This research is about how the educators view the best way to help multilingual students develop their understanding for mathematics. The aim of the study is to identify the different aspects from the teacher?s point of view of this new approach of teaching: what are the limitations versus the opportunities? The study is limited to a multicultural school in Stockholm and to the experience of a few class teachers and mother tongue teachers.A qualitative approach was used and the interview was selected as the method to collect the data. Three class teachers as well as three mother tongue teachers were interviewed about their experiences. The interviews were recorded and transcribed word by word.There have been discussions about the skills in mathematics in multilingual speaking students, and that their greatest obstacle of understanding mathematics is that they are being taught in another language than their own mother tongue.

Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att ge kunskap om hur personal och intagna förhåller sig till, och ser på varandra, på en svensk anstalt med omfattande säkerhets- och kontrollarbete. Distansen mellan personalgruppen och gruppen av intagna har varit en mycket viktig faktor, och de problem som kan uppstå med olika grad av distanstagande har undersökts och analyserats. Undersökningen är av kvalitativ karaktär och deltagande observationer har tillämpats som främsta metod. Två intervjuer med personal i arbetsledande funktion har genomförts för att öka generaliserbarheten samt förståelsen för observerade fenomen. Kommunikationen mellan personal och intagna har utgjort en annan mycket viktig del i studien.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse, identify and clarify:- The integration of music and brands in commercials that are created for television, cinema or internet,- The effects that this integration has for the involved parties and the movie that is being created.Music is a big part of today's society and advertising is a big part of people's everyday lives. It is therefore natural that music in advertising can have the power to affect, attract, influence and interest human beings. We think that the music in commercials is a fascinating subject to study because the phenomenon is relatively unexplored in the academic sphere. The knowledge of the synchronization process of music and commercials is also becoming increasingly important for involved parties to understand and manage. The essay is developed through a qualitative methodology.  We have conducted six interviews, with different players who all have extensive experience and knowledge about the chosen topic.

Fuel produced from renewable resources is of big interest. In this project the difference between a few different renewable materials are compared on the matter of environmental load when ethanol is produced. The renewable materials that are compared are Salix, straw and reed canary-grass (rörflen). The cellulose in the material is cut down to small pieces and then hydrolysed so that the sugar from the cellulose can be fermented into ethanol. Tha amount of ethanols that is studied in this work is the smount of ethanol needed to cultivate 1000 ha. The functional unit in the report is 1000 ha.

Studien är kvalitativ med en hermeneutisk utgångspunkt och insamlingsmetoden är semistrukturerade intervjuer. Studiens syfte var att belysa hur personal inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin uppfattar självskadebeteende och insatser hos barn och ungdomar samt vilka överväganden de gör vid val av insatser. Frågeställningarna var: hur uppfattar personal inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin självskadebeteende, hur uppfattar personalen de insatser som barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin erbjuder barn och ungdomar med självskadebeteende och vilka överväganden gör personal inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin i val av insatser till barn och ungdomar med självskadebeteende? Resultatet tolkades med hjälp av Moira von Wrights punktuella och relationella perspektiv. Resultatet visade att självskadebeteende är ett beteende med flera orsaker där ångest och relationsproblem är mest framträdande.

The aim of this study was to examine how heads of unit in charge of personal assistance (PA)for the disabled experience and handle ethical dilemmas and situations within theirworkgroups when The Work Environment Act and The Swedish Act Concerning Support andService for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments collide with each other. The methodof the study was to use semi-structured interviews based around three main topics; the head ofunits opinions about the value and purpose of The Work Environment Act in theadministering and implementation of personal assistance services, the problem solvingprocess and the head of units own individual experiences of ethical dilemmas or workenvironment-related conflicts or situations within their workgroups. Four heads of unit wereinterviewed for this study. The results of this study showed that the interviewed heads of unitexperienced a lack of clear and factual information about how they were meant to solvedilemmas emerging from the two laws conflicting with each other regarding the rights of thecare recipient to layout their personal assistance to their liking, versus the rights of thepersonal assistant to have acceptable working conditions. The heads of unit could not rely onlegislation and/or other specific directive documents when work environment-relatedproblems arose.

This thesis tries to define factors that impact upon the feeling of exclusivity for users on travelorganizers websites. We have identified seven key factors that we believe impact this feeling andthose factors are newsletters, special offers/auxiliary services, registration/limited information,price, limited number of seats on a journey, deals for members and personal service. To researchthis we have conducted a questionnaire and performed interviews with people that are familiarwith travel organizers websites. To create an understanding for the results we have studied usercenteredweb design, affective design and the meaning of pictures. The results show that personalservice and price are important factors to make users feel that they get their requirements andwishes met.

