In this report, a case study of conditions for Swedish language development in children of immigrant origin is presented, and its results explored. The boundaries of the case study are defined as preschool pedagogues? facilitation of Swedish language development through co-learning, in children of immigrant origin in an ethnically segregated urban area. Concepts central to the report include dialogue, second language learning and perspectives on language difficulties. For the theoretical background of the report, a basic sociocultural theorem is used, which links language as well as other areas of development to verbal interaction in a social context.

The power of news media to shape public opinion has been widely researched and acknowledged. In the globalized world of today, media representations of different ethnic groups therefore contribute to social segregation or desegregation. This thesis investigates how Spanish news media frame Spain?s most numerous minority of non-European ethnicity: the Moroccans. Using a quantitative content analysis, we have analysed about 200 news articles in the two most read Spanish online newspapers, El País and El Mundo, published during a two-year period, 2010-2012.

Den här rapporten ingår i en undersökning i syfte att optimera förstärkningsåtgärder för huvudrampen vid J-området i Kristinebergsgruvan. J-området karakteriseras av höga spänningar på grund av stort djup, bitvis mycket dåliga bergförhållanden samt en komplicerad geologi. Ökande metallpriser har gjort att brytningsvärd malm nu finns betydligt närmare huvudrampen än när denna designades. I dagsläget uppvisar huvudrampen och lokala ramper tecken på skador och brott i förstärkningen vilket leder till kostsamma omförstärkningsåtgärder. Målet med denna rapport är att undersöka rörelsezonens omfattning runt huvudrampen i Kristinebergsgruvans J-område.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the project Knitting House using art and architectural theories to question the forms of the project as well as the town planning in the area of Husby, a suburb to Stockholm. In order to stress the architectural issues in the area of Husby, the thesis examines the aim and intention of the project Knitting House. The project explores the standardized architectural form that was used and built under the Miljonprogrammet, through the years of 1960-1970 in the neighborhoods of Järvafältet. The thesis will also investigate some of the problems that arise when attempting to discuss knitting as a method used to perform Knitting House. This paper explores the relationships between public and private spaces, the areas in between them and how they interact. The claim made throughout the thesis is that Knitting House can function as a political catalyst by presenting a combined perspective of art, architecture and politics to address the social and ethnic segregation in suburbs like Husby. .

The main purpose of this Masters thesis is to examine gender division in public libraries by reviewing literature and interviewing eight public librarians and two chief librarians. The reason why we decided to investigate this topic is the lack of research concerning sex-segregation in library and information science. By choosing this subject we intend to deepen the understanding of the significance of gender both within the public library and of the occupation in general. Some researchers claim that the low status of librarianship is a result of the large proportion of women in the profession. We want to find out how our informants view the relation between professional status and female domination.

The purpose of this thesis was to study descriptions of companies on their webpages on the Internet. This was performed from a socialconstructionist point of view with focus being on subject positionings and gender. A critical discourse analysis was carried out on two texts from the webpages of two organizations on the Internet. Using the three dimensional model for critical discourse analysis by Fairclough, the discourses and subject positionings that the texts included could be revealed. The purpose of this thesis was also to point out the importance of the use of language in recruiting personnel and to hopefully encourage organizations to put effort into text production to avoid discrimination.

This Bachelor?s thesis consists of two parts; one with prefabrication (prefab) in focus and thesecond part includes detail design of a house project. These parts are linked together by designingsome parts of the house project as prefabricated.The focus section investigates how prefabrication can act time-, costs- and environmentallyeffective to a building project. This is investigated by combining literary sources with sourcesbased on reality in the shape of interviews. The result of the investigation is that prefabcould acteffectively on previously mentioned factors,if this way of building is used in a proper way.The detail design of the house started in a residential area with a new local plan in Huddinge,named Sjöängen II.

Undersökningens syfte har varit att utifrån ett föräldraperspektiv undersöka vad som avgör skolvalet. Mina huvudfrågor i arbetet har varit: Vad anser föräldrar är viktigt i frågan om skolvalet? Vilka faktorer har betydelse när föräldrar väljer skola? Hur många föräldrar väljer bort den närliggande skolan och varför? Och Vilken betydelse har det sociala rummet när det handlar om skolvalet? Min undersökning gjordes i form av kvalitativa intervjuer. Jag valde att intervjua tio föräldrar bosatta i ett bostadsområde liggande i Malmö. De har alla barn som nyligen börjat i förskoleklassen.

