A experiência da criança em situação de abrigo pode dificultar o desenvolvimento de uma auto-imagem positiva quando o abrigo não atende os princípios estabelecidos por lei. Os valores, as crenças, as imagens, as atitudes e o conjunto de informações vividas na infância delineiam a imagem que a criança tem de si. Por isso, é necessário estudar em que medida o abrigo, em sua função de proteção, contribui, ou não, para a formação da auto-imagem da criança em situação de risco pessoal e social. Se, por um lado, a situação de abrigo pode evitar ou reduzir danos à criança que, no seio da família, se encontrava em situação de risco; por outro, pode causar prejuízos na formação da auto-imagem da criança. Assim, esse estudo teve o propósito de apreender o significado da experiência de abrigo para crianças em idade escolar e identificar referências sobre sua auto-imagem em seus relatos. Considerando os objetivos acima referidos, o método utilizado para desenvolver esta pesquisa foi de cunho descritivo e qualitativo. A escolha por este método deveu-se ao fato dele possibilitar a apreensão da realidade subjetiva de um grupo social. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas com quatorze crianças em situação de abrigo. A organização dos dados permitiu identificar que o significado da experiência de abrigo está associado ao cotidiano, às relações com a família e com os cuidadores. Já a auto-imagem está associada à trajetória de vida, à visão do amigo, à imagem corporal e ao autoconceito. Os relatos das crianças referentes ao significado da experiência de abrigo mostraram ambivalência de sentimentos em relação à instituição. Elas não reconhecem o abrigo como sua casa, contudo percebem que ele atende melhor as necessidades materiais do que suas famílias. Elas sentem que, no abrigo, são cuidadas e protegidas, têm melhores oportunidades de aprendizagem e maior acesso ao lazer. Gostam da instituição, mas desejam que essa situação seja transitória e que possam retornar para casa. Ao mesmo tempo em que os limites impostos pelas rotinas e normas permitem que elas se sintam cuidadas e protegidas, eles causam descontentamento devido às repreensões e falta de liberdade. Os relatos referentes à auto-imagem mostraram que todas as experiências vivenciadas pela criança refletem em seu autoconceito e que, apesar de seu histórico de violência familiar, elas buscam mecanismos de enfrentamento que as permitem desenvolver uma auto-imagem positiva em algumas áreas. O estudo possibilitou compreender que não só a instituição exerce influência sobre a auto-imagem da criança, como esta também influencia a experiência de abrigo. / The experience of a child living in a shelter can hamper their development of a positive self-image when the shelter does not abide by the principles established in accordance with the law. Values, beliefs, images, attitudes and the entire set of information experienced in their childhood builds the image that the child has of them self. Therefore, it is necessary to study to what proportion the shelter, in its function as protection, contributes or not, to the formation of the child\'s self-image in situations involving personal and social risk. If on one hand, the shelter situation can prevent or reduce damage to the child who, in their own intimate family environment was in a risk situation; it on the other hand, can cause setbacks to the child\'s formation of self-image. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to learn the significance of such experiences in shelters for school-age children and to identify references about their self-images in their reports. Considering the objectives herein stated, the method used to develop this research was of a descriptive and qualitative nature. The choice of this method should be the fact that it allows us to understand the subjective reality of a social group. With this in mind, interviews of 14 children in the shelter situation were performed. The organization of this data enabled us to identify that the significance of the shelter experience is associated with everyday life, with family relationships and with the primary caregivers. And self-image is associated with each life history, how one is viewed by friends, with body image and with self-opinion. These children\'s reports, in regard to the significance of the shelter experience, showed an ambivalence of feelings toward the institution. They do not recognize the shelter as their home; however they understand that the institution meets their material needs much more than their own families do. They feel that at the shelter they are cared for and protected; have better opportunities for learning and higher access to leisure activities. They like the institution, but wish this situation were transitional with the possibility of returning to their homes. At the same time that the limits imposed by the routines and rules make these children feel cared for and protected, they also feel discontentment due to reprimands they receive and their lack of freedom. The reports regarding self-image showed that each and every experience lived by a child, reflects in their self-opinion and that, in spite of their history of family violence, they look for mechanisms to help them develop a positive self-image in some areas. This study enabled us to understand that not only the institution exercises influence on the self-image of children, but also the influence of the shelter experience affects their self-image.

