It will be easier if they read a book that they still feel they can relate to : A qualitative study withSwedish teachers at the upper secondary level

There has been a downward trend in reading ability and motivation to read among Swedishadolescents in recent decades. This study aims to investigate, through qualitative semi-structuredresearch interviews, what the opinions are of several Swedish teachers at the upper secondarylevel regarding reading fiction and what methods they use to motivate their students to readfiction. The study will also touch on how teachers feel concerning conversations about literaturein their classrooms and whether teachers notice any difference in motivation to read in studentslinked to gender.Based on theories from leading researchers in the field of reading motivation, tenrecommendations that increase reading motivation have been developed and this study aims todiscuss the extent to which the interviewed teachers work based on these recommendations.The study concludes that according to the conditions Swedish upper secondary level teachershave, they work to a substantial extent according to the recommendations developed in thisstudyDet har funnits en nedåtgående trend i läsförmåga och motivation att läsa bland svenskaungdomar under de senaste decennierna. Denna studie syftar till att genom kvalitativasemistrukturerade forskningsintervjuer undersöka hur fyra svensklärare på högstadiet resonerarkring läsning av skönlitteratur och hur de arbetar med att motivera sina elever att läsa.Studien kommer också att beröra hur lärare resonerar kring samtal om litteratur i sina klassrumoch om lärare märker någon skillnad gällande läsmotivation hos elever kopplat till kön.Utifrån teorier från ledande forskare inom området läsmotivation har tio rekommendationer somökar läsmotivationen tagits fram och denna studie syftar till att diskutera i vilken utsträckning deintervjuade lärarna arbetar utifrån dessa rekommendationer.Studien drar slutsatsen att enligt de förutsättningar svenska högstadielärare har så arbetar de istor utsträckning enligt de rekommendationer som tagits fram i denna studie.

READING IS BORING I DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK , YOU DORK : A reading attitude survey among students in the Swedish countryside

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes towards reading and literature that exist among adolescent youth in rural areas. The fact that young people read less now than before, and that their ability to read has decreased significantly over time, has been difficult to miss if one has followed the school policy discourse in recent years. A group of young people who are often left out of the reporting on school results are the young people who live outside the urban areas.   Using a questionnaire, this study aims to investigate the following: the attitudes that exist around fiction among the said group of young people; what could make them read more; and finally, how and which fiction they assimilate.   Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of fields habitus and cultural capital this essay concludes that there is an urgent need to motivate the adolescent youth to read, otherwise there is a serious risk of them becoming an alienated group in the Swedish society, due to a lack of cultural capital

How the Correctional Facilities in Örebro and Karlstad Handle the Demand for a Religiously Conditioned Diet. : A Study of the need of Religiously Conditioned Diet in the Prison and Probation Service.

The purpose of this study is to examine the correctional facilities in Örebro and Karlstad, and how they handle the demand for a religiously conditioned diet. Food and drink are perhaps the most central aspects of all people’s lives. Every single person must eat, regardless of health, age and social status. Our wellbeing revolves around food, drink, and the meal preparation. As a result of that the meal throughout history has been covered with various rites in many different cultures, from the saying of prayers to the collective preparation of the food. The meal is intimately connected to religion, both from an institutional perspective but perhaps above all from a purely practical layman's perspective. This report tries to answer how the correctional facilities in Örebro and Karlstad handle the demand for a religiously conditioned diet from three different perspectives. Firstly, from the point of view of the state agency, which is examined by studying the laws and regulations that controls the handling of food in relation to religion. Secondly, from the point of view of those who are preparing the meals who have been interviewed. Thirdly, from the point of view of the inmates who have had the opportunity to answer a survey. Based on the theory of lived religion the essay concludes that the Correctional Services do follow the laws that are set by the Swedish parliament. There is provision of diversified diets which take into consideration religious requirements to an extent that is possible. Additionally, the staff that prepares and handles the food take the religious requirements seriously. The study emphasised the importance of such requirements for inmates. The highest percentage of inmates requesting a religious based diet was between 20 to 25 percent with a diet free from pork

Dialogue with valuable nature: a study of the Environmental Ethics of Knud LØgstrup, Holmes Rolston III and Hans Jonas

The book is in Swedish, but there is an English summary of 6-8 pages, which is what is in this file.This is the English summary section from the book written by Staffan Kvassman about Holmes Rolston (and two others). The book was originally his Swedish doctoral dissertation published in 1999

How the Correctional Facilities in Örebro and Karlstad Handle the Demand for a Religiously Conditioned Diet. : A Study of the need of Religiously Conditioned Diet in the Prison and Probation Service.

