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The after-school Educare as counterbalance to a future "knowledge school" : A qualitative study on the future changing conditions of the after-school Educare
No full textDenna kvalitativa studie undersöker hur fritidspersonal uppfattar och hanterar sitt pedagogiska uppdrag i ett skolklimat med ökat fokus på disciplin, ordning och resultat, inspirerat av den skolpolitiska debatten med inslag av "No-Excuses"-pedagogik. Studien har genomförts via semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta fritidspersonal vid fem kommunala skolor. Resultaten visar ett behov av skärpt fokus på sociala färdigheter och självreglering. Personalen arbetar aktivt med att hantera friktionen i övergången från den styrda skoldagen. Studiens centrala slutsats är att fritidshemmets viktigaste värde ligger i att vara en plats för social träning, emotionell bekräftelse och att ge eleverna möjlighet att utveckla självreglering och autonomi – en roll som blir alltmer vital som motvikt i en akademiserad framtid. This qualitative study examines how after-school care staff perceive and manage their pedagogical mission in a school climate with an increased focus on discipline, order, and academic results, inspired by the school policy debate featuring elements of "No-Excuses" pedagogy. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with eight after-school care staff at five municipal schools. The results show a need for an increased focus on social skills and self-regulation. Staff actively work to manage the friction in the transition from the highly structured school day. The study's central conclusion is that the most important value of the after-school center is to be a place for social training, emotional affirmation, and to give students the opportunity to develop self-regulation and autonomy – a role that becomes increasingly vital as a counterweight in an academicized future.
The Representation of Help Givers in First Aid Instruction Materials: A Multimodal Reception Study
No full textThis study explores how far a variety of choices in the visualization of help givers in first aid instruction materials can be associated the perception of these help givers in viewers. We present a reception study, in which we analyze 40 images from a first aid corpus by focusing on variations in their image type, perspective, camera angle, shot size, color, facial expression visibility, and gender. A total of 107 participants evaluated these images using 20 pairs of trait adjectives on a 6-point scale. Results indicate that drawings had a slightly higher positive composite score than photographs. Bird’s-eye perspectives, front-facing camera angles, and full-body shots all yielded a higher positive composite score, which suggests a preference for visual cues related to directness and completeness. Color images were favored over grayscale. Interestingly, images with obscured facial expressions were rated higher, potentially due to reduced emotional cues allowing for individual interpretation. Images portraying female help givers consistently received higher positive scores than male help givers. These findings show the relation between visual design and the perceived positive characteristics of help givers. The insights can be useful in the process of optimizing first aid material design
Att gestalta hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck i skolans undervisning : En litteraturanalys av hur Mats Berggrens roman Din syster måste dö, från 2017, kan användas som didaktiskt verktyg i undervisningen av hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck
No full textThe aim of this study is to examine the possibilities that Mats Berggren’s novel Din syster måste dö (2017) offers for discussing honor-related violence and oppression, and how the novel relates to the school’s values-based work. In order to address this aim, research questions have been formulated concerning representations of honor-related violence and oppression, representations of the relationship between age and gender, and how the novel can be used in discussion and teaching. To answer the aim and research questions, a literary interpretation of the novel has been conducted, and a communication model has been used to identify and analyze relevant passages. The theoretical frameworks applied in the analysis are intersectionality, with a focus on the categories of age and gender, as well as the concept of didactic potential, which is used to examine the novel’s educational possibilities. The analysis shows that the novel depicts several forms of honor-related violence and oppression, including both physical and psychological violence, and illustrates how such violence affects different characters in the narrative. Furthermore, the analysis demonstrates that age and gender have a significant impact on the power structures portrayed in the novel, as well as on the construction of different family roles. Through the close reading, the didactic potential of the novel has been analyzed. The novel shows strong potential as a didactic tool for discussion and teaching about honor-related violence and oppression, but its use requires preparation and prior knowledge on the part of both teachers and students. The findings of this study indicate that Mats Berggren’s Din syster måste dö (2017) is a suitable didactic tool for teaching lower secondary school students about core values issues, particularly honor-related violence and oppression