I princip samtliga företag runt om i världen har ledare, vars största uppgift är att skapa förutsättningar för deras personalstyrkor att uppnå företagens mål och visioner. Tidigare forskning har visat att den transformativa ledaren är den mest effektiva ledarstilen sett till resultat, effektivitet och tillfredställelse. Den transformativa ledaren arbetar med sin personal genom att influera, inspirera, stimulera och ta individuella hänsyn. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur ledare vid Luleå kommun arbetar med sitt ledarskap, hur de försöker motivera personalen samt vilka effekter de kan se till följd av sitt ledarskap. För att uppnå syftet har tio kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts med ledare anställda av Luleå kommun.

This essay is an attempt to study some post-modern theological positions with regard to their growing interest in the use of mystical theology and mysticism in theological research in the academic post-modern world, and to see if the 19th century theologian Albert Schweitzer couldprove a resource for this understanding of mystical theology. This position is known in the essay as ?the mystical turn.?To present the background and understanding of this post-modern view of mystical theology the essay presents three theologians, namely: Andrew Louth, Mark A. McIntosh and Sarah Coakley.These three theologians argue for the use of a contemplative and transforming mysticism as a postmodern epistemology in relation to theological research, with growing concern of the status of theology in the secular and post-modern world. Having made clear the views of these three theologians the essay then presents Albert Schweitzer's view on the mysticism of Paul.

The purpose of this study has been to create a communication plan to use at the launch of an independent fashion store and give a current storeowner an overall picture concerning which communication aspects to use during his ongoing business. To fulfill our purpose we have targeted one important question, which is:   Which communication fields are the most important to use, when you are about to launch an independent fashion store.  For this study we have used a qualitative approach in which we have conducted eleven personal interviews with people who has a strong understanding in communication regarding to this type of business. Most of our respondents are currently working actively with communication because they are active in retailing.The remaining respondent has a strong experience in the field of communication. In the final chapter we present our conclusions of the study. We have found the main factors in a communication plan, which is most important for a storeowner. Which are the most important communication parts for the owner to focus on before he launches the store? The basic need of knowledge in social mediaDevelop a unique concept to differentiate yourselfUnderstand the nature of networks and relationshipsThe relevance of store layout and sensory marketing which is an important tool when you need renewal and develop your concept.

Payday loans are becoming a challenge of increasing gravity for society. Statistics show that the number of young adults with financial issues related to such loans has been growing over the past few years. Despite efforts to halt this trend, little is changing. Government mandated warning labels in commercials are typically used to inform about the risks associated with the consumption of certain goods and services, such as alcohol and tobacco. Despite issues related to payday loans, there is currently no legislation in Sweden mandating the inclusion of warnings in marketing of such loans.

In this essay I reflect on a situation where I as a preschool teacher amworried about a child whose behavior I cannot understand nor recognize. The situation is characterized by the fact that I cannot explain my worries to my colleagues. I also discuss why different pedagogues understand the same situation differently, the importance of children´s play and how it creates opportunities to social interactionThrough my reflections I can understand my concern and show that it is justified.  I also discuss the act of reflection as a method. Reflecting is a way to increase or knowledge. But I also claim that reflection might be used collectively by reflecting together we might increase our shared understanding and also find out how to proceed with our common work.The conclusion is that reflection is an important tool for us pedagogues when we want to increase our understanding and our knowledge.

Syftet med denna studie var att studera hur personal på gruppbostad upplever brukarnas sexuella behov och relationer. För att belysa syftet tog vi hjälp av frågeställningar som hur diskuterar/informerar personal om sexualitet med brukarna? Och hur ser personalgruppernas syn ut gällande brukarnas sexuella behov och relationer? Under vår studie har vi undersökt hur personalen har bemött och besvarat brukarnas behov och frågor om deras sexuella behov och relationer. Ämnet människor med utvecklingsstörning och deras sexualitet är ett tabubelagt område som behöver lyftas fram och se sexualiteten som en del av människans liv oavsett handikapp eller inte. Personalgruppen har en betydelsefull roll för brukarna i deras vardag och därför bör de ha brukarnas intresse i fokus för att undvika passivisering.

In this essay we have been trying to get an understanding of what Swedish charter tourists cares for when they are going on vacation. The Tourism industry is a major field with a lot of winners, but it also comes with consequences. The purpose with this essay is to get an understanding of how aware the Swedish charter tourists is of these consequences. We would also like to get a perception of how the tourists themselves believe that their presence effects the locals at the destinations they are visiting (if they assume that they are). There are several different types of consequences that can appear in the context of tourism, but we have decided to focus on one kind.

Most pupils learn good reading strategies during their first years at school. Pupils who don´t do that will have difficulties understanding written data. As the pupils meet text filled with lots of data they will have difficulties understanding the written text. International studies show that the rusults of Swedish pupils are dropping. This issue got me thinking: What help is given to those pupils with difficulties so that their reading comprehension will increase? Are the teachers actively teaching reading comprehensions and in that case how and when? By observing two teahers of intermediate level, I wanted to find out how theachers help pupils with reading comprehension.