A preocupação em compreender o indivíduo de forma holística está gradativamente aumentando na área da saúde. Neste cenário os Florais de Bach consolidam-se, buscando suprir as necessidades emocionais dos indivíduos, incluindo a auto-estima, degradada em muitos idosos pela falta de auto-confiança e auto-respeito que vivenciam. Acreditando que as essências florais são capazes de estimular comportamentos e atitudes positivas e aumentar a percepção e compreensão dos sentimentos, optou-se por avaliar a efetividade dos Florais de Bach na melhora da auto-estima de idosos. Desenvolveu-se um estudo experimental, tipo ensaio clínico, triplo-cego, com idosos atendidos em dois ambulatórios de geriatria de São Paulo. Para avaliação da auto-estima utilizou-se o instrumento de Dela Coleta e para caracterização dos idosos uma anamnese de dados sócio-culturais-demográficos. De Abril/2008 a Julho/2009 abordou-se para avaliação da auto-estima 665 idosos. Desses, 15,9% (106) apresentou escore de auto-estima referente à baixa/média auto-estima, porém somente 80 preencheram também os outros critérios de inclusão do estudo. Ao fim, com as desistências, obteve-se 67 idosos, 35 alocados no Grupo Experimental e 32 no Grupo Placebo. Estes idosos participaram de três atendimentos em Terapia Floral, um a cada 45 dias nos quais se avaliou a auto-estima e se registrou os relatos de evolução dos problemas e sentimentos relacionados à auto-estima. Em todos os atendimentos os idosos escolheram seis Florais de Bach através da técnica de escolha das fotos das flores correspondentes. A cada idoso forneceu-se dois frascos com solução base, sendo que aos do Grupo Experimental acrescentou-se as essência florais escolhidas. Somente no último atendimento os idosos souberam dos significados das flores escolhidas durante o estudo, e todos os participantes receberam mais dois frascos, agora com os Florais escolhidos, permitindo o contato de todos os participantes ao tratamento. Para a verificação estatística da efetividade dos Florais sobre a auto-estima realizou-se o Teste de Tukey-HSD, observando-se que não houve diferença estatística entre os Grupos Experimental e Placebo. Houve melhora da auto-estima em ambos os grupos de estudo, porém no Grupo Experimental observou-se tendência progressiva de melhora enquanto que no Grupo Controle a auto-estima sofreu melhora imediata e manteve-se inalterada. Acredita-se que o relacionamento terapêutico estabelecido durante os atendimentos foi capaz de melhorar a auto-estima dos idosos do Grupo Placebo, porém somente os Florais forneceram subsídios ao individuo trabalhar sua auto-estima efetivamente. Reforçando isto, somente no Grupo Experimental observou-se evolução positiva do bem-estar geral relatado pelos idosos. Sugere-se que o tempo de exposição ao tratamento foi muito curto para observação da uma melhora maior no Grupo Experimental e o instrumento utilizado não foi o mais adequado para esta população, visto que não abrangia questões especificas da auto-estima em idosos. Percebeu-se que a Flor de Bach mais relevante foi a Red Chestnut, a única Flor que nos três atendimentos esteve entre as preferidas dos idosos de ambos os grupos. Esta flor evidencia duas das principais queixas dos idosos: o excesso de preocupação, principalmente com os filhos, netos e com a condição financeira / The concern in understanding the individual in a holistic way is gradually increasing in the health field. In this scenario, the Bach Flower Remedies consolidate in an attempt to supply the emotional needs of individuals, including the self-esteem, degraded in many older people due to the lack of self-confidence and self-respect that they experience. Believing that flower essences are able to stimulate positive behaviors and attitudes and increase awareness and comprehension of feelings, we decided to evaluate the effectiveness of the Bach Flower Remedies in the improvement of the self-esteem of older people. We developed an experimental study, clinical trial, triple-blind, elderly assisted by two geriatric clinics in Sao Paulo. To assess self-esteem it was used the instrument of Dela Coleta and the characterization of an old history of socio-cultural and demographic. From April/2008 to July/2009 addressed to assessing self-esteem 665 people. Of these, 15.9% (106) had scores of self-esteem on the low / medium self-esteem, but only 80 also met the other criteria for inclusion in the study. The end, with the dropouts, we got 67 seniors, 35 allocated in the experimental group and 32 in the placebo group. These seniors participated in three appointments to