Samtycke i skönlitteratur : En litteraturvetenskaplig och didaktisk analys av antologin Höra pulsen slå (2022) i svenskundervisningen
No full textConsent in fiction; A literary and didactic analysis of the anthology Höra pulsen slå (2022) in Swedish language education. The aim of this qualitative study is twofold. Firstly, it examines how consent is represented in the anthology Höra pulsen slå (2022). Secondly, it discusses how this anthology can be used in a didactic context within Swedish language education. The study also seeks to demonstrate that fiction may function as a pedagogical tool for integrating the knowledge area of sexuality, consent, and relationships into Swedish teaching. Increased societal interest in issues of consent, along with recent social developments, has raised questions about how current educational practices can be improved by using fiction as a platform for discussion between teachers and students. The background section addresses both the goals and requirements of the school system, as well as existing shortcomings in teaching within this area. Previous research presents various scholarly perspectives on the possibilities for integration, the role of fiction, and the development of consent education in schools in relation to societal change. The literary analysis highlights how short stories from the anthology portray consent, while the didactic discussion explores how these portrayals can be applied in Swedish language education, thereby emphasizing the anthology’s didactic potential. The analysis is based on a hermeneutic interpretative approach and is divided into two main parts: verbal and non-verbal consent, and the right to say no. The didactic discussion highlights the pedagogical potential of fiction in relation to teaching and examines how literature can serve as an entry point for consent education. This demonstrates the potential for interdisciplinary integration between the knowledge area of sexuality, consent, and relationships and the subject of Swedish.
Roma Migration and the Cumulative Causation of Diverging Policy Responses in Scandinavia
No full textSince 2007, Scandinavia has emerged as a new destination for Romanian Roma engaging in circular migration for begging and street work. Using policy documents from parliamentary debates in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, survey data on Romanian migrants in Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen, and qualitative fieldwork in Scandinavia and Romania, this article explores the dynamic relationship between Scandinavian policy responses and migrant selection and adaptations. First, we demonstrate how the Scandinavian countries differ in their approach to migration for begging as a policy problem, resulting in different contexts of reception. Second, we show that these different contexts of reception have given rise to differences in the selection and adaptations of migrant beggars and street workers in each of the three capital cities. Third, we hypothesize that the relationship between policy responses and migrant adaptations should be conceptualized as a process of cumulative causation, where pre-existing policy differences are reinforced through positive feedback
Different yet complementary : A systematic literature review on data journalism in visualization research and journalism studies
No full textThis article surveys and compares literature on data journalism from two areas of inquiry: journalism studies and visualization research. As digital interfaces become an important access point for news, journalism and visualization scholars have begun to share a common research interest: data journalism. Given their radically different traditions and histories, these areas follow very different rules in how the topic is approached. The result is two parallel scholarships on data journalism with little points of contact. Arguably, developing research space for encounters and exchange of the two is an opportunity for expanding the academic discourse on data journalism. This study aims at opening this space of exchange through a systematic literature review. 121 articles, published between 2010 and 2023, are analyzed. Findings show that the two areas of research approach data journalism with very different aspirations. In relation to data journalism, journalism studies and visualization research could be compared with Lazersfeld’s distinction between critical and administrative research. These aspects cause various differences at an epistemic level, namely what, how and when knowledge about data journalism is produced.
