ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to survey attitudes towards animals among veterinary students, and to assess how the Swedish veterinary education affected students' perspectives on animals. Students in the first and second years of the study programme were asked to answer the question "What is an animal?" as they saw fit, and the answers were analysed using a qualitative-to-quantitave analysis method called the Elementary Model, which had been developed for the purpose. Results showed a significant decrease in "zoo-perspectives", i.e. views and descriptions of animals as beings with cognitive and motor functions, and a significant increase in "homo-perspectives", i.e.

This paper describes a factor analysis applied at the data of the European Union structural indicators. These are the official indicators for wealth and economic development in the European Union with main use to evaluate the outcomes of the year 2000 Lisbon goals for making the European Union the world?s strongest economy by 2010. The purpose of the data is to serve for comparing and ?learning by doing?-policies, but have, due to size and format, so far been hard to use for a good compare between member countries.

The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how teachers and other people working with mathematics in a school context perceive inclusion in terms of education. In addition,the purpose is to describe their experiences of inclusive education in mathematics and to identify factors of importance for an inclusive approach to teaching mathematics. The starting point was the significance of inclusive education as regards the education system and research on the implementation of inclusive education internationally and in Sweden. The theoretical approach is founded in a special education perspective on teaching and the theory of optimal experience. The people interviewed for this study are directly or indirectly involved in the teaching of mathematicsat a school that explicitly works from an inclusive perspective.

The starting point of this study is national as well as international surveys which show that the study motivation and general level of knowledge among Swedish students have decreased. The Swedish Curriculum for the Non-Compulsory School System (Lpf94) states that each student shall be given the possibility to strengthen their will and ability to learn. The teachers are expected to play an important role in the effort to increase student motivation. The opinions of the students are a valuable source when trying to understand what motivates them. The purpose of this study is to provide a more profound understanding of what students express about their motivation in the interaction with the teachers.

The case study investigates study association representatives? perspectives on the activities of the popular education within the social sector in Örebro and why they are organized. It further investigates the cooperation and dialogue between the study associations and the municipality of Örebro regarding this activity. The study is based on critical realism. A questionnaire survey was conducted among all ten study associations in Örebro, combined with qualitative interviews with representatives from six of the active associations.

The dialogical plait in individual vocal educationThesis in Music Education by Jannike Huss. Part of the work for the master´s degree. Studies from School of Music, Theatre, and Art, University of Örebro, 2010. Available from Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden. Original in Swedish.This thesis treats the value of communication for individual vocal education on a higher level.

SammandragSyftet med den här rapporten är att visa hur lärare vid en skola i Sverige och en i Kenya tänker och arbetar med läs-och skrivinlärning samt beskriva hur de upplever att utomliggande faktorer kan påverka undervisningen. För att genomföra studien har en kombination av kvalitativa intervjuer och ostrukturerade observationer använts. Intervjuerna har utförts på fyra pedagoger, två svenska och två kenyanska som undervisar mot förskolan till årskurs tre. Observationerna har utförts på samma skolor och vid sex tillfällen, tre på vardera skola. I resultatet kan man ta del av kontraster och likheter mellan den svenska och kenyanska skolan.

Den 21 oktober 2009 tog Sveriges riksdag beslut om en ny gymnasiereform, gymnasieskola 2011. Målet var bland annat att de elever som väljer att utbilda sig på yrkesprogrammen skulle få en större yrkeskunskap och därmed öka möjligheterna till att komma i arbete. Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på hur den nya gymnasiereformen påverkar utbildningen för anläggningsmaskinförare.Studien pekar på att den utökade tiden för yrkesämnet, rätt använd, ger ett större yrkeskunnande och därmed en större anställningsbarhet. Däremot minskar anställningsbarheten med anledning av avsaknaden av körkortsutbildning. När det gäller yrkeskunskap och anställningsbarhet, finns dock de faktiska svaren först till sommaren 2014 när den första elevkullen av gymnasieskola 2011 går ut..

