This Master's thesis in Library and Information Science aims to explore if personal patterns can be detected in web-searching. It is based on a study where the search sessions of nine test persons were video-recorded, transcribed into logs and analysed.A major objective was to find out whether there is a correlation between individual searchers' personal attributes and their web search behaviour. The logs were therefore compared with the test persons' results in a learning style test (Kolb's Learning Style Inventory) and with interview answers about information behaviour and personal background.While several patterns were indeed discovered, none of them turned out to be strictly personal. The nine test persons could be divided into five types of searchers: the purely analytic searcher; the generally analytic searcher; the balanced searcher; the mixed searcher and the browser. All types of searchers were found to have the attribute learning style in common.

The paper examines Philosophy with children as a pedagogical method for schools to practice. The questions I have posed are:Why philosophize with children and teenagers?How does Philosophy with children work?What, in the organized structure of the philosophical inquiry, can be emphasized as favourable for learning?How carefully is the structure of the philosophical inquiry really followed in practice?How can philosophy be applied as a pedagogical model?The theoretical framework of this inquiry consists of a discussion about a thirst for learning that exceeds the explicit and direct usability that motivates vocational training.I have used two different kinds of methods. The main method is a literary analysis of some of the literature in this field. This analysis is compared to field observations of children participating in communities of inquiry in school.The basic assumption is that practicing the ability of philosophical thinking can help children develop a more profound way of understanding who they are and how the world in which they exist works.

Syftet med denna studie Àr att visa hur pragmatiska didaktiska modeller, framförallt analys av praktiska epistemologier (PEA) och organiserande syften, kan anvÀndas för att komplettera learning study i lÀrares arbete för att utveckla matematikundervisningen. DÀrmed försöker studien svara pÄ forskningsfrÄgan: Hur kan pragmatiska perspektiv stödja lÀrares anvÀndning av learning study för att utveckla en undervisning dÀr eleverna nÄr mÄlen bÀttre? Denna frÄga besvaras genom att svara pÄ följande frÄgor: 1. Kan man visa att eleverna lÀr sig bÀttre efter Àndringarna i de tre cyklerna? 2.

Tidigare forskning har visat att positiv energi pĂ„verkar bĂ„de vĂ„rt eget och andras vĂ€lmĂ„ende. Studiens syfte var att öka förstĂ„elsen gĂ€llande begreppet positiv energi, undersöka vilka faktorer som kan ge mĂ€nniskor förhöjd grad energi och om det finns möjlighet att dra fördel av energin. Induktiv tematisk analysmetod med explorativ ansats valdes för studien. Åtta deltagare handplockades. Fyra av deltagarna skulle subjektivt uppfattas av sin vĂ€n inneha förhöjd grad energi (mer) jĂ€mfört med genomsnittet, fyra av deltagarna lĂ„g grad (mindre).

Syfte: Studiens syfte ?r att unders?ka hur undervisningen kan utvecklas med hj?lp av elevers reflektion i aktionsforskning, vilka hinder och m?jligheter som uppst?r n?r nya kulturella redskap pr?vas och inf?rs i undervisning, samt att f? en f?rst?else f?r elevernas kommunikativa processer och upplevelse av sitt intresse och sin delaktighet som kan bidra till l?rande och utveckling i NO undervisning. Teori: Studien antar ett sociokulturellt perspektiv och teori som resonerar elevers l?rande, intresse och delaktighet. Perspektivet fokuserar p? kommunikativa processer och reflektioner i l?rande utifr?n S?lj? och Illeris teorier. Det syns?ttet och perspektivet inneb?r att l?rande sker ofta ihop med andra genom deltagande i ?msesidiga aktiviteter, d?r l?rande fokuserar mest p? det sociala samspelet. Metod: Studien baserar och utg?r fr?n en aktionsforskningsansats som en kvalitativ metod f?r att unders?ka och besvara forskningsfr?gorna.

The purpose of the study was to examine how teachers and children interpreted the project and understood its values. To this end, it was necessary to focus on four defining parameters which affect the investigation: structure of pre-school project work, content and delivery, the methods used by teachers during the project, which pedagogical documentation was used (and how), and how the project determined the approach, the curriculum goals and values. Using a qualitative approach, regular unsystematic observations were made over five days, during which three teachers, two pedagogues, two pre-school teachers, and one nanny from the same kindergarten were interviewed regarding children in three age groups: 1-2 years old, 3 years old, and 4-5 years old. The results of my investigation showed that the teachers were divided on how to apply the project as a working method. Children's active role in the pre-school project varied depending on the extent to which teachers adopted children perspective in everyday practice.