The purpose of this study is to examine the correctional facilities in Örebro and Karlstad, and how they handle the demand for a religiously conditioned diet. Food and drink are perhaps the most central aspects of all people’s lives. Every single person must eat, regardless of health, age and social status. Our wellbeing revolves around food, drink, and the meal preparation. As a result of that the meal throughout history has been covered with various rites in many different cultures, from the saying of prayers to the collective preparation of the food. The meal is intimately connected to religion, both from an institutional perspective but perhaps above all from a purely practical layman's perspective. This report tries to answer how the correctional facilities in Örebro and Karlstad handle the demand for a religiously conditioned diet from three different perspectives. Firstly, from the point of view of the state agency, which is examined by studying the laws and regulations that controls the handling of food in relation to religion. Secondly, from the point of view of those who are preparing the meals who have been interviewed. Thirdly, from the point of view of the inmates who have had the opportunity to answer a survey. Based on the theory of lived religion the essay concludes that the Correctional Services do follow the laws that are set by the Swedish parliament. There is provision of diversified diets which take into consideration religious requirements to an extent that is possible. Additionally, the staff that prepares and handles the food take the religious requirements seriously. The study emphasised the importance of such requirements for inmates. The highest percentage of inmates requesting a religious based diet was between 20 to 25 percent with a diet free from pork

READING IS BORING I DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK , YOU DORK : A reading attitude survey among students in the Swedish countryside

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes towards reading and literature that exist among adolescent youth in rural areas. The fact that young people read less now than before, and that their ability to read has decreased significantly over time, has been difficult to miss if one has followed the school policy discourse in recent years. A group of young people who are often left out of the reporting on school results are the young people who live outside the urban areas.   Using a questionnaire, this study aims to investigate the following: the attitudes that exist around fiction among the said group of young people; what could make them read more; and finally, how and which fiction they assimilate.   Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of fields habitus and cultural capital this essay concludes that there is an urgent need to motivate the adolescent youth to read, otherwise there is a serious risk of them becoming an alienated group in the Swedish society, due to a lack of cultural capital

It will be easier if they read a book that they still feel they can relate to : A qualitative study withSwedish teachers at the upper secondary level

There has been a downward trend in reading ability and motivation to read among Swedishadolescents in recent decades. This study aims to investigate, through qualitative semi-structuredresearch interviews, what the opinions are of several Swedish teachers at the upper secondarylevel regarding reading fiction and what methods they use to motivate their students to readfiction. The study will also touch on how teachers feel concerning conversations about literaturein their classrooms and whether teachers notice any difference in motivation to read in studentslinked to gender.Based on theories from leading researchers in the field of reading motivation, tenrecommendations that increase reading motivation have been developed and this study aims todiscuss the extent to which the interviewed teachers work based on these recommendations.The study concludes that according to the conditions Swedish upper secondary level teachershave, they work to a substantial extent according to the recommendations developed in thisstudyDet har funnits en nedåtgående trend i läsförmåga och motivation att läsa bland svenskaungdomar under de senaste decennierna. Denna studie syftar till att genom kvalitativasemistrukturerade forskningsintervjuer undersöka hur fyra svensklärare på högstadiet resonerarkring läsning av skönlitteratur och hur de arbetar med att motivera sina elever att läsa.Studien kommer också att beröra hur lärare resonerar kring samtal om litteratur i sina klassrumoch om lärare märker någon skillnad gällande läsmotivation hos elever kopplat till kön.Utifrån teorier från ledande forskare inom området läsmotivation har tio rekommendationer somökar läsmotivationen tagits fram och denna studie syftar till att diskutera i vilken utsträckning deintervjuade lärarna arbetar utifrån dessa rekommendationer.Studien drar slutsatsen att enligt de förutsättningar svenska högstadielärare har så arbetar de istor utsträckning enligt de rekommendationer som tagits fram i denna studie.