Bakgrund: Barnmiljöhälsorapporten 2013 indikerade att 12-åringarna i Jönköpings län känt sig besvärade av ljud i skolmatsalen. Att besväras av ljud är samma sak som att utsättas för buller. Buller har förmåga att aktivera kroppens stressystem och ljud kan bl.a. leda till ökad frisättning av kortikotropinfrisättande hormon, (CRH). Ett hormon som påverkar mag- och tarmkanalen på flera olika sätt som troligen är negativt.  Ljudstörning har förmåga att påverka hälsan hos de som utsätts, buller utgör en hälsorisk.Syfte: Syftet med detta arbete är att studera sambandet mellan bullerstörning i skolmatsalen och självskattad hälsa hos 858 12-åringar i Jönköpings län som deltagit i Barnmiljöhälsoenkäten 2011.Metod: Analyser av data från Barnmiljöhälsoenkäten 2011 där upplevelse av ljudstörning i skolmatsalen satts i relation till självskattad hälsa.Resultat: 12-åringarna i Barnmiljöhälsoenkäten 2011 i Jönköpings län som störts mest av ljud i skolmatsalen har en sämre självskattad hälsa än de som störts mindre eller inte alls av ljud i skolmatsalen.Slutsats: För att skapa bättre förutsättningar för en god hälsa hos barn bör fler studier utföras där de stresshormoner ljud kan öka frisättningen av och dess hälsoeffekter utreds.

The intention with my study is to examine how teachers in school relate to the concept of learning styles and how they define an individualized education that focus on students? different learning abilities. My intention is also to raise their thoughts about what they think the benefits and the deficits may be with an individualized education that focuses on students? individual ways to learn.My study is based on the empiric material I have collected from interviews with five teachers, whom all worked in grade three. To analyze and discuss the interview answers I have had to my help Dunn-, Kolbs- and Gardners theories about peoples different learning abilities and learning styles.

The public sector has through the years been exposed to a rather radical alteration. The aim with this alteration has been to make the public sector more effective. It?s a dynamic society that Norrbottens läns landsting (NLL) operates in today and it is therefore of great importance that the managers get a solid foundation to rely on, since they have a central role in the ambition for efficiency. Another reason to educating the managers is that NLL can secure the future pension losses.

Under vintrarna år 2010 och 2011 har kvävedioxid (NO2) mätts i Luleå centrum. Mätningarna är gjorda med diffusionsprovtagare och det är under månaderna februari till mars som de utfördes. Diffusionsprovtagare mäter halter veckovis och syftet med mätningarna är att försöka kartlägga veckomedelvärdet av kvävedioxid i Luleå centrum. Vidare har resultatet från diffusionsprovtagarna jämförts mot Luleå kommuns fasta mätstation där kvävedioxid mäts kontinuerligt. Miljökontoret i Luleå kommun ansvarar över kontrollen av luftkvaliteten i Luleå och detta arbete är grundat på luftmätningar som gjorts via miljökontoret.

The purpose of this essay was first and foremost to find out the problems that exist around user education in a university library and the opportunities that exist for university librarians to improve their work with students. My method of use was qualitative and more precise qualitative interviews. By interviewing five teaching librarians with five different subject specializations, I wanted to get an an-swer to what they teach when they meet the students and how they view their teaching. Responses resulted then in an analysis using Christine Bruce's theory of information literacy and Carol C. Kuhlthaus theory of librarian roles and her theory of information retrieval process.

Purpose: The aim of the thesis is to identify principles of valuation and to reach a solution for how Statens järnvägar can present their leased railroad vehicles in the future.Methodology: The authors have done a case study through a qualitative approach. Interviews have been done with Statens järnvägar, Näringsdepartementet and Riksrevisionen. Annual reports from Banverket and Luftfartsverket have been studied.Theoretical perspectives: The regulations that rule the authorities are a base for the study.Earlier researches done within the subject are presented in this section.Empirical foundation: The empirical foundation of this study consists of primary- and secondary data. The primary data is collected from the interviews that have been done, whilst the secondary data is composed of annual reports, regulations and various other documents.Conclusions: The authors have come to the conclusion that the method of valuation that Statens järnvägar choose, depends a lot on the vehicles hypothetical future. It is difficult to say that only one of the methods would be the correct one..

Information technology (IT) have for several decades been used in university education. An increasing number of classrooms today are built around a concept which uses IT in collaboration with the room itself. However, little is known about the experience of university teachers when working in such classrooms. This study examines the views and opinions of teachers at a Swedish university regarding using and interacting with these classrooms. Furthermore, we identify possible underlying factors that influence these views.