Hvordan kan personalet arbeide med hverdagssamtalen i møte med foreldre, slik at barnet er i sentrum ved hente- og bringesituasjonen?

Denne studien handler om å undersøke hvordan personalet i barnehagen kan arbeide i møte med foreldre slik at barnet kommer i sentrum for samtalen ved hente- og bringesituasjonen. Oppgaven ser nærmere på hvilke praksiser og rammer som er knyttet til hente- og bringesituasjonen i barnehagen, og hvordan personalet kan arbeide med den daglige dialogen mellom foreldre, personale og barn. Personlig engasjeres jeg av arbeid med språk i barnehagen og synes særlig at hverdagssamtalen er interessant og noe som bør stå på dagsorden kontinuerlig. Teorien rundt språkarbeid i barnehagen viser at hverdagssamtalen får lite oppmerksomhet innenfor forskning (Gjems, 2017). Dette har vært en ekstra motivasjon for å drive denne studien og belyse den daglige dialogen mellom barn, foreldre og personale.publishedVersio

Scientific knowledge in the age of computation: explicated, computable and manageable?

With increasing publication and data production, scientific knowledge presents not simply an achievement but also a challenge. Scientific publications and data are increasingly treated as resources that need to be digitally ‘managed.’ This gives rise to scientific Knowledge Management (KM):second-order scientific work aiming to systematically collect, take care of and mobilise first-hand disciplinary knowledge and data in order to provide new first-order scientific knowledge. We follow the work of Leonelli (2014, 2016), Efstathiou (2012, 2016) and Hislop (2013) in our analysis of the use of KM in semantic systems biology. Through an empirical philosophical account of KM-enabled biological research, we argue that KM helps produce new first-order biological knowledge that did not exist before, and which could not have been produced by traditional means. KM work is enabled by conceiving of ‘knowledge’ as an object for computational science: as explicated in the text of biological articles and computable via appropriate data and metadata. However, these founded knowledge concepts enabling computational KM risk focusing on only computationally tractable data as knowledge, underestimating practice-based knowing and its significance in ensuring the validity of ‘manageable’ knowledge as knowledge.; Con el aumento de la publicación y la producción de datos, el conocimiento científico no solo es reconocido como un logro, sino también como un desafío. Las publicaciones y los datos científicos se tratan cada vez más como recursos que deben ser ‘gestionados’ digitalmente. Esto da lugar a la Gestión del Conocimiento científico (Knowledge Management (KM)): labor científica de segundo orden destinada a recopilar, cuidar y movilizar de forma directa el conocimiento disciplinario de primera mano y los datos para proporcionar nuevos conocimientos científicos de primer orden. Seguimos el trabajo de Leonelli (2014, 2016), Efstathiou (2012, 2016) y Hislop (2013) en nuestro análisis del uso de la KM en la biología de sistemas semánticos. A través de una descripción filosófica empírica de la investigación biológica habilitada para KM, argumentamos que KM ayuda a producir un nuevo conocimiento biológico de primer orden que no existía antes y que no podría haber sido producido por medios tradicionales. El trabajo de KM está facultado para concebir el “conocimiento” como un objeto para la ciencia computacional: como algo explicitado en el texto de artículos biológicos y como computable a través de datos y metadatos apropiados. Sin embargo, los conceptos fundados permiten el riesgo computacional de KM de centrarse solo en los datos que se pueden tratar de manera computacional como conocimiento, subestimando el conocimiento basado en la práctica y su importancia para garantizar la validez del conocimiento “manejable” como conocimiento

Scientific knowledge in the age of computation

With increasing publication and data production, scientific knowledge presents not simply an achievement but also a challenge. Scientific publications and data are increasingly treated as resources that need to be digitally ‘managed.’ This gives rise to scientific Knowledge Management : second-order scientific work aiming to systematically collect, take care of and mobilise first-hand disciplinary knowledge and data in order to provide new first-order scientific knowledge. We follow the work of Leonelli, Efstathiou and Hislop in our analysis of the use of KM in semantic systems biology. Through an empirical philosophical account of KM-enabled biological research, we argue that KM helps produce new first-order biological knowledge that did not exist before, and which could not have been produced by traditional means. KM work is enabled by conceiving of ‘knowledge’ as an object for computational science: as explicated in the text of biological articles and computable via appropriate data and metadata. However, these founded knowledge concepts enabling computational KM risk focusing on only computationally tractable data as knowledge, underestimating practice-based knowing and its significance in ensuring the validity of ‘manageable’ knowledge as knowledge

Experiments on Roll Waves in Air-Water Pipe Flow

Experiments on air-water two phase flow in inclined pipes have been made, with emphasis on the roll wave regime. The motivation for the work is the improving of 1D flow models for multiphase pipeline transport of oil and gas mixtures. Pressure and liquid fractions are recorded in time, together with video recordings. The results show that large amplitude roll waves have associated pressure jumps across the fronts. Some implications for the flow modelling are discussed

