Our curiosity was awakened when we became aware that many social workers use "mindfulness" methods in their profession. In this study, we used qualitative methodology in our desire to examine and understand why the mindfulness approach, with its roots in eastern philosophy, is becoming established in society at large and, simultaneously, being used in the social work field. We were interested in when and why social workers choose to use mindfulness with their clients. Our prior research has revolved around development and use of methods in social work, and on the human reaction to stress.We conducted seven semi-structured interviews, which incorporated four comprehensive questions:1. Why has the mindfulness method become established in the social work field and in the culture in general?2.

Vi har funnit att den sociala identiteten har förändrats på Banverket Projektering i och med organisationsförändringen, och att coaching haft inverkan på detta. Vidare har framkommit att det förekommer gråzoner inom coachingverksamheten. Gråzonerna kan motverkas genom social identitetscoaching. Social identitetscoaching bygger på utvidgad och koncentrerad gemenskap, utbyte av åsikter och trygghet för de anställda..

Föreliggande uppsats syftar till att undersöka heterosexuella arbetarklassmäns föreställningar om och attityder gentemot homosexuella mäns och kvinnors genusöverskridande. Eventuella föreställningar och negativa attityder kring detta innefattas i begreppet homofobi som titeln antyder att uppsatsen handlar om. Dessa aspekter av homofobi kopplas i sin tur till maskulinitetsskapandet inom en specifik klassmässig kontext. Empirin består av intervjuer med fem män inom denna klassmässiga kontext. Materialet har analyserats med hjälp av Faircloughs version av den kritiska diskursanalysen och tolkats utifrån teorier om genus, sexualitet, maskulinitet och klass från bland andra Yvonne Hirdman, Judith Butler, Michael Kimmel, R.W Connell, och Pierre Bourdieu.

Min hypotes är att Gefle Baptistförsamlingen borde vara en arbetarförsamling. Mitt huvudsyfte är att göra en Social klassificering av Gefle Baptistförsamling vad gäller klass, kön och ålder. Ett annat syfte är att undersöka vad Gefle Baptistförsamling ansåg vara viktig information om sina medlemmar samt att undersöka om vilka medlemmar som blev uteslutna från församlingen och varför. Klassificeringsschemat har hämtats från Sven Lundkvist och tillägg på schemat har gjorts av mig själv och Udd. Arbetarklassen utgjorde liksom kvinnorna en stor majoritet i församlingen, medan styrelsen utgjordes av män, troligen från medelklassen.

Syftet med vårt examensarbete var att studera elevers uppfattning om hur lärarens uppmärksamhet i form av samtal, tillsägelser och hjälp fördelas mellan flickor och pojkar i klassrummet. Vid den empiriska undersökningen har vi använt oss av enkät, intervjuer och observationer. Undersökningen genomfördes i två skolklasser, en klass med elever i årskurs 3 och en ålderblandad klass med elever årskurs 1-3, vid två skolor i Luleå kommun. Enkäten genomfördes med sammanlagt 30 elever, varav 15 flickor och 15 var pojkar. Intervjuerna har genomförts med två klasslärare.

Lately, alarming reports have appeared regarding the work environment and work situation of social workers. Research focusing on the promotion of health and well-being in the workplace among other professionals show that factors such as social relationships, ability to influence their work situation and leadership are important. A quantitative study was conducted focusing on the work climate for social workers employed by some of the district administrations in the City of Malmö. A questionnaire with questions and statements on various factors in the work environment was sent to 34 social workers. They were asked how important these factors were for their well-being, as well as to what extent they felt that these factors were present at work.

Ämnesområdet för denna uppsats är barns fritid. Syftet är att undersöka hur barn i tredje klass i Fagersta disponerar sin fritid och vilka önskemål de har om ytterligare mötesplatser med andra barn. De frågeställningar som ligger till grund för arbetet med uppsatsen är: Vad gör barn i årskurs tre i Fagersta på sin fritid? Finns det skillnader mellan flickors och pojkars aktiviteter? Finns det skillnader mellan olika skolområden vad gäller barnens aktiviteter? Finns det, enligt barnen själva, bra mötesplatser i Fagersta? Har barnen själva önskemål om ytterligare mötesplatser?Undersökningen är en så kallad totalundersökning, där samtliga barn i tredje klass i Fagersta har ombetts att svara på frågor om sin fritid. Den metod som använts är kvantitativ med kvalitativa inslag; en enkät med både slutna och öppna frågor.

To log on to social media has become an obvious part of people's everyday routine. Pictures, videos, opinions, and thoughts are posted and read by people's social networks worldwide. In doing so, the present study chose to examine whether what is posted on social media, as well as what the individuals are exposed to on social media can be related to their motivation and self-esteem. By letting 117 adolescents aged 16-19 answer a questionnaire regarding which social media they are active on, how often they are active there, and what they post on those social medias. By also letting them evaluate how they see themselves, if they compare themselves with others and how motivated they are to physical activity and healthy eating habits, we could see that to those who post pictures, and are exposed to images represent exercise / health on social media have higher self-esteem and driven more by internal motivation to engage physical activity than those who do not.

The aim of this thesis was to examine how a coordinator at a social welfare project in support of job seekers, achieve results in his efforts to reduce the number of clients with social assistance. The method of data collection was a mixture of open thematic interviews and semi- structured interviews with open questions. The coordinator was interviewed four times during the length of the project. In addition, two of his clients were interviewed. The data also includes a report from the relevant social services and other documents such as newspaper articles.

Social work has gone from being a primarily philanthropic issue to becoming an academic discipline at university level. To ensure its legitimacy social work must be founded on, and developed through scientific research and documented experience. The purpose of this essay is to review the various arguments on social work in order to evaluate their impact on education, which in turn affects students. In addition, it will demonstrate how different forms of knowledge are valued depending on the contexts. As a means of reaching this objective, the following questions are addressed: ?What are the requirements and recommendations on how the education of social work should be structured, and why are these requirements and recommendations important??, ?How has the education of social work been influenced by the perception of valuable knowledge?? and ?How does the education of social work affect students?? The collected material consists of various arguments concerning the development of social work and the education of social work's formation.

Fo?respra?kare fo?r a?ldersblandade klasser menar att det finns pedagogiska fo?rdelar med denna klassform, sa?som till exempel att elevernas inla?rning och sociala utveckling fra?mjas (Nandrup & Renberg, 1992; Sandqvist, 1994). Syftet med fo?religgande studie a?r att underso?ka om det fo?rekommer sa?dana fo?rdelar i a?ldersblandade klasser och om de kan visas o?ver tid. Detta go?rs genom att ja?mfo?ra elever i a?rskurs 8 som under la?g- och mellanstadiet hela tiden ga?tt i a?ldersindelade klasser (n=423), elever som ga?tt i a?ldersblandade klasser i la?gstadiet men inte pa? mellanstadiet (n=22), samt elever som ga?tt i a?ldersblandade klasser ba?de under la?g- och mellanstadiet (n=30).

In this essay we have examined how social workers experience their positions as a public authority person in a society of democracy. As a public officer you have to follow rules and obey the law, which can be difficult if they don't agree with your personal opinion and values. In social work you work with people in a vulnerable situation and it may become extremely demanding to stand between the directions of established public administration and your own opinions. We have interviewed ten social workers working in social childcare division and analysed how they experience their situation at work. Our starting point is the critical theory of professor Lennart Lundquist about how democracy works in Swedish administrations.

Our study has its starting point in the Swedish social legislation (Socialtjänstlagen) and more specifically in the 6th chapter's 5th paragraph. That paragraph regulates that social workers should try to find a kinship care placement when they are about to do a placement of a child. Our purpose is to examine how social workers, before they do a placement of a child, understand the informal kinship that is not relatives, if they consider the informal kinship and if certain circumstances have an impact on the consideration. To get this information we have done five interviews with social workers. Recent studies show that social workers in past years have begun to think more positively of people's kinships and that they more often use the resources of the kinship.

Social media has changed the way that corporations can communicate with their target groups. Instead of using one?way communications that has been significant for traditional massmarketing, social media has given corporations the possibility to truly interact with their clients and through the interaction build strong relationships. The interaction is an ideal process for corporations to create brand associations and strengthen their brand equity to position their brands in the minds of the consumers. But social media is also a devious medium because everyone are invited to contribute their opinion and news travel fast in social atmosphere, success and crisis can appear fast and out ofnowhere.

The increasing significance of social economy as a concept is linked to general global processes such as the crisis of the welfare state, neoliberal globalization, anti-bureaucracy tendencies and decentralization, but also to a growing political interest in human rights and social development. In Sweden the idea of the social economy generates wide support within civil society as well as within the government and across party political boundaries. Furthermore, what is problematic in this context is the fact that the discussions on the subject tend to be relatively uncritical and often it seems as if though the expansion itself is the main objective. The emphasis on cooperation and the third sector in terms of welfare production implies a set of risks in relation to state responsibility, democracy and the autonomy of civil society. This paper aims to explore those risks and how they can be dealt with within the Swedish context..