25 research outputs found
Första linjens chefers erfarenheter av arbetet med den psykosociala arbetsmiljön : - en kvalitativ studie i en universitetsmiljö
No full textAbstract Author: Cecilia Edling Title: First line managers’ experiences of work with the psychosocial work environment - a qualitative study in a university environment. Course: Master thesis of the main area work and health University: University of Gävle, Sweden Aim: Explore and describe experiences first line managers at universities and colleges have of working with the psychosocial work environment. Background: Problems with the psychosocial work environment are growing and is a diffuse area that can be difficult to know how to handle. First line managers have an important role by being a link between higher managers and subordinate employees, but it can also be a complex and difficult role. Metod: Qualitative method with qualitative content analysis. Result: Experiences are that conflicts are difficult to handle and that clarity in the role is affected by the organization of responsibility. The psychosocial work environment is perceived as difficult to work with and structural factors create stress for employees and difficulties for managers to handle. Conclusion: Many of the experiences, and which first line managers experience affects their work with the psychosocial work environment, are specific for universities and colleges. Keywords: psychosocial work environment, first line managers, university and colleg
The Role of Substrate Temperature and Magnetic Filtering for DLC by Cathodic Arc Evaporation
No full textDiamond-like carbon (DLC) films were deposited using two different types of high current arc evaporation. The first process used a magnetic particle filter to remove droplets from the plasma. For the second process, the samples were put into a metallic cage which was placed directly above the plasma source. For both processes, we varied the substrate temperature from 21 to 350 °C in order to investigate the temperature effect. The samples were characterized using SEM, AFM, XPS, Raman Spectroscopy, Ellipsometry, Photometry, and Nano Indentation in order to compare both methods of deposition and provide a careful characterization of such DLC films. We found that the sp3 content and the hardness can be precisely adjusted by changing the substrate temperature. Furthermore, in the case of unfiltered deposition, the optical constants can be shifted in the direction of higher absorbance in order to produce black and hard carbon coatings
Abstraction and authority in textbooks : The textual paths towards specialized language
No full textDuring a few hours of a school day, a student might read textbook texts which are highly diversified in terms of abstraction. Abstraction is a central feature of specialized language and the transition from everyday language to specialized language is one of the most important things formal education can offer students. That transition is the focus of this thesis. This study introduces a new three-graded classification of abstraction including the levels of specificity, generalization and abstraction, based on a discussion of the concept of abstraction. The investigations performed, based on this classification, show that texts from different subject areas display distinct patterns of abstraction. The Swedish literary texts had the lowest degree of abstraction, the social science texts had an intermediate degree and the natural science texts were the most generalized and abstract. The results also show that the degree of abstraction in the textbook texts increases in later grade levels. The thesis presents a new way of analyzing shifts between levels of abstraction and their functions. Interestingly, the texts with a medium degree of abstraction, the social science texts, are the ones with the greatest variety in shifts. The functions of the shifts differ with respect to cultural domains. The shifts in the Swedish literary texts in general belong to the everyday domain while the shifts in the natural science texts belong to a specialized domain. The shifts in the social science texts had features of both domains. A secondary aim of the thesis is to develop the understanding of the relationship between author and reader in the texts. The results from my investigation of modality in the Swedish textbook texts confirm the earlier findings from English and Spanish textbooks. In comparison to other text types, textbook texts present knowledge in a more authoritative and less modalized way. From time to time, abstraction is described as a feature that hinders students accessing texts. Some researchers even suggest a removal of features of specialized language in textbook texts, in order to increase students’ understanding. However, in a society where specialized knowledge is necessary, the access to specialized texts is important. A democratic view of education and school mandates that children and adolescents have the opportunity to encounter and learn to encounter specialized language in school. In analyzing the texts special attention is paid to the relationship between the texts, the contexts of use and the student readers
Spodnjesavinjska dolina v vizitacijskih zapisnikih goriškega nadškofa Karla Mihaela grofa Attemsa
No full textDrawing on the visitation minutes of the first Archbishop of Gorizia, Karl Michael von Attems, the author of the article aims to present the ecclesiastical conditions in the Lower Savinja Valley during the second half of the eighteenth century. Apart from the archbishop, visitations were also conducted by his various substitutes (delegates), the Celje city parish priest and Archdeacon Dr. Martin Sumpichler, as well as Rudolf Joseph von Edling, Auxiliary Bishop of Gorizia. The visitations were carried out with a view to assessing the ecclesiastical conditions across parishes, visiting numerous castle chapels and poorhouses, consecrating churches, granting various levels of clerical ordinations to both diocesan and monastic candidates for the priesthood, as well as settling various administrative affairs.Prispevek poskuša na podlagi vizitacijskih zapisnikov prvega goriškega nadškofa Karla Mihaela grofa Attemsa prikazati cerkvene razmere v Spodnjesavinjski dolini v drugi polovici 18. stoletja. Poleg njega so vizitacije opravljali še različni namestniki, npr. celjski mestni župnik in arhidiakon dr. Martin Sumpichler ter goriški pomožni škof Rudolf Jožef grof Edling. Ob tej priložnosti so bile pregledane cerkvene razmere po župnijah, obiskane so bile številne grajske kapele in špitali, posvečena je bila vrsta cerkva, podeljene so bile različne stopnje kleriških redov (nižjih in višjih) tako škofijskim kot tudi redovnim kandidatom za duhovniški poklic, urejale pa so se tudi različne administrativne zadeve
Teaching abstraction? : Art historical and sociological perspectives on Nils Wedel and the basic form course at Slöjdskolan in Gothenburg, Sweden 1946–1957
