Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka gymnasieungdomars perspektiv på undervisning kring främlingsfientlighet och mångkultur. I min litteraturgenomgång har jag fångat upp vad forskningen kring dessa områden menar är relevanta. Som datainsamlingsmetod valde jag att använda mig av gruppintervjuer. Sammanlagt deltog elva elever i undersökningen. Resultatet från mina gruppintervjuer diskuteras sedan mot den forskning jag presenterat i tidigare avsnitt samt mot olika gymnasieskolans olika styrdokument.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine whether the individual influence at the working place leads to the perception of decreased stress. Also I looked at whether stress and individual influence is affected by the employees age, sex or employment years. Previous research shows that individual influence decreases stress but strangely enough do the research show that individual influence seem to decrease in today?s work environment. This research is quantitative with questionnaires, answered by 74 civil servants working in a department in the municipality of Karlstad.

According to Barclay (2001), behavioral interviews yield higher quality information, than other interview techniques. This study focused on whether the quality and quantity of information differ between structured interview and behavioral interviewing. Two headhunters held 16 job interviews with the two techniques, 9 behavioral interviews and 7 structured interviews. Both headhunters and candidates have evaluated the interviews quantitatively. Initial and concluding interviews have, as well, been held with the headhunters.  No definitive answers were found in the quantitative analysis, but the qualitative results suggest that behavioral interviews give, because of the headhunters opinions, more and higher quality information.

Syftet med den här studien är att förstå och beskriva hur läsning och skrivning framträder för barn. Vi vill veta vad läsning och skrivning är, sett ur barnets perspektiv. Vår studie tar sin utgångspunkt ur fenomenologisk ansats. Genom att närma oss barns perspektiv, har vi försökt beskriva fenomen så som de framträder för barnet. För att få svar på vår frågeställning har vi valt att intervjua femåriga barn.

The purpose of this paper is to find out which portfolio theory one should use during a financial crisis. We will examine two different portfolio theorys, the Minimum Variance portfolio and the beta portfolio.We have chosen to study two different portfolios, and followed their development during the financial crisis with its start in 2008 and the IT bubble with its start in the middle of 2000.The data has been collected from OMX internet database making it quantitative study. The beta portfolio's objective is to follow the index and the Minumim Variance portfolio´s objective is to spread the risk by investing in stocks with low volatility. By following the two different portfolios, and compare the development to the index, we will be able to determine which theory is most suitable to use during a recession. The studyperiods we chose were both in a recession and it turned out that the most appropriate portfolio to use was the Minimum Variance portfolio because stock in this portfolio tends to be less sensitive to economic fluctuations..

The purpose of this essay was to sort out parents attitudes concerning children and their use of smartphones, primarily in regards to the integrity-aspect. I have studied if parents believe that their children should have smartphones, if they want to control their use, how they want to control their use and what implications this might have. I've chosen two methods for my research, one quantitative, online questionnaires, and one qualitative, semi-structured interviews. My base has been previous research in the area, to the extent it existed. My findings suggest that parents, on the whole, are positive to letting their children use smartphones but that they?d like some sort of control over their use.

I Sociologiskt perspektiv på Hästunderstödd terapi studeras hur deltagares upplevelser och effekter av Hästunderstödd terapi med någon form av psykosocial inriktning kan förstås ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv. Fyra artiklar som behandlar Hästundersstödd terapi analyseras med ett konstruktivistiskt förhållningssätt och en induktiv ansats har antagits. Resultatet av analysen ställs i relation till tidigare sociologisk forskning och sociologiska teorier som behandlar interaktion, kommunikation och relation mellan människa och djur. Resultatet mynnade i tre kategorier som står i relation till varandra. Kategorierna är: Sociala relationer, emotionell utveckling och identitetsskapande.

The aim with the study has been to get an overview of how students perceive their learning in group projects. The survey has been implemented with a quantitative questionnaire with qualitative elements during guidance. Students in grade 9 in a secondary school answered a survey study where they should take side to several proposals about learning and group work. The result shows that students in general do not find learning in group as the best learning method, but instead prefer individual learning methods when to learn new things. On the contrary, students claim that they learn best when group members not think as they but think in another direction.

