The purpose of this paper is to investigate, analyse and interpret the educational ideals of the ABF (Workers Educational Association) as they are understood by five members within ABF. The paper also examines how the educational ideals are represented in the national guidelines and statues of the ABF. The basic theoretical perspectives are intercultural theory and theories about Bildung and adult liberal education in a multi-cultural pedagogical environment presented by Bernt Gustavsson and Hans Lorentz respectively.The empirical study consists of five semi-structured interviews and a text study of the official documents of the ABF. The data is interpreted with hermeneutic and semiotic tools. Organisational theory focusing on organizational culture has also contributed to the study.The result of the study, when analysed in accordance to the methods, shows mainly four things.

"A thousand flowers are better than one vegetable"-         A study of the pedagogical choices of teachers of religion studies and students' attitudes towards religious educationSyftet med uppsatsen är att, genom en kvalitativ intervju, undersöka de didaktiska valen hos religionslärarna, alltså vilka delar som lärarna anser, ska ingå i religionsundervisningen, samt vad dessa val grundar sig på. Det finns redan en del skrivet kring lärarnas didaktiska val men forskningen faller när det kommer till elevernas uppfattningar kring lärarnas didaktiska val samt elevernas attityder till religionsundervisningen. Med detta som utgångspunkt har vi som blivande religionslärare också valt att fokusera på just elevernas attityder. Syftet med uppsatsen är alltså även att utifrån enkäter med de intervjuade lärarnas elever undersöka vilka attityder eleverna har till religionsämnet samt de didaktiska valen som deras lärare väljer att ta upp i religionsundervisningen. Enkätunderökningen med eleverna visar att eleverna har en positiv inställning till religionsämnet och att deras engagemang framförallt grundar sig på deras egna intressen för religionsämnet men också lärarens engagemang.

AbstractThe object of this study has been to analyze how companies within the music industry can successfully market their artists, this due to the complexity of today?s marketing environment, where technology has rapidly changed the way of communicating, and therefore contributed to a highly competitive market. The vast change of technology has resulted in several possibilities as well as difficulties breaking through, what could be seen as, a media sorl. Our purpose has been to outdo how companies market, as well as which factors that are vital, for a successful promotion of their artists. To be able to carry out our aim, we have created one key question; How can companies within the music industry market their artist to make them reach success?We have used a qualitative research approach for this study, this to be able to generate more depth concerning the chosen topic.

AIM: To investigate  newly graduated nurses opinions on their introduction and preceptorship at Akademiska Sjukhuset in Uppsala. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional study using qualitative and quantitative evaluations. Data was collected by a questionnaire containing open and closed questions. Totally 42 participants took part in the study. Data analysis was obtained using descriptive statistics, thematic analysis and content analysis.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva och kartlägga hur socialpedagoger arbetar på särskilt boende. Studien belyser hur delaktighetsbegreppet är kopplat till lärande i vardagliga situationer för personer med funktionshinder. Studien fokuserar på begreppen delaktighet och lärande samt hur socialpedagoger arbetar med detta. Frågeställningarna som besvaras är: Vad är socialpedagogernas roll på gruppboenden? Hur arbetar socialpedagoger för att få brukaren delaktig i vardagliga situationer på gruppbostäder? På vilket sätt arbetar socialpedagoger med att främja brukarens lärande i vardagsarbetet på gruppbostäder? Metoden i studien utgår från en kvalitativ ansats med grund i ett fenomenologiskt perspektiv.

Authors: Patrik Jäverbo & Jon LindheTitle: Greener on the other sideLevel: Bachelor of JournalismLocation: University of GothenburgLanguage: SwedishIn later years the strict laws and policies surrounding cannabis use have been questioned around the world by several influential leaders, among them US president Barack Obama and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan. It has been argued that the ?War on Drugs? has done more harm than good and in some American states and a number of European countries the drug have been legalized or decriminalized. Everybody does not agree however, that legalization is the best course of action and in Sweden the emotions have sometimes run high in the discussions taking place in television shows and newspapers.The purpose of this study is to examine the image media portrays of cannabis; based on the theory that mass media is an important influence on the individual and the way in which he or she views the world. To put the result into a context the Swedish media image will be compared with the one in Denmark and Norway.

"A thousand flowers are better than one vegetable"-         A study of the pedagogical choices of teachers of religion studies and students' attitudes towards religious educationSyftet med uppsatsen är att, genom en kvalitativ intervju, undersöka de didaktiska valen hos religionslärarna, alltså vilka delar som lärarna anser, ska ingå i religionsundervisningen, samt vad dessa val grundar sig på. Det finns redan en del skrivet kring lärarnas didaktiska val men forskningen faller när det kommer till elevernas uppfattningar kring lärarnas didaktiska val samt elevernas attityder till religionsundervisningen. Med detta som utgångspunkt har vi som blivande religionslärare också valt att fokusera på just elevernas attityder. Syftet med uppsatsen är alltså även att utifrån enkäter med de intervjuade lärarnas elever undersöka vilka attityder eleverna har till religionsämnet samt de didaktiska valen som deras lärare väljer att ta upp i religionsundervisningen. Enkätunderökningen med eleverna visar att eleverna har en positiv inställning till religionsämnet och att deras engagemang framförallt grundar sig på deras egna intressen för religionsämnet men också lärarens engagemang.

