Vårt syfte med detta examensarbete var att utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv undersöka i vilken utsträckning eleverna i skolåren 7-9 fick tillägna sig matematik genom dialog. Vi har använt oss av metoderna observation och intervju. Observationerna har vi utfört i två olika skolor hos fem pedagoger inom ämnet matematik. Resultatet av observationerna visade att eleverna fick tillägna sig en mycket liten del av matematik- kunskaperna genom användandet av det matematiska språket. Utifrån detta resultat utformade vi en kompletterande intervju som utfördes på tre av dessa pedagoger.

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att genom en teoretiskt informerad empirisk undersökning skapa förståelse för vad som anses maskulint/feminint bland verkstadsarbetande män samt hur dessa betydelser konstrueras. För att uppnå vårt syfte valde vi att använda en kvalitativ metod. Empirin samlades in genom deltagande observation och samtal med verkstadsarbetande män på en enkönad arbetsplats, för att sedan analyseras utifrån de teman vi fann kring maskulinitet och femininitet. Vi kom fram till att de verkstadsarbetande männen i mångt och mycket konstruerar vad som skulle kunna ses som traditionellt västerländsk maskulin identitet - men att också motsägelser finns. Utöver detta konstrueras även femininitet - trots att inga kvinnor är närvarande..

This study intends to investigate the experiences of labeling on people with a ADHD diagnos and how individuals with an ADHD diagnosis handles labeling. In today's society normality is is something that is pursued and the individuals that do not meet the normality are perceived as deviant. The study is conducted with a qualitative method and is based on three autobiographies where individuals with an ADHD diagnosis writes about their life. The study deals with postmodern constructivism which is explaining that the normalization and deviances are constantly changing, both depending on time and context. The results and analysis of this study are presented under three main headings that are related to the study's research questions.

Detta är en uppsats om lärares syn på målstyrningen vid två skolor samt hur de uppfattar att eleverna uppnår de uppsatta målen. Undersökningen utfördes som en kvalitativ enkätstudie. Resultatet visar att många lärare uppfattar att målen är otydliga vilket resulterar i att de tolkas olika. Angående hur man mäter att eleverna uppnår målen blev resultatet att det finns en mängd olika metoder att tillgå som till exempel loggbok och observation. En tydlig skillnad fanns i svaren bland dem som hade lång arbetslivserfarenhet gentemot den som hade minst arbetslivserfarenhet.

Mitt syfte är att få ökad förståelse för vad drama kan bidra med för förskolebarns lärande. Den empiriska delen i studien har genomförts på den förskola där jag gjorde min senaste verksamhetsförlagda utbildning till lärare för tidigare år, vilket omfattar förskolan och upptill skolans tredje år. Barnen som deltog i mina dramaaktiviteter var mellan tre och fem år. I studien har jag använt insamlingsmetoder av kvalitativ karaktär som observation, samtal/intervju och barnens bilder som jag tillsammans med barnen förde ett samtal kring. Resultatet visar att barnen genom dramaaktiviteterna utvecklade sin fantasi och nyfikenhet och därigenom sitt lärande.

Workbooks are used and has been used for a long time in teaching context with younger children. Given that children start grade 1 after one year of preschool, I will in my study examine what type of activities that are presented in textbooks used for teaching younger children in pre-school and school grade 1. The purpose of the study is, through a selection of published skill-training materials investigate its pedagogical basic view related to reading and write form of education in pre-school and school grades 1. In line with the aim of the study and to answer the study questions, a qualitative text analysis and pictures analysis was carried out. The result shows that there are more similarities in content than the forms of the textbooks, there are assumptions about language as well as how images should be interpreted in a right way.

The intention with the study is to describe the home and life conditions for boys at the age range between 13 to 18 year, who has been under custody according to the § 2 LVU.The empiric is 21 real court cases, judged in Stockholm and to Stockholm counted surround-ings 2006, in which the range of the boys were representative.A text analyze method is used to execute the study. The study penetrates the life situation of the caregiver and how their situation affects the boy and the boys actions.The total conclusion of the study, based on an ecological evolution perspective, is that life-situation of the caregiver affects the boys and the boys actions.The boys are affected negatively by the situation of their caregivers, and according to the study, the boys have established own problems, like difficulties in school, criminality, or other psychological diagnoses. They are also often exposed to physical or psychological violence by the caregiver. Additionally the conclusion is that the caregiver neglect the boys in many other ways, prior themselves and their needs before the boys..