The development of inclusive education in the Tanzanian primary school

Abstract In 1994 the Tanzanian Government ratified the Salamanca Statement. The Salamanca Statement emphasises the need to provide children with special needs basic education, and sees this as an indispensable step to reach the goals set at the first Education For All Conference in Jomtien 1990. The Framework for Action connected to the Salamanca Statement suggests inclusive education as a strategy to reach these goals. This study investigates from different angels the development of inclusive education in the Tanzanian primary school. The study has employed a qualitative approach. The findings of the study are mainly based on interviews of various stakeholders such as school staff and government officials. However, also document analysis of national policies and observations are methods used in the data collection processes. There are today several primary schools in Tanzania that are involved in inclusive education programs. This study explores 5 primary schools where initiatives to inclusive education have either been taken by the Government, by Disabled People’s Organisations, the school’s initiative or not at all. Although, there are quite a few schools currently offering education in inclusive settings, especially through the Government’s programme, the challenges to further develop inclusive education in the Tanzanian primary school are immense. This study has attempted to look at the different factors which positively or negatively contribute to the development of inclusive education in Tanzania

Ray tracing for simulation of a light guide efficiency

Paper presented to the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.This work is a feasibility study on using a light guide instead of a heat transfer loop for the energy transfer from the focal point of a concentrator to the heat absorber, The guide consists of two pipe bends, with internal reflecting surfaces. A polar mount setup then allows for single axis rotation where one bend is fixed and the other rotates. The seasonal solar change in declination will then give some variation in the entry angles for the rays at the inlet of the light guide. Two particular cases have been compared. In the first, the rays enter into the light guide with diverging angles, as the guide is positioned at the focal point of a parabolic dish. In the second case, a secondary reflector generates parallel rays at the entrance of a guide positioned below a central hole in the primary receiver. The study is made using a ray tracer which has been developed for concentrating solar reflector systems. Energy losses through a light guide can be associated with the number of internal reflections in the guide, and the number of back scattered rays through the tube inlet. The ray tracer is described briefly and sensitivity studies are made with variations in the tube lengths, surface reflectivity and the inlet ray angles.cf201

Centre and Periphery of Nano—A Norwegian Context

This work describes the nano field in Norway as currently emerging in the dynamics between two forms of nano research activities described along a centre-periphery axis. 1) There are strategic research initiatives committed to redeem the envisioned potential of the field by means of social and material reorganisation of existing research activities. This activity is seen as central as it is one of our premises that the standard circulating nano vision implies such a work of reorganisation. The fact that nano is often taken as a paradigmatic example of the shift from Mode-1 to Mode-2 research, supports this assumption. 2) In parallel to this activity, a wide variety of research projects pursuing nano strategies are being funded. We regard such research activity as peripheral in so far as the activity is not marked by being committed to the circulating nano vision, as may often be the case. In the process of reorganising, this article argues, the research activity at the periphery provides a crucial arena for discussing and validating what is to be achieved through the work of reorganisation that takes place at the centre. Our analysis is informed by two Norwegian cases. We examine a major nano research initiative at a Norwegian university as a centre and a research project utilising nanoparticles in fish vaccines as a periphery

Performance Investigations of the Charging and Discharging Processes in a 3-Tank Thermal Energy Storage System

The paper presents a 3 tank thermal energy storage system. The system consists of cold oil reservoir, heat storage tank, and a residual drainage tank. Cold oil flows by gravity into a heating chamber and after being heated to the required temperature, a mechanical thermostat opens allowing the hot oil to flow into a heat storage tank. The storage tank was discharged through the cooking unit by boiling 0.5 litres of water. The used oil flowed by gravity to the drainage tank. The discharge flow rates of 0.5, 2.1, 2.8 and 6.5 g/s were considered. A charging efficiency of 51.3% and overall discharging efficiency range of 15.3 34.7% were achieved. Charging efficiency increased when the source was embedded in the storage tank. The instantaneous discharge power had a peak value for each flow rate. The adopted cooking unit had a thermal transfer efficiency range of 34.7 57.6%. A method for sizing oil based TES systems was proposed and illustrated based on the obtained discharge results. Keywords:     3-tank, sizing, discharging, efficiency, thermal energ

Numerical and experimental Analysis of Solar Injera Baking with a PCM Heat Storage

Today, many developing countries are using biomass as their primary energy supply. However, this energy affects the environment, health and safety of women and children. In addition, utilization of this energy using traditional cooking stoves is causing indoor air pollution and in turn health problems to millions of people. To overcome such problems, efforts are being made by researchers globally and are suggesting alternative safe energy sources. This paper demonstrates solar cooker with an integrated PCM thermal storage and heat transportation loop system suitable for high temperature applications. The system has designed to address Injera baking application. Injera, a fermented flat bread type, is the most common food type served three to four times a day in Ethiopia. Other countries like Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen also use this food. The storage system has storing capacity of heat up to 2500C and it can retain this heat for about two days. The storage has coupled to a polar mounted concentrator, fixed receiver and used steam heat transfer fluid. The steam circulates naturally between the evaporator and condenser in a closed loop. The paper focuses on indirect charging, simultaneous charging-discharging and discharging of the stored heat for the purpose of Injera baking. The frying pan is a custom-made aluminum plate casted by embedding a 10mm coiled stainless steel steam pipe as heating element. The pan is 500mm in diameter and 30mm thick; and the fins are 20mm in diameter and 140mm long. The fins have immersed into a 20kg PCM, which is coupled to a 1.8m diameter parabolic dish collector. The solar fryer demonstrates Injera baking for average family size. Baking is tested from the stored heat, while storage is charging. A fully charged storage has supplied enough heat to baked average household Injera demands about 19Injeras and additional breads with the remaining heat.Keywords: Solar Injera baking; PCM charging; PCM storage; Solar Injera stove design; Solar cooking; Ethiopia