In this work we?ve been focusing on how to adjust educational computer games in order to make them suited for the educational context of upper secondary school. Our opinion and entrance to the study is that the related developers of the subject, in some ways, have failed to successfully combine and find the balance between the entertaining and pedagogical aspects in the games. Our main questions is which aspects in the games game developers need to take in consideration to satisfy the pupils, but also what qualities that is needed for them to function in their educational context. In order to do that we had to investigate the people of the target groups own perspective on what technological and social aspects in the computer games they assess as important.

Unga möter unga is an activity that concentrates on sexuality, coexistence and relations. The project was founded by ?Ungdomsmottagningen centrum?. Ungdomsmottagingen centrum collaborates with the University of Gothenburg in implementation. When us students of socialwork programs have our practical vocational training place during term six we get the possibility to choose to participate on this activity aside of our other practical training.

In this text I will work on three situations from my daily work as a pedagogue at preschool. The situations are about how pedagogues at preschool relate to children in difficult situations, e.g. when they pee in their pants or long for their pacifier. Those are situations which occur frequently at preschool, but they are still rarely coming up for discussions. The problem in the situations is difficult to describe which makes the essay a suitable form for me to explore and discuss it.

In this essay, I analyze the syllabus for Swedish with specific regard to literature teaching. I identify three different perspectives which carries seperate implications. First, a text-centered perspective, which tends to position the importance of the text as a part of a tradition. However, this seems to distance the reading from the reader, and place the importance of the reading event outside the student. The consequence might be that the student employs an instrumental reading which simply responds to a pre-set idea of meaning.

SammanfattningArbetets art: Uppsats i pedagogik, 41?60 poängTitel: Betydelsen av pedagogisk grundsyn i olika verksamheters kompetensutvecklingsarbete inom tre branscher.Title in English: The significance of pedagogical basic view in different organizations? competence development within three branches.Författare: Jane JohanssonPernilla RidalEva-Britt StrandHandledare: Linda Reneland-ForsmanAntal sidor: 38 sidorProblem: På vilket sätt uttrycks pedagogisk grundsyn i verksamheternas dokumentation? På vilket sätt speglas pedagogisk grundsyn i verksamheternas arbetssätt och kompetensutvecklingsinsatser? Vad finns det för likheter och/eller skillnader i verksamheternas uttryckta pedagogiska grundsyn och deras val av kompetensutvecklingsinsatser?Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att belysa hur arbetsgivares pedagogiskagrundsyn påverkar valet av kompetensutvecklingsinsatser inom tre olika branscher.Vi har i uppsatsarbetet valt att göra kvalitativt semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Två representanter från varje bransch har intervjuats. Branscherna utgörs av kommunal verksamhet, tjänste- och producerande företag. I analysarbetet har vi låtit oss inspireras av en hermeneutisk ansats när dokument och intervjutexter har tolkats.

This thesis explores how art produced in the former GDR has been looked upon, handled and exhibited after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Swedish Art History has paid little attention to art in the GDR. The debate starting in the 50s between the spokesmen for abstract art and the defenders of figuration restrained for a long period the ability to look upon art from the GDR without prejudices. This led to a rejection of all figurative art in the GDR and sweeping judgmental attitudes, like it´s all ?kitsch?.

Borderlands. A study of the aesthetic-practical environment, its pedagogical and therapeutical properties based on the outline of two practices/institutions: the workshops at Hagastiftelsen and the bookbindery at the Kristofferschool. The perspective on education, pedagogy and therapy taken is an existential one where the main aims of an educational-therapeutic intervention is to support biographical development and integrity. In the process action research in my own bookbinding workshop as well as hermeneutic research at the workshops at Hagastiftelsen where adults with autism and other neuropsychological disorders work have been the sources of primary empirical data. Secondary sources are patient-histories written by Oliver Sacks as well as autobiographical narratives of some adults with autism.

Children at the age of six, has since 1991 been allowed to start their tuition in the Swedish school system. Studies reveal that; the first school year (preschool) can be a stressful task dueto the new environment, new friendships and higher expectations.The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze how the teachers perceive their own role in the transitioning process from preschool to school. This purpose required a method of qualitative complexion and therefore qualitative interviews were used. The material is based on four interviews with four different teachers. The teachers were asked the same question considering; the transition from preschool to school from a pupil point of view, their own role in that transition and their opinions on different educational tools.