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate the factors of children?s voluntarily reading in their spare time. We also want to know if the children choose non-fiction books for their voluntarily reading. The method as well as the empirical basis of this study is qualitative, with interviews of twenty-eight children in ages between 9 and 12 years. We conducted nine interviews with 3?4 children in each group.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate the factors of children?s voluntarily reading in their spare time. We also want to know if the children choose non-fiction books for their voluntarily reading. The method as well as the empirical basis of this study is qualitative, with interviews of twenty-eight children in ages between 9 and 12 years. We conducted nine interviews with 3?4 children in each group.

The aim with this study is to achieve an increased understanding and knowledge about terrorist groups. The factors that the study come to be focused around is the groups' objectives, their organization, which enemies they have and with which means that they use for there terrorism. In order to respond to this aim the four different terrorist groups, Colombian revolutionary armed forces (FARC), Baskien - our native country and our freedom (ETA), red Army fraction (RAF) and al Qaida is studied.To achieve the aim of this study the methods qualitative text analysis and comparative method is being used. It is designed also within the framework of this study a categorization model that is used as method in order to do a division of the studied groups based on their objective, enemies, organization and means. The model is also constructed to be used in order to analyze others terrorist groups than these current groups.The result of the study is presented in the categorization model on page 32 in the essay..

The aim of this study is to examine the collection One Thousand and One Nights (also: The Arabian Nights) from a european perspective, by comparing different european translations. The study focuses on three translations into Swedish from different periods of time and how the tales have changed in the translation process - depending on the prevailing line of approach and Western perceptions of Eastern standards. The thesis of the study is that Eastern culture, from a Western perspective, has been seen as exotic and different but not as a high literary culture and that this view has affected the translations into european languages. The study shows, among other things, that Western culture is many times considered normative in the translations and that the translators often give their own voices a prominent role, also that common Western notions of the East affects the translations.The word ?orientalism? is used frequently in the study and it refers primarily to the image of the Orient as it is described in Edward Saids' book Orientalism: as a Western construction whose main purpose is to strengthen its own conception of the Orient and thereby strengthen the Western identity as better than the Orient.

The purpose of this study was to examine earnings quality and earnings management in U.S. ex-post failed firms. A quantitative study was made, using the Modified Jones Model, to identify abnormal accruals up to six years before bankruptcy. 9 003 continuing firms and 187 bankrupt firms, active sometime between 1990 and 2010, were examined. The study concludes that U.S.

The purpose of this study is to provide a longitudinal examination, within grocery retailing, of four marketing tools and their impact on enhancing customer loyalty. The study examines whether the relationship between the four marketing tools and customer satisfaction has a positive effect on attitude and behavior loyalty. The findings from this study show that the marketing tools have not helped enhancing loyalty between 2004 and 2007. Between these years, service quality has the most affect on loyalty. Self-scanning as an effective marketing tool could be questioned, the relation in this study is not supported.

The Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) has for a long time often been labeled a populist political party. It has however not been the subject of in-depth study to what extent the party really is populist. A study on whether the party and its supporters fulfill the criteria that a social science definition of populism would stipulate is therefore needed, in order to establish accurately whether the party is populist.    The definition used in my study accentuates three qualities that specify populist organizations: an antagonistic attitude against prevailing power structures, demands for increasing democratic influence and advocating a certain people?s rights ahead of others.The qualitative analysis of documents central for the party shows that it fulfills all of the criteria illustrated in the definition that is the basis of my study.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur pedagoger i Kalmar och Karlskrona kommun arbetar med drama och hur de synliggör genus i dramaarbetet. Genom att använda enkäter försökte vi bilda oss en uppfattning om pedagogernas tankar och syften med drama, om de använder sig av drama samt vad de anser inkluderas i en dramaverksamhet. Enkäten riktade sig även på genus, där pedagogernas syn på flickor och pojkar kunde synliggöras. Samtliga förskolor ansåg att det inte förekom någon skillnad mellan pojkar och flickor i deras dramaverksamhet. Tre förskolor observerades för att ge ytterligare djupare förståelse i ämnena genus och drama.