Hållbarhetsrapportering och dess betydelse för privata investerare
No full textKlimatförändringar och ökade krav på transparens har gjort hållbarhetsrapportering till en central del av företags kommunikation. Regleringar och ramverk som GRI och CSRD har utvecklats för att skapa en mer jämförbar och tillförlitlig rapportering som kan användas av olika intressenter, där investerare utgör en viktig grupp. Tidigare forskning visar att investerare kan påverkas av både personliga värderingar och tankemönster, vilket kan bilda en investeringsfilosofi hos investerare. Detta förklaras med hjälp av teorier som Behavioral Finance Theory (BFT) och Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Dessa teorier kan förklara hur hållbarhetsinformation tolkas och har betydelse. De kan sedan användas på olika sätt vid investeringsbeslut. Investerare kan påverkas av personliga värderingar och tankemönster men frågan är om dessa värderingar och tankemönster kan ha betydelse av andra bakomliggande faktorer. Dessa kan vara företagsrelaterade, individuellt och socialt relaterade faktorer. Exempelvis kan det vara vilket kön investerare har eller vilken kunskap kring hållbarhetsinformation de har. Detta bildar tillsammans studiens problemformulering. Studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka faktorer som kan ha betydelse för investerares användning av hållbarhetsinformation vid investeringsbeslut, med hjälp av investeringsfilosofin. Studien använder en kvantitativ ansats med tvärsnittsdesign och ett bekvämlighetsurval. Data har samlats in via en digital enkät riktad till svenska privata aktieägare. Resultatet visar att endast faktorerna ålder och kunskap påvisar ett signifikant samband för användningen av hållbarhetsinformation vid investeringsbeslut, medan flera andra antagna samband inte kan påvisas ha betydelse inom ramen för denna studies urval och metod.Climate change and increased demands for transparency have made sustainability reporting a central part of corporate communication. Regulations and frameworks such as GRI and CSRD have been developed to create more comparable and reliable reporting that can be used by various stakeholders, where investors constitute an important group. Previous research shows that investors are often influenced by both personal values and thought patterns, which can form an investment philosophy among investors. This is explained with the help of theories such as Behavioral Finance Theory (BFT) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). These theories can explain how sustainability information is interpreted and has significance. They can then be used in different ways in investment decisions. Investors can be influenced by personal values and thought patterns, and the question is whether these values and thought patterns can have significance due to other underlying factors. These can be company related, individual and social related factors. For example It can be which gender investors have or what level of knowledge they have regarding sustainability information. This together forms the study’s problem formulation. The purpose of the study is to examine which factors can have significance for investors use of sustainability information in investment decisions, with the help of an investment philosophy. The study uses a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design and a convenience sample. Data have been collected through a digital survey directed at Swedish private shareholders. The results show that only the factors age and knowledge demonstrate a significant relationship with the use of sustainability information in investment decision, while several other assumed relationships can not be shown to have significance within the scope of this study’s sample and method
A comparison between leadership styles in high performance sports and business industry : How can they inspire each other?
No full textDenna studie undersöker ledarskapet mellan elitidrott och näringslivet och där ledarskap är en central funktion för att skapa motivation och engagemang hos individer inom gruppen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur näringslivet och elitidrottares ledarskap på lagnivå kan påverka varandra. Studien syftar även till att undersöka hur metoderna som används inom dessa branscher kan öka motivation och bidra till utveckling i form av lärande, engagemang och prestation. Följande frågeställning har legat till grund för denna studie: Hur kan ledarskapsstilarna som används i näringslivet respektive elitidrotten eventuellt förbättra och inspirera varandra genom utbyte av strategier för motivation, kompetensutveckling och målsättning? Studien använder sig av en kvalitativ metod med utgångspunkt i semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjufrågorna har baserats på studiens syfte, frågeställning samt det teoretiska ramverket. Urvalet består av ett kriteriumstyrt urval som tillämpats med hjälp av snöbollsurval. I denna studie har det hermeneutiska