Denna studie baseras på en undersökning om konkurrens mellan skolor. Skolan är ständigt aktuell och något som engagerar de flesta. Syftet med denna studie är att söka förståelse för åsikterna hos ett antal lärare i Sverige rörande skolkonkurren och dess eventuella påverkan på dem i deras arbete. Studien grundar sig på en kvalitativ studie bestående av semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex stycken verksamma lärare från både fristående och kommunala skolor. Resultatet presenteras utifrån frågeställningen där vi besvarat frågorna i ordning.

The energy consumption in the sectors of residential and public buildings is 40 % of the total energy consumption in Sweden. The main part, 85 %, of the energy use in these sectors is for operation of the buildings. The rest is used in the building process. When energy-efficiency measures are taken the energy use during the operation time decreases and the fraction of energy consumption during the building time increases. This project is carried out in cooperation with JM AB and concerns the energy use during the building time of production of blocks of flats at the building site.The main part of the electricity that is used during the production of apartment buildings goes into the heating of portacabins and illumination of the building during the construction phase.

SammanfattningKandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi, Ekonomihögskolan vid Växjö universitet, ekonomistyrning, FEN 330, VT 2006Författare: Agneta Frode Blomberg och Kerstin LindströmHandledare: Stig MalmTitel: Ersättning på likvärdiga villkor ? en normativ fallstudie hur Linköpings kommun kan fördela kapitalkostnadsersättning för inventarier till kommunala och fristående grundskolorBakgrund: Kommuner har enligt skollagen skyldighet att ge en fristående skola ersättning på likvärdiga villkor som ges till de kommunala skolorna. I Linköpings kommun saknas en tydlig fördelningsprincip för kapitalkostnadsersättning för inventarier.Syfte: Att hitta en lösning för hur barn- och ungdomsnämnden i Linköpings kommun kan fördela kapitalkostnadsersättning för inventarier till kommunala och fristående grundskolor på likvärdiga villkor.Avgränsningar: Uppsatsen avgränsas till att främst hitta en lösning ur barn- och ungdomsnämndens perspektiv ? att fördela ersättningen så att skollagens krav på likvärdiga villkor uppfylls. Vidare avgränsas uppsatsens omfattning till att enbart omfatta grundskoleverksamheten.Metod: Intervjuer har skett med en politiker och två tjänstemän i Linköpings kommun.

Since a decade back in time, Sweden is officially recognised as a multicultural society. Different cultures exist side by side and the city of Malmo is one of the clearest examples of this setting. In multicultural societies, the dichotomy of ?us? versus ?them? is common, which leads to segregation and asymmetrical relations of power. The concept of intercultural education is in theory known to be able to create a position of ?us? where every culture is equally recognized and reinterpreted and thus become an alternative to the dichotomy.

In recent times the number of children and youth, that have been forced to flee to Sweden due to various circumstances, has increased. The majority of said children and youth seek refuge along with their parents. In recent years, however, the count of this mentioned group, coming separately from their parents, has gradually increased. Children in such situations are called unaccompanied children. A knowledge gap in previous research, regarding the commitment of unaccompanied children, might be filled by neighborhood attentiveness to residential care homes i.e.

The BA thesis Front Yard Gardens ? spatiality, design elements, expression and social aspects is a summary of the entrance and front yard garden phenomenon ? where the entrance is the set design and the designer is the director. The thesis touches the social context of which entrances have been and still are shaped. The various appearance of the entrance and front yard gardens throughout the history, starting with the first entrance by the edge of the wood and coming up to the front yard gardens of today, is described. It touches the present day through an analysis of some entrances and front yard gardens of modern residential areas.

This study is about different teacher?s ´conception of remedial classes and its function in Today´s School. ?A school for everyone? the utopia that all schools and teachers aspire for. All pupils, regardless of ethnic background, class, and religious affiliation should be able to go to school without being segregated and are seen as different.