problem med sin situation. Kan det vara deras separation från hemmet och den stora omställning detta kan föra med sig, som var orsaken till problemen? Finns problemen i större utsträckning hos de elever som flyttat ?långt? jämfört med dem som flyttat ?kort?? Kanske finns det andra orsaker till problemen. Det kanske kan vara så att en del elever ser en chans att komma hemifrån genom att söka ett program med riksintag, vilket kan betyda att man inte har det genuina intresset för detta program.

The objective for this Master?s thesis is to study literary programs for infants at six Swedish public libraries, their relevance and importance for infants and how the infant?s perspective in the program design and implementation is taken into consideration. The questions I pose are: In which way do the programs take the infants need for development and their literary prerequisites into consideration? Which functions can the programs have for infants? I have used a qualitative method, based on deep interviews with six library staff, working with literary programs. A model was developed based upon Daniel Stern?s theories of the interpersonal world of the infant together with Joseph Appleyard?s reading development theory.

The Swedish Library Classification System, known as the SAB-system, can be viewed as a product of the cultural and social norms and values in Sweden during the time in which it was created and subsequently reviewed. The main purpose of this master?s thesis is to examine the archaeology section J in the SAB-system, in order to observe if values and norms within this discipline had any impact on the Swedish Library classification system. Our intention is therefore to verify any correspondence between the choice of topics and hierarchical structure of that section, and the values and norms that ruled the Swedish society during the 20th century at large but with particular emphasis to the academic discipline of Archaeology. At the present, Archaeology is often disputed as a value-free interpretive science.

The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the phenomenon that there are so many young people placed in institutions in Sweden despite the valuable knowledge regarding the problems and risks of doing so. The questions that follow in the essay were what guided the social workers to choose institutional placement for youngsters. It went on to also ask if this knowledge could contribute to an increased understanding of why there were so many young people placed in institutions despite the criticism from scientists. To accomplish the goal of the essay, former science in the subject was reported and six social workers within social services were interviewed. The material of the interviews was analyzed with help from the theory of human service organizations, street-level bureaucrats work situation and the new institutionalism.The result of the investigation showed that the social workers choices to place young people in institutions is guided by specific work and organizational factors connected with a belief in the helping function of the surroundings.

Sammanfattning Kristina Adolfsson Anna Thelander Vad ska du bli när du blir stor? Maj 2006 Det finns många faktorer som påverkar elevers val av yrken och studier. Idetta examensarbete har vi velat ta reda på hur eleverna själva anser sig ha blivit påverkade till detta val. Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar och har betydelse i valet till eftergymnasiala utbildningar för elever som går ett studieförberedande program på gymnasiet. Vi ville också ta reda på vad de värderar som viktigt i kommande yrkesrollsamt vikten av studievägledning de fått innan sitt val. I vår undersökning har vi använt oss av kvantitativ metod och gjort en enkät undersöking bland avgångselever på de studieförberedande programmen på en gymnasieskola. Litteraturgenomgången utgåt från frågeställningarnas olika områden.