Vi har gjort en kvalitativ intervjustudie med syftet att utifrån ett individualpsykologiskt och ett socialinteraktionistiskt perspektiv förstå barns uppfattningar av att lära sig att läsa och skriva. I vår vetenskapliga förankring beskriver vi dessa två perspektiv. Intervjustudien är fenomenografiskt inspirerad, vilket innebär att vi har sökt beskriva och analysera uppfattningar i vårt specifika syfte. Vi intervjuade sammanlagt åtta barn som gick i förskoleklass och i skolår 1 eller 2. För att kunna besvara våra forskningsfrågor analyserades intervjumaterialet och vi kunde urskilja ett antal kvalitativt skilda kategorier av uppfattningar.Vårt resultat visar att barnen har följande kvalitativt skilda uppfattningar av hur de lär sig att läsa och skriva: Barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa genom att ljuda, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa genom att lära sig bokstäver, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa genom att lära sig olika regler, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa genom att läsa, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att skriva genom att ljuda, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att skriva genom att lära sig bokstäver samt barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att skriva genom att lära sig olika regler.Dessutom visar vårt resultat att barnen har följande kvalitativt skilda uppfattningar av vem som lär dem att läsa och skriva: Barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa tillsammans med andra personer, barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att läsa på egen hand samt barnen uppfattar att de lär sig att skriva tillsammans med andra personer.I diskussionen resonerar vi hur vi kan förstå barnens uppfattningar utifrån ett individualpsykologiskt perspektiv och/eller ett socialinteraktionistiskt perspektiv..

Vår uppsats tar upp tre olika perspektiv på lärande, behaviorism, kognitivism ochsociokulturellt perspektiv. Vårt intresse ligger i att se vilken syn de utvalda läromedlen imatematik har på kunskap, pedagogik och elev. Som metod använder vi oss av en textanalysmed kvalitativ ansats. Genom vår analys får vi kunskap om hur de olika perspektiven pålärande kommer till uttryck i utvalda läromedel i matematik. Med hjälp av analysen kan viockså se att de tre läromedlen som vi valt ut skiljer sig åt i synen på kunskap, pedagogik ocheleven.

Purpose: To analyze and clarify differences between indie and major labels in the use of and attitude towards the Internet as a marketing and distribution channel.Method: In this study, we use mostly qualitative but also quantitative methods. Representatives from four record labels, two indie and two major labels have been interviewed, and we have also examined the companies? activities on the Internet.Conclusions: This study points to a number of differences between indie and major labels. Indie labels are generally more open to business development and innovation. As for marketing, indie labels make use of web services such as Myspace and Facebook to a greater extent than major labels.

This thesis provides the first test of the effects of ?advertising talk?, i.e. comments, discussions and opinions about advertising. Despite its prevalence quantitative research on advertising talk has been scarce and this study is thus an attempt to fill in some blanks. Hypothesizing that advertising talk will enhance consumer-perceived advertising value as well as purchase intentions and that the effects are more pronounced for talk generated by consumers as compared to marketers, I use a fictional campaign to measure responses in an experimental study.

The purpose of this master thesis is to evaluate how the current share price and market consensus affect security analysts target price and if an investor should pay any attention to it. Empirical data is primarily collected from qualitative interviews with ten security analysts but also from a quantitative e-mail survey. Our main finding is that security analysts are indeed affected by each others earnings forecasts as well as the current share price. This is not strange, it is in several aspects rational. Security analysts has often nothing to gain by standing out too much and not either by spending too much time trying to create their own opinions due to lack of time or the complexity of what is analyzed.

Even if the main purpose is to decide if the companies profitability and financial position is a determining factor for its growth, the purpose is to determine if there are any differences between big and small companies in there economical positions then they grow, in the selected industry. This thesis is mainly a quantitative study. The selected industry for the study is extraction of turf. The financial measurement that most clearly differ the growing companies from the not growing companies or the companies that didn?t change there amount of employees was the returns of the companies own capital.

The object of this essay has been to investigate the interlibrary loan service at the universitylibraries of Borås and Kalmar. For this purpose a quantitative and a qualitative methodhave been used.The main body of information consists of statistic data concerning the incoming interlendingorders for a three-month-period. In order to examine the circumstances under which theinterlending activity exists several interviews were made.The study showed that there are several important factors which together make up the complexitythat governs the interlending activity. What type of demand there is depends on theeducational level, whether the different study programmes have a broad or limited subjectorientation or not, and if the demand is of a constant or an inconstant nature. Well-establishedroutines at the information-desk and co-operation with the departments of the different studyprogrammes are important factors in keeping the knowledge of what books and serials areneeded up to date..