No full textFrom the perspective of art history and sociology, this article investigates the artist Nils Wedel (1897–1967) and his position as head teacher to the department of decorative painting at the art and design school Slöjdskolan in Gothenburg 1938–1953. The article argues that the recruitment of Wedel can be seen as a strategic outcome of combination of his deviant interest in abstract art (compared to his more successful expressionist contemporaries) and his modest career. Supporting his family as a graphic designer, he was, due to his abstract “inclinations”, isolated from the dominant networks of Francophile and well-tempered expressionist art in Stockholm and Gothenburg in the 1930s and 1940s. However, this homology of aesthetic and social characteristics that positioned him in the margins of contemporary Swedish art made him the perfect teacher to meet the increased demand in Sweden in the late 1930s for art and design artists tuned to modernist idioms and skilled in professional methods of visual design. In commercial work in visual imagery, such as advertisements, shop window displays, or even carpet design, abstraction had become fashionable by the early 1930s. Wedel's introduction of a basic form course in 1946 can be seen as a pedagogical confirmation of this attraction of modernist idioms. In the geographical, social and aesthetic periphery, it was possible to build a pedagogical setting that introduced students to the then historical avant-garde of abstract art and modern idioms while also training skills valuable for a commercial career. © 2015 The Author(s)</p
How do writing strategies transfer between L1 and L2 writing?: A case study from upper secondary school
No full textDeveloping writing skills is vital across educational levels, motivating an investigation of how writers transfer their knowledge between subjects and languages. This case study aims to explore a methodology for comparing text properties and writing processes between L1 and L2 writing, using the theoretical framework of cognitive writing research (Chenoweth & Hayes, 2001), which identifies real‐time processes: planning, translating, and reviewing. Research questions are: How do L1 and L2 texts compare regarding text properties? How do the L1 and L2 writing processes for creating those texts compare?
The data consist of two recorded writing processes of comparable expository texts written in Swedish L1 and English L2 by a 16‐year old Swedish girl. Data was collected with keystroke logging, a method for observing pauses and revisions during L1 and L2 writing and examining the relationship between the final text and realtime writing processes (Johansson et al., 2023). The examination included text properties and writing processes, focusing on revision and pauses as indications of planning or reading.
Results showed that the L2 text were longer, with reduced lexical variation, but it exhibited structural similarities with the L1 text. The L2 writing contained more pauses and pause time, while the L1 text displayed slightly higher writing speed, suggesting greater fluency. A higher percentage of character deletions in the L1 text hinted at the author's more intensive text work. Replay analysis showed the author dynamically revised both languages, emphasizing lexical precision. In the L2 text, she sought suitable English words, while in the L1 text, she opted for more precise words.
To conclude, this young author demonstrates a transfer of writing skills between languages, supporting an educational approach where writing strategies are taught across subjects
Fast and Cost-Effective Synthesis of High-Quality Graphene on Copper Foils Using High-Current Arc Evaporation
No full textIn this paper, we present an innovative and ultra-fast process for the deposition of high-quality graphene on different metal foils and thin metal films. The graphene layer can be homogeneously deposited in only 30 s process time. Due to the weak adhesion to the substrate material, the monolayer graphene is easy to transfer using the established processes. For the production, we use magnetic filtered high-current arc evaporation (Φ-HCA) with a solid, graphitic carbon source. This ultra-fast growth process can pave the way towards a cost-effective graphene synthesis for the mass production e.g., in a roll-to-roll process, avoiding time consuming established processes
Sensing as an ethical dimension of teacher professionality
No full textDrawing on the ethics of alterity and the ethics of dissensus, this study addresses how teacher professionality can be understood in relation to the notion of sensing. Both these ethics indicate a desire to oppose various forms of violence in society. The author challenges the assumption that all that is needed to oppose violence is the moulding of a proper moral character. According to Lévinas’ and Ziarek’s writings on sensing the Other, education alone will not overcome power dynamics and the unconscious distancing between people. Instead, these aspects need to be continuously addressed by teachers. Rather than trying to find the best ethical theory, we contend that theories cannot replace the critical judgement of teachers, which necessarily presumes a more widened view and more thoughtful choices in their ever-changing practices.</p
How to be young and how to belong: An identity-in-practice perspective on language and literacy learning
No full textBased on Higgins’ (20011) call for an expanded view on language learning that considers he relations between identity construction and language development in the light of contemporary globalization processes, in this presentation, we examine how a group of multilingual students negotiate ethnolinguistic identity during a literacy task, where they have been encouraged to include different linguistic and multimodal resources.
Data consists of detailed transcriptions of a video recording of three multilingual students' group work which is part of a longitudinal research project on literacy and linguistic diversity (2008-2018) (Author 1, 2019). In analyzing the students’ (aged 14-15) peer interaction, we draw on studies of talk-in-interaction examining the use of categories as they are made relevant, oriented to, and negotiated during conversation (Antaki & Widdicombe, 1998).
The analysis shows how the adolescents in their talk and embodied practice draw on and play with their heteroglossic semiotic resources to explore discourses around multilingualism and multiculturalism. During this exploration they reflect on their own social, local, and translocal experiences examining possibilities for forming hybrid identities and establishing and affirming social relationships. In that way, the school-framed literacy activity evolves into a performative investigation of difference, sameness, and in between-ness.
Our analysis calls for a perspective on multilingualism that does not use pre-established and monolithic categories to understand student identity and interaction. Instead, it argues for the importance of paying attention to students’ different orientations and affiliations to language and the ways they create links between language and social identifications to better create opportunities for students to integrate their multilingual and multimodal experiences into their literacy learning
Married to the empire: three governors' wives in Russian America 1829-1864
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Elisabeth von Wrangell -- Part II. Margaretha Etholøn -- Part III. Anna Furhjelm