Flower Therapy, one every 45 days during which we evaluated the self-esteem and registered reports of developments on issues related to feelings and self-esteem. At every appointment the elderly chose six Bach Flowers using the technique of choice of photos matching flowers. For every elderly were provided two bottles of base solution, and to the experimental group was added to the flower essence chosen. Only at the last treatment, the elderly had known the meaning of the flowers chosen for the study and all participants received two more bottles, now with the flowers chosen, allowing contact of all participants to treatment. For statistical verification of the effectiveness of Flowers on self-esteem was held to the Tukey-HSD, resulting in that there was no statistical difference between the Experimental and Placebo Groups. There was improvement in self-esteem in both study groups, but in the experimental group there was a trend of gradual improvement while in the placebo group self-esteem has improved immediately and remained unchanged. It is believed that the therapeutic relationship established during the sessions was able to improve self-esteem of older people in the placebo group, but only Bach flowers provided subsidies to improve individuals self-esteem effectively. Reinforcing this, only in the experimental group it showed positive development of well-being reported by the elderly. It is suggested that the exposure time to treatment was too short for the observation of a greater improvement in the experimental group and the instrument used was not the most appropriate for this population, as they did not cover specific issues of self-esteem in the elderly. It was noticed that the more relevant Bach flower was Red Chestnut, the only one that in all appointments was among the favorite flowers of the elderly in both groups. This flower shows the principal complaints of the elderly: over-concern, especially with the children, grandchildren and the financial condition

Övervikt och fetma är ett av de största hälso- problemen i västvärlden och i Sverige idag. En av de största utmaningar inom vården är barnfetma och vi som allmänsjuksköterskor kommer i kontakt med barnen med fetma i olika vård kontexter. Det är därför viktigt att sjuksköterskor vet hur barn med fetma upplever sin livsvärld för att kunna hjälpa dem på ett bra sätt i vården. I dag lever vi i ett samhälle med stor konsumtion av energität kost och vi rör på oss allt mindre. Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur barn upplever att leva med fetma. Metoden bygger på en litteraturstudie av kvalitativa artiklar som studerades för att belysa vårt syfte. Analysen bygger på en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av Evans (2003). I resultatet framkom att barnen blev berörda på många olika sätt och följande tre huvudkategorier beskrivs: upplevelse av att inte vara som andra barn, behovet av stöd är stort och avsaknaden av kontroll över sitt liv. Fortsättningsvis framkom sex underkategorier: Synen på kroppen varierar, att känna sig kränkt, att känna sig utanför, familj och vänner är viktigt, att känna frustration samt att vilja förändra sin situation. Vi diskuterar konsekvenser av kränkning som särbehandling och utanförskap. Vidare diskuterar vi hur fetma förändrar barnens status i samhället. Slutligen presenteras praktiska implikationer för sjuksköterskan, såsom hur sjuksköterskan på bästa sätt kan bemöta barn med fetma i vården, detta för att arbeta i syfte att stärka deras självförtroende. / Program: Sjuksköterskeutbildning

Thesis was carried out to make an estimation of the willingness of consumers to buy the clothes produced under eco-friendly and decent way. Neoclassic demand theory was used and basic idea was to know that either moral effects on a consumer’s individual decision while choosing the products manufactured under friendly environment or not; if yes, then how and how much. Survey method along with choice experiment analysis was used to collect the data. Selected area was Boras Sweden and 50 respondents were considered for the survey. To estimate the degree of willingness of a consumer to pay for a Swan labeled and/or Fairtrade labeled jeans, choice experiments was used. Afterwards, the collected data was used within econometric models. It has been observed from results that consumers were more willing to pay for a Swan labeled and/or Fairtrade labeled jeans than non-labeled jeans. The responsible individuals regarding environment were much more willing to pay for Fairtrade and/or Swan labeled clothes, considering the factor that production does not affect the environment in negative way and it was done under socially acceptable conditions. / Program: Magisterutbildning i Fashion Management

