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Statliga utredningar tillskriver lärare fullt ansvar för elevutfall och de låga resultaten och satsar därför på att höja lärarkompetens. Eftersom läroplanen är ett statligt styrdokument är det befogat att anta att grundskolans läroplan Lgr11 är det dokument som bestämmer vilken lärarkompetens som behövs för att undervisa i grundskolan med de uppsatta målen och riktlinjerna. Syftet med det här arb

The purpose of this study was to illustrate and examine how social workers professional identity shapes and maintains when they work in an arena where social work is not in focus. We used a qualitative method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using an interview guide. We interviewed nine professional social workers who works in three different field - probation, hospital and school. Profe

Somalia has been a failed state since 1991, which has made it questionable whether the country would be able to rebuild its state. This thesis aims at understanding the factors affecting the state-building process in the country based on voices from interviewees belonging to the “International community” and the “Somali diaspora”. To gain an understanding of what implications the factors could hav

Author: Jannica Nilsson Wallberg, Josefine Attnarsson Title: Substance abuse and pregnancy - Who is responsible for the unborn? A qualitative study from the professional perspective on compulsory treatment of pregnant substance abusers in Sweden and Norway [translated title] Supervisor: Eva Palmblad The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of compulsory treatment of pregnant women wi

From its beginnings in 2001, the World Social Forum (WSF) has gained notice as a manifestation of ‘grassroots globalization.’ Is this new political formation of transnational activists an open space for organizations to gather, or does it constitute a social movement itself? The present study examines this debate among analysts and participants, using ethnographic data collected via participant-ob

The aim of this study was to examine which impact it has on young people to grow up and live in Landskrona and their views of their future in light of the negative image that exists of the city and its people in the media. To get a better understanding we also choose to highlight what the youths consider significant in their lives. There were eight young people in the age 18-20 who participated in

Authors: Ferida Kaffoshy & Nasrin Shahmohammadi Title: “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor” – a qualitative study on pregnant women that abuse drugs. [translated title] Supervisor: Anett Schenk The aim of the essay is to explore what kinds of attitudes, support, and biases drug abusing pregnant women might face in society to understand whether these women are treated similarly as non-

Abstract Author: Magnus Persson Title: Fas 3 and unemployment – a discourse analysis of the fas 3 debate. [Translated title] Supervisor: Anders Östnäs Assessor: Carina Tigervall The aim of this study was to describe and examine the conceptions and assumptions about unemployment which can be seen in the debate of the Swedish labour market program fas 3. In 2007 the relatively new right wing governm

Coffee production systems are experiencing climate change stress in a multitude of ways. One of the ways in which climate change manifests itself in coffee systems is through the evolution of pest and disease populations. Global coffee production is thereby recognized as vulnerable to climate change, particularly the lives of those that rely on coffee for their livelihoods. Reducing vulnerability

In the light of the 2008 financial crises, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced the greatest output declines in the world. In 2012 however the output gap has almost been reduced, competitiveness is regained and the budget balance deficit is kept within the requirements of the EU Maastricht criteria. These achievements were reached by conducting the controversial fiscal stance of austerity, im

This thesis is based on the assumption that the challenge of waste management needs to be addressed within the sustainability framework where society takes part in the solution. People’s beliefs, attitudes and values are what, ultimately, make people behave the way they do. Therefore this thesis intends to study a potential way of changing these worldviews towards more sustainable ones by utilizin

Abstract Authors: Maria Kronvall, Sofia Kuczkowski Titel:”Such a natural thing, that you have to be on the pill.” –Reflections on contraceptives among heterosexuals in relationships. Supervisor: Tove Harnett Assessor: David Hoff The aim of this study was to examine attitudes and preferences regarding contraceptives among heterosexuals in relationships. It examines how men and women choose contra

Den stilistiska medvetenheten är central i det skrivande som idag socialiseras allt mer genom utbildningar och handböcker i kreativt skrivande. Sällan eller aldrig ställs dock frågan om det är möjligt att vara för medveten. I den här uppsatsen görs just det. I studiet av stilistisk medvetenhet blir det tydligt att värdet ligger i att förstå både det som är medvetet och omedvetet, det skrivande som

Author: Sara Törnkrantz Title: Adopted to Sweden, A qualitative analysis of four adoptees experience Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson The aim of this study was to examine and analyze experiences that four people have of being adopted to Sweden. More specifically its aim was to try to understand why some of the adopted are showing mental illness and having mixed feeli

This thesis proposes an alternative way of comparing the performance of private equity funds and testing if they through active involvement can increase the value of their investments. Resent studies has shown that the true performance of Private Equity funds are about the same as the markets return so by measuring the performance of the companies that most resemble the private equity firms actual

The aim of this study is to examine and analyze the strategies and thoughts of the branch head in the Swedish Social service, in the area of making satisfied social workers. My questions are: Which strategies are the branch head describing in making satisfied workers? Which ways of rewarding and motivate good work could be read in the branch heads descriptions? In my essay I also want to discu

Entrepreneurship among immigrants is an old phenomenon that is caused by migration processes. It is receiving special attention due to the fact that its potential in contribution to countries‟ economies is huge. In European context it is a reason and a cause of international mobility, immigrant policies, integration issues and diversified society composition. Studying of immigrant entrepreneurship

Syftet med uppsatsen är framför allt att undersöka det intuitiva tänkandets betydelse i förhållande till det logiska i den skapande processen, när det handlar om att skriva en unik slags litteratur som är genremässigt svårplacerad, en prosalyrisk, grotesk och surrealistisk slags prosa med lutning åt ”det andra”. Det intuitiva tänkandet framgår då en regression uppstår, ett återgående till ett tidi