perspektivet tillämpats för att behandla det empiriska materialet. Avslutningsvis visar studien att relationer och ett flexibelt ledarskap är grundläggande. Ledaren anpassar sig efter sammanhanget och personen för att åstadkomma förtroende, motivation och möjligheter till kompetensutveckling inom både elitidrott och näringslivet. Både elitidrotten och näringslivet tenderar att visa en stark förflyttning från det transaktionella ledarskapet och istället uppvisar en tydlig användning av det transformativa, coachande och situationsanpassade ledarskapet. This study examines leadership between high performance sports and the business industry, where leadership is a central function in creating motivation and commitment among individuals within the group. The purpose of this study is to examine how the business industry and high performance sports leadership at team level can influence each other. The study also aims to examine how the methods used in these industries can increase motivation and contribute to development in the form of learning, commitment and performance. The following question has been the basis for this study: How can leadership styles used in business industry and high performance sport possibly improve and inspire each other through the exchange of strategies for motivation, competence- and goal development? This study uses a qualitative method, based on semistructured interviews. The interview questions have been based on the purpose of the study, the question and the theoretical framework. The sample consists of a criteria based selection that was applied partly using snowball sampling. In this study, the hermeneutic perspective has been applied to process the empirical material. In conclusion, the study shows that relationships and flexible leadership are fundamental. Where the reader adapts to the context and the person to achieve trust, motivation and opportunities for skill development in both high performance sports and business industries. Both high performance sports and business industries tend to show a strong shift away from the transactional leadership and instead show a clear use of transformative coaching and situational leadership.
Hållbarhet som varumärkesstrategi : En kvalitativ studie om hur bilvårdsföretag använder hållbarhetsarbete för att stärka sitt varumärke.
No full textDenna studie undersöker hur bilvårdsföretag i Stockholm uppfattar och använder hållbarhet som en del av sitt varumärkesbyggande. Genom en kvalitativ forskningsdesign genomfördes åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer för att få en fördjupad förståelse av hur miljömässiga, sociala och ekonomiska dimensioner av hållbarhet praktiseras i företagens vardag. Analysen baseras på Triple Bottom Line (TBL), Aakers Brand Equity modell och Green Brand Equity (GBE), vilka tillsammans möjliggör en tolkning av hur hållbarhetsarbete kan omvandlas till varumärkesvärde. Resultaten visar att hållbarhet inte används som en uttalad marknadsföringsstrategi, utan snarare är integrerad i dagliga rutiner genom val av skonsamma produkter, minskad resursförbrukning och fokus på personalens välmående. Dessa praktiker bidrar indirekt till ett starkare varumärke genom att skapa högre upplevd kvalitet, förtroende och långsiktiga kundrelationer. Samtidigt möter företagen utmaningar i form av ökade kostnader, komplexa regelverk och konkurrens från aktörer som inte följer samma krav. Studien visar att hållbarhet fungerar som en ”tyst” men betydelsefull varumärkesstrategi där värdet skapas genom handling snarare än kommunikation. Detta belyser vikten av hållbarhetsarbete i tjänstebranscher där kundens upplevelse och relationer står i centrum
Sportmärken och sociala medier : Att analysera sambandet mellan lojalitet, köpbeteende och kommunikation
No full textThis bachelor’s thesis analyzes how the relationships between interaction, electronic word of mouth(eWOM), and satisfaction on social media relate to consumer loyalty within the sportswear industry,focusing on the brands Nike and Adidas. The study applies a quantitative research method based on asurvey conducted among students at Södertörn University. In the empirical analysis, consumer loyaltyis operationalized as purchase frequency, reflecting the behavioral dimension of loyalty. The resultsfrom the multiple regression analysis indicate that interaction, eWOM, and satisfaction displaypositive coefficients; however, these relationships are not statistically significant when age andincome are included as control variables. In contrast, income shows a clear and statistically significantassociation with purchase frequency. Overall, the findings suggest that actual purchasing behavior inthe studied sample is more strongly associated with economic conditions than with engagement onsocial media. The study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of consumer loyalty byhighlighting the importance of context, sample characteristics, and how loyalty is operationalized inempirical research