The purpose of this study is to acquire knowledge about how interaction, participation and inclusion are affected by individual integration for three students in upper secondary education for pupils with learning disabilities. To be individually integrated means, in this case, that the students from compulsory school for children with learning disabilities are taking part in some of the programme-specific courses together with students from the regular upper secondary school. This study gets its inspiration from the ethnographic research approach, and uses passive observations together with interviews with students and their guardians as main methods to collect information.The school in question has not made any adjustments to make the programme-specific courses more adapted to the different needs, which is typical of integration. This study shows that the school presumes that the students with the help from the vocational teacher, but without any special needs educational help, themselves are to adapt to the conditions at the regular upper secondary school. This, together with the lack of special needs educational competence among the vocational teachers, led to a higher level of exclusion and an enhanced feeling of not being up to standard among the integrated students.The results also show that the integrated students maintain a strong wish to be included with the students attending the regular upper secondary school.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there were any differences in how first-line managers within   municipal care   rated their management leadership qualities, and structural empowerment before and after the course in "leadership, learning and improvement". The study had a quasi-experimental design and 64 managers participated. There was a significant improvement in the LaMI factor ?Achievement orientation?, after participation in the course "leadership, learning and improvement". In other factors, there was no significant difference before and after training.

The purpose of this study is to examine how adult students, studying at an upper secondary school for adults, search for information for their independent tasks in different subjects. These independent tasks are frequent in most subjects and are a part of the ?investigation-work?. For most adult students this is a new way of learning. Fifteen qualitative interviews with adult students have been conducted.

In schools, misconceptions about genetics can arise due to several factors, and the consequences of these misunderstandings can be significant. Lack of education can play a central role in the spread of misinformation about genetics. When teachers lack sufficient knowledge or do not have access to up-to-date resources, they risk inadvertently conveying inaccuracies to students. Additionally, students own preconceived notions and misinterpretations can be reinforced through interaction with their peers, creating a vicious cycle of misinformation. In this study, various misconceptions within genetics education have been identified and analyzed, while different strategies to prevent these misconceptions have been examined. The study revealed that the two most common misconceptions are the confusion between "genes" and "DNA" and the simplified perception of genetic determinism.

Syftet med denna studie Àr att studera pÄ vilket sÀtt modellen Learning Study kan anvÀndas i gymnasiesÀrskolan. Med utgÄngspunkt i variationsteorin Àmnar vi studera hur vi med lÀrandeobjektet mÄttsatsen kan utveckla kunskaper hos elever med funktionsnedsÀttningen generell utvecklingsstörning att anvÀnda den i praktiken. För vÄr datainsamling vÀljer vi metoden Learning Study. Orsaken till val av denna metod Àr att den öppnar upp ett mönster för variation som hjÀlper eleverna att lÀra sig mÄttsatsen. Den underlÀttar för eleverna att förstÄ de generella principerna kring anvÀndandet av den, det vill sÀga att mÄtten har olika storlek.

Work and health are strongly connected because people spend the most part of their adult life in a workplace. The work environment influences the fellow co-workers experience of health and learning in different ways. Accordingly the organizations influence has by doing so, created a great significance to fellow co-workers experiences. Organizational changes often create turbulence within an organization and are often experienced negatively by the fellow-co-workers even if it will give positive effects later. The aim of this study was to illuminate nurses- and assistant nurses experiences of health and learning related to organizational changes.

Det a?r inte la?ngre en fra?ga om huruvida en organisation kommer att drabbas av en kris, utan det a?r snarare fra?gan om na?r. Det har skett en utveckling inom diskursen fo?r kriskommunikation. Fokus ligger nu vid hur organisationer fo?rebygger och fo?rbereder fo?r dessa extraordina?ra ha?ndelser snarare a?n att reagera na?r krisen va?l har intra?ffat.Denna studie syftar till att vidga diskursen inom krishantering i en svensk kontext genom att underso?ka svenska myndigheter och deras fo?rma?ga att vara proaktiva na?r det ga?ller krishantering, det vill sa?ga arbeta redan fo?re en kris.

In my essay I'm studying what aspects of the school environment that influences the pupils experience of safety and what aspects that strengthens the experience of safety. I'm introducing three different dilemmas from three different places in the school environment. The three dilemmas have that in common that they focus on safety. I'm introducing the after-school centre commission according to the National Agency for Education, presenting results and theories from various researchers and authors about how you can work with safety regarding children's development and learning. My conclusion is that safety is a very important aspect when it comes to learning and for the overall development of children.

The purpose of this study is to describe the three most significant pedagogical ideas and their impact on the national curriculum from the concept of communication. As the school is a social learning community this study looks at some teachers? perceptions and experiences of teaching with a communicative approach, and the obstacles they claim to meet. The educationist Kieran Egan argue that these three pedagogical ideas are incompatible and that a curriculum that compromises them is doomed to fail. He mean that a new coherent view on education is required and should be based on students? understandings.