År 2008 var 43 miljoner barn under fem år diagnostiserade med fetma. Fetma anses som en kronisk/långvarig sjukdom och ett folkhälsoproblem med behov av förebyggande arbete för att förhindra framtida konsekvenser. För beräkning av kroppsfett används Body Mass index (BMI). BMI är det mått som används världen runt och räknas genom att dividera kroppsvikt i kilogram med längd i meter i kvadrat. Att ungdomarna drabbas av fetma beror främst på dåliga matvanor, obegränsad tillgång till kalorier i form av kolhydrater och fett ofta i kombination med mindre fysisk aktivitet. Detta kan leda till uppkomst av andra sjukdomar exempelvis diabetes och hjärtkärlsjukdomar längre fram i livet. Syftet med studien är att beskriva barn och ungdomars upplevelse av att leva i en överviktig kropp, samt att belysa föräldrars medverkan till och påverkan på ungdomarnas viktproblem. Metoden som användes är en kvalitativ litteraturstudie genom analys av flera artiklar. Artiklarna söktes i Cinahl och Pubmed databaser och 11 kvalitativa artiklar granskades enligt Fribergs (2006) modell. Vårt resultat kan sammanfattas i två huvudteman Upplevelsen av egna kroppen och Föräldrars medverkan. Subteman i första temat är: Konsekvenser av övervikt – mobbning; Vikten av fysisk aktivitet; Välbefinnande och Brist på stöd. Andra temats subteman är: Att vara en bra förebild; Socioekonomiska hinder och kulturella skillnader och Skuldkänslor. I diskussionen beskrivs kroppens betydelse på barn och ungdomars självkänsla. Föräldrarnas stöd är väsentligt i kampen mot fetman. Fokus ska inte bara läggas på barnen utan på familjen som helhet. För att kunna förebygga utvecklingen av övervikt och fetma hos barn och ungdomar behöver närstående mer kunskap och information. / Program: Sjuksköterskeutbildning

Matematik har under lång tid ansetts vara ett maskulint kodat ämne vilket märks både i utbildningar och yrkesliv där en högre andel män än kvinnor återfinns. Elever ska efter genomgången grundskola kunna göra väl underbyggda val av utbildning och yrke. Då jämställdhet i Läroplanen lyfts fram som ett av skolans ansvarsområden är det intressant att se vilka föreställningar om matematisk subjektivitet som elever i de lägre åldrarna har. Syftet med studien var att få en bild av dessa föreställningar samt hur elever ser på sin egen subjektivitet. Med hjälp av poststrukturalistisk feministisk teori möjliggörs studien. Undersökningen har genomförts med semistrukturerade fokusgruppsintervjuer innehållande en bilduppgift med 27 elever i årskurs 3. Analys av materialet har skett genom transkribering av de inspelade ljudupptagningarna samt informanternas bilder av matematiska personer. Resultatet visar att individens eget arbete ansågs vara den främsta orsaken till varför en del elever och vuxna är matematiska. Genus sågs inte som en bidragande faktor vilket överensstämmer med forskning som visar att detta har betydelse i högre årskurser. Risken med att elever anser att individuella orsaker är avgörande kan bli att de upplever att de själva upplever att de bär ansvaret för sin matematiska framgång. / Mathematics has been considered a masculine coded subject for a long time which is evident in both educational programs as well as in professional life, which consists of a higher proportion of men than women. After completing elementary school, students should be able to make well-informed choices of education and occupation. As equality is highlighted as one of the compulsory school’s responsibilities in the Curriculum, it is interesting to see which notions of mathematical subjectivity pupils of the lower ages have. The purpose of this study was to explore these beliefs and how students view their own subjectivity. The study was made possible by using poststructuralist feminist theory. The survey was conducted with semi-structured focus group interviews including a picture assignment given to 27 third grade pupils. Analysis of the material was made using transcripts of sound recordings and informants' images of mathematical persons. The findings show that the individual's own work was considered to be the primary reason why some pupils and adults are mathematical. Gender was not considered to be a contributing factor, consistent with research showing that this is important in later grades. The risk that pupils think individual causes are decisive may be that they feel that they themselves are responsible for their own mathematical success.

O crescimento do número de idosos no Brasil nos confronta com o desafio de olhar para o envelhecimento de forma diferente. No que concerne à Psicologia, tal exercício é essencial para (re)pensarmos a prática ampliando-a à população idosa. Tendo como hipótese a ocorrência de mudanças na imagem corporal e considerando o possível conflito mente-corpo no envelhecimento, o estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos de uma prática de meditação na autoimagem de idosos analisando conteúdo verbal e conteúdo gráfico; foi utilizado um roteiro de entrevista e o Procedimento de Desenho-Estória com Tema (Vaisberg, 1999); foi solicitado aos participantes que realizassem o desenho de uma pessoa idosa, que foi comparado com suas respostas sobre percepção do envelhecimento/velhice. Os dados foram analisados antes e depois da intervenção do curso de meditação. O referencial psicanalítico serviu como base para a análise dos dados, que considera a existência de aspectos inconscientes e a presença de mecanismos de defesa permeando o funcionamento psíquico. Os instrumentos permitiram visualizar diferenças entre os dados, com contradição no teor das respostas gráficas e verbais; os resultados mostraram essencialmente mudanças significativas referentes aos desenhos; o conteúdo verbal permaneceu praticamente o mesmo nos dois momentos; nas características gráficas houve expansão, notando-se ampliação da percepção de si e mudança de posicionamento/perspectiva num modo geral; dois desenhos apresentaram maior espontaneidade retratando o próprio sujeito de maneira mais natural, menos formal; uma resistência na execução da tarefa conforme solicitada também ocorreu, que foi associada a conflito com o envelhecimento; houve referência explícita dos sujeitos sobre a melhora percebida em seu cotidiano atribuindo-a à meditação. Tal prática pode ter contribuído para a expansão da autoimagem e da espontaneidade, porém outros fatores podem ter concorrido para esta mudança, como a frequência ao curso, a aquisição de novos contatos pessoais (pares), um novo conhecimento, ou mesmo o ato de sair de casa direcionando-se à uma atividade. Estes fatores influenciam a autoestima, a motivação e consequentemente, a autoimagem. O conflito mente-corpo não é exclusivo da população idosa, porém se torna mais proeminente nesta fase da vida. A dificuldade em lidar com o descompasso entre o ritmo do corpo que já não acompanha o ritmo mental foi a tônica vista nos sujeitos da pesquisa. O ato de meditar conciliado com a ideia de reservar um tempo para si, direcionado para o autocuidado, visando o equilíbrio, pode ser benéfico para ampliar a percepção de modo geral, em que os detalhes não importam, e sim o olhar para o todo. Para relativizar vivências, memórias, a percepção de outras gerações, para que sejam ponderados também os afetos: pensar o quanto se pode afetar/ser afetado por condições inerentes da vida: olhar para o que foi trilhado como escolha e para aquilo que não se pôde escolher, se aproximando de uma autoimagem serena na última fase da vida. Concluiu-se que a melhor saída na velhice é ter consciência do conflito mente-corpo e não lutar contra, mas aprender a viver com ele / The growth of elderly number in Brazil confronts us with the challenge of stare at the aging process in a different way. Related to Psychology, such exercise is essential in order to (re) think the practice extending it to the elderly. Given the hypothesis of the changes occurrence in self-image and considering the possible mind-body conflict in this phase of life, the study aimed to evaluate the effects of a meditation practice in self-image of elderly analyzing verbal and graphic content. An interview script and the Procedimento de Desenho-Estória com Tema (Vaisberg, 1999) were used; the participants were asked to draw an old person figure, which was compared with their answers about aging process/old age perception. The material was analyzed before and after the meditation course intervention. The psychoanalytical referential served as basis to interpret the data, which considers the existence of unconscious aspects and presence of defense mechanisms permeating the psychic functioning. The instruments allowed one to visualize differences between data, with contradiction in the graphic and verbal answers accent; the results showed significant changes mainly related to the drawings; the verbal content remained practically the same in both moments; in the graphic features there were expansion, being noticed the self-perception enlargement and change of positioning/perspective in general; two drawings presented