114 research outputs found

    a paradoxical situation in Swedish upper secondary school

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    The background to this study is the increasing differences in grades and throughput between males and females in Swedish upper secondary school. This study has therefore investigated the relationship between beliefs about study motivation and gender in Sweden in seven different study programs in upper secondary school. The beliefs about study motivation were measured through a questionnaire consisting of 38 items that were administered to 155 female and 107 male students in upper secondary school in one region in Sweden. The Mann-Whitney test was employed to investigate gender difference. Results indicate that overall males and females to 2/ 3 held similar beliefs about their motivation to study but to 1/3 differed at a significant level. Overall, the importance of schools, teachers, families and their own efforts is highly appreciated in the study. The difference is evident mainly in the value of the teacher's importance and role in the classroom, where males have higher estimate. However, females believe that the school is less safe, that the classrooms are less inviting and that there is less silence in the lessons compared to males. The study partly explains the seemingly paradoxical situation in students' different learning strategies and addresses didactic improvements to teachers. &nbsp

    KolonitrÀdgÄrden

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    The movement of the allotment gardens reached Sweden in the beginning of the last century. The allotment gardens quickly spread among the big towns from Malmö in the south and to the far north of the country. Today, there are about 42 000 owners of allotment gardens in Sweden. This work will show the differencies and similarities comparing the original ideas of allotment gardens with how they are used today. The specific questions were; what are the reasons to acquire an allotment garden; is it used for raising vegetables and fruit or only for growing flowers; is what is cultivated there also gathered and used or is it cultivated only for the pleasure of gardening; and finally how the owners of the allotment gardens spend their time there – by cultivating the land or by recreational activities. Literature studies were made as well as an inquiry at one allotment garden area i Lund. The ideas of the original allotment gardens in the beginning of the 20th century were as much based on the need of getting out of the aparment to a healthy environment, as cultivating vegetables for economical reasons. Filling the pantries for the winter was a clear reason but strongly connected to the well-being of the soul and the body in doing it. Among the conclusions of today's inquiry, the thought of recovering is slightly more important for the allotment garden owner than the gardening itself. They grow less useful plants but are careful in harvesting the eatable fruit and vegetables grown. The time spent in the allotment garden together with the gardening give the well-being without storing up food for the winter.Kolonirörelsen nĂ„dde Sverige i början av förra seklet. KolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rdarna bredde snabbt ut sig i de större stĂ€derna frĂ„n Malmö i söder till lĂ„ngt upp i norr. Idag finns det ca 42 000 koloniĂ€gare i hela landet. Skillnader och likheter mellan ursprungstankarna med kolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rdar och hur det ser ut idag har tagits fram. FrĂ„gestĂ€llningarna Ă€r vilket som var syftet med att skaffa en kolonilott, ifall kolonilotten anvĂ€nds för ren nyttoodling eller bara för odling till ”lyst”, om det som odlas tas tillvara och kommer till nytta eller om det bara odlas för odlingens och pĂ„tandets skull, och hur kolonister tillbringar sin tid pĂ„ kolonin – genom att bruka jorden eller om det Ă€r övrig rekreation. Genom litteraturstudier samt en genomförd postenkĂ€t pĂ„ ett koloniomrĂ„de i Lund redovisas svaren pĂ„ frĂ„gestĂ€llningarna ovan. Det visade sig att tankarna med kolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rdarna i början av 1900-talet handlar lika mycket om behovet av att komma ut frĂ„n lĂ€genheten till en sund miljö, som att odla sina egna grönsaker av ekonomiska skĂ€l. DĂ„ var fyllandet av visthusbodarna inför vintern ett klart syfte, men det gick helt hand i hand med att bĂ„de kroppen och sjĂ€len mĂ„dde bra av det. Bland slutsatserna frĂ„n postenkĂ€ten idag Ă€r att tanken pĂ„ rekreation Ă€r nĂ„got viktigare för kolonisten Ă€n sjĂ€lva trĂ€dgĂ„rdsintresset. Allt mindre nyttovĂ€xter odlas med det Ă€tbara som koloni-trĂ€dgĂ„rden Ă€ndĂ„ ger tas Ă€ndĂ„ noggrant om hand. SjĂ€lva vistelsen och trĂ€dgĂ„rdsarbetet ger vĂ€lbefinnandet utan det extra inslaget att spara mat för vintern

    Understanding the dynamics of study motivation: An in-depth analysis of teachers' perceptions in primary schools

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    Research has shown students’ study motivation is complex and demanding. It also asserts that teachers’ perceptions and attitudes are decisive, complex, and demanding because they need to make many choices about planning and handling lessons and review their fundamental beliefs about study motivation. We aimed to describe teachers’ perceptions of students’ study motivation. We collected the data from nine focus-group interviews with 26 Swedish teachers in five primary schools. Through reflexive thematic analysis, the following six themes of perceptions emerged: emotions, teachers, teaching, learning environment, family and friends, and health and well-being. Although many teachers assumed students have more intrinsic than extrinsic motivation, they described more extrinsic motivation factors. Changing factors of importance for study motivation are primarily background factors, things needed to feel and function in everyday life, such as good health, friends, and functioning relationships. The study’s results make an important contribution to understanding teachers as a starting point for understanding their didactic choices and how these choices can affect students, as well as how teaching could be changed to correspond more closely to students’ needs and conditions

    Teacher shortage in Sweden: time to take action?

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    In Sweden, the lack of teachers is a national challenge and a societal problem, and the difference between supply and demand for teacher students will increase until 2035. Today, only 7 out of 10 teachers in compulsory school have certification and the variation between schools and regions is great. The overall aim of this article is to explore and analyse the current state of teacher shortage in Sweden. Document analysis was used for reviewing, evaluating and analysing documents, and constructionist thematic analysis was adopted. The results show that there are many different, overlapping or similar factors behind the Swedish teacher shortage and are related to reforms, retention and recruitment. Several curriculum and teacher education reforms have changed and deteriorating work environments and have led to many dropouts for the profession. Low status and the constant poor picture the media portray of Swedish schools and teachers have a strong impact on Sweden’s teacher shortage. Further, political reforms on communalization, decentralization, teacher certification and privatization of schools have changed the structural conditions. Therefore, we call for a change in the attitude towards the teaching profession. Thus, this article provides insights for teachers, teacher educators, policy makers and other stakeholders on the national and international level

    Maten mÀrks: förutsÀttningar för konsumentmakt

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    MĂ„nga mĂ€nniskor anser sig numera ha större makt i rollen som konsumenter Ă€n som medborgare som röstar i partival. Som konsumenter kan vi idag ta stĂ€llning till en rad olika ansprĂ„k som görs pĂ„ produkter och tjĂ€nster. Hur ser vi konsumenter pĂ„ livsmedel som genom olika mĂ€rken pĂ„stĂ„s ha unika egenskaper i produktionsledet: för miljön, för konsumentens hĂ€lsa, för arbetsförhĂ„llanden för fabriks- och jordbruksarbetarna, för djurens vĂ€l och ve, eller för det egna produktionslandets vĂ€lstĂ„nd? Förekommer motsĂ€ttningar och konkurrens mellan olika miljö- och varumĂ€rken? Vilka aktörer har makt att vara med och bestĂ€mma om vad som ska rĂ€knas som miljövĂ€nligt, socialt rĂ€ttvis eller djurvĂ€nlig produktion? GĂ„r det – om det Ă€r önskvĂ€rt – att göra den gröna och etiska konsumtionens informationsredskap mer “demokratiska”? Finns det viktiga egenskaper hos varor och produktion som mĂ„ste falla utanför konsumentmakten? Dessa frĂ„gor, som alla behandlas i boken, knyter an till frĂ„gan om vilka förutsĂ€ttningar konsumenter egentligen har att fatta fria och politiska beslut som Ă€ven gĂ„r bortom var och ens egennytta. I den allmĂ€nna samhĂ€llsdebatten ses konsumenters makt av allt fler aktörer som en central förutsĂ€ttning för att miljöproblem och andra samhĂ€llsproblem ska kunna lösas. DĂ€rmed blir en ökad kunskap om konsumentmaktens förutsĂ€ttningar extra betydelsefull. Boken riktar sig till studenter, forskare, myndigheter och till alla andra med intresse för samhĂ€llsvetenskap och humaniora med inrikning pĂ„ konsument- och livsmedelsfrĂ„gor, samt andra livsmedelsrelaterade vetenskaper. Mikael Klintman Ă€r docent och universitetslektor vid Forskningspolitiska institutet, Lunds universitet. Magnus Boström Ă€r docent, lektor och forskare vid institutionen för livsvetenskaper, Södertörns Högskola. Lena Ekelund Ă€r fil dr i nationalekonomi och docent i trĂ€gĂ„rdsvetenskap med ekonomisk inriktning vid Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet i Alnarp. Anna-Lisa LindĂ©n Ă€r professor vid sociologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet

    Proceedings of the 9th international symposium on veterinary rehabilitation and physical therapy

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    Learning environments in Swedish leisure-time centres. (In)Equality, \u27schooling\u27, and lack of independence

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    The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse how teachers perceive the internal learning environment at Swedish leisure-time centres and set it in relation to steering documents. The empirical data is based on a comprehensive web-survey of 4,043 leisure-time teachers in Sweden. The methodological approach is a qualitative directed content analysis. The results show large differences and inequalities in the quality of leisure-time centres\u27 premises, an educational form characterized by integration with school and therefore to some extent lost autonomy. Activities in leisure-time centres combine individuality and social community in creative forms of play and social relationships. Because of this there are complex requirements for premises and dysfunctional premises reduce the opportunities to create good learning environments. The existing conditions for the majority of leisure-time centres do not correspond to the intentions in the steering documents concerning good learning environments. Leisure time centres have started to reproduce the (environmental) logic of \u27traditional teaching premises\u27 and to ignore their own (environmental) potential, which is even prescribed in specific steering documents. These results have implications for policy decisions and educational development. (DIPF/Orig.

    En bra start? En studie om förskolepedagogers uppfattningar kring mottagandet av nyanlÀnda barn och förÀldrar

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    Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka och synliggöra nĂ„gra förskolepedagogers upp-fattningar om mottagandet av nyanlĂ€nda barn och deras förĂ€ldrar i förskolan. Centrala frĂ„-gestĂ€llningar i studien var: hur anser pedagogerna att mottagandet av nyanlĂ€nda barn och förĂ€ldrar bör se ut? Hur resonerar pedagogerna kring förskolans uppdrag som social och kulturell mötesplats? Vilka hinder samt möjligheter ser pedagogerna i verksamheten vad gĂ€ller mottagandet av nyanlĂ€nda? Teori: Studien tar sin grund huvudsakligen i det interkulturella perspektivet, det sociokul-turella perspektivet samt det specialpedagogiska perspektivet med riktning Ă„t relationella perspektivet, dĂ€r betydelsen av omgivningsfaktorer och barnets totala situation framhĂ„lls (Rosenqvist, 2007). Metod: Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och i insamlingen av data har vinjettmetoden an-vĂ€nts. Metoden valdes för att kunna ge en uppfattning om hur fjorton förskolepedagoger resonerar och utrycker sig kring mottagandet av nyanlĂ€nda barn. Studien utfördes pĂ„ fyra olika kommunala förskolor dĂ€r respondenterna har fĂ„tt svara pĂ„ en vinjett, det vill sĂ€ga en kort berĂ€ttelse. Förskolorna ligger i tvĂ„ olika kommuner, varav tvĂ„ av dem belĂ€gna i ett mĂ„ngkulturellt omrĂ„de och tvĂ„ förskolor ligger i mer sĂ„ kallade ”homogent svenska” om-rĂ„den. Intervjuerna har bearbetats i syfte att söka mönster, upptĂ€cka skillnader och likheter nĂ€r det gĂ€ller pedagogernas uppfattningar gĂ€llande mottagande av nyanlĂ€nda barn och för-Ă€ldrar i förskolan. Resultat: Resultatet i studien pekar pĂ„ att respondenterna ser sprĂ„kets betydelse som en avgörande faktor i sammanhanget, endast hĂ€lften av respondenterna lyfte vikten av att skapa förtroendefulla relationer mellan pedagog och den nyanlĂ€nda familjen. Andra fak-torer som respondenterna lyfter fram som viktiga i arbetet i mottagandet av nyanlĂ€nda barn och förĂ€ldrar Ă€r att bĂ„de barn och förĂ€ldrar ska kĂ€nna sig trygga, att det underlĂ€ttar om det finns nĂ„gon pedagog pĂ„ förskolan som kan sprĂ„ket och de nyanlĂ€ndas kultur och som kan agera som en lĂ€nk mellan förskolan och familjen. Tidigare forskning visar att förskolan behöver utveckla och bli bĂ€ttre pĂ„ att lyfta fram bĂ„de likheter och olikheter. UtifrĂ„n analys gör vi tolkningen att förskolorna inte alltid anpassar verksamheten utifrĂ„n barnens olikheter eller ser hur dessa bĂ€st kan tas tillvara
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