more spontaneity picturing the own participant in a more natural way, with less formality; one resistance in the execution of task as solicited also occurred, which was associated to aging process conflict; there was explicit reference from the subjects about a perceived improve in their daily lives attributing it to the meditation. Such practice may have contributed to the self-image and the spontaneity expansion, although other factors may have concurred to this change, such as the attendance to the mediation classes, the acquirement of new personal contacts (pairs), to learn something new, or even the act of going out directed to an activity. These factors have influence on selfesteem, motivation and consequently, the self-image. The mind-body conflict isnt exclusive of elderly population, but it becomes more prominent at this phase of life. The difficulty in deal with the mismatch between the body rhythm which no longer follow the mind rhythm was the tonic seen in the research subjects. The act of meditate adjoined with the idea of reserving a time for oneself, towards self-care, aiming the balance, may be good to extend the overall perception, in which the details dont matter, but the look towards the whole picture, in order to relativize experiences, memories, other generations perception, also pondering the affects; to think how much one can affect/being affected by life inherent conditions: to look at what was trodden as choice and to what one could not choose, getting closer to a serene self - image in the last phase of life. It was concluded that the best alternative in old age is to be conscious of the mind-body conflict and not fight against it, but learn to live with it

<p>The overall purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse interpersonal behaviour in career counselling sessions. The importance of the relationship in counselling for the outcome of sessions has been acknowledged in earlier research. How the actual interaction process between client and career counsellor looks like has been sparsely investigated. The present research explores expected, experienced behaviours and self-image of 15 adolescent clients’ and counsellors’ dyads in career counselling. The research was guided by interpersonal theory and the model of structural analysis of social behaviour (SASB) developed by Lorna Smith Benjamin. The research focuses on four different aspect of interpersonal behaviour. First, the significance of different behaviours by the clients and the career counsellors related to session evaluation. Second, the significance of expected and experienced similarity in perceptions of self and other behaviours related to session evaluation. Third, differences of perceived behaviours and possible influence by self-image over the course of sessions and fourth, comparing the influence of positive and negative self-image to expected and experienced behaviours, perceived important events during session and session evaluation session by clients’. Results indicate the importance for clients to become close to the career counsellor in session, while the career counsellors’ encouragement of clients’ independency during sessions showed to be of less importance for the clients’. This pattern imply a difficult balance act for career counsellors between providing a safe and close relationship and promoting independence and exploration for the clients. Further, it was found that career counsellors had difficulties in identifying their own contributions to a positive session evaluation, indicating a problem for the career counsellors’ to make conscious adjustments of behaviours. The degree to which client and career counsellor agreed of their behaviours only mattered for experiences of the career counsellors’ behaviour when related to their evaluation of session. Only minor tendencies of influence by the career counsellors’ self-image of clients’ perceived differences in behaviours were found. Self-image played a significant role in how the clients’ expected and experienced behaviours, perceived important events in session and in their session evaluation. Clients’ with positive self-image showed consistently more positive perceptions on each of the involved variables.</p>

<p>Uppsatsen handlar om hur de som intervjuats ser på mat och ätande. Viktiga avsnitt är, vad som är mat och inte mat. Här tar jag bland annat upp vad som är mat enligt informanterna men också vad som inte är mat. Jag skriver om måltider och deras betydelse. Tid och tidsaspekter som rör mat avhandlas också. Kött och potatis och hur husmanskosten är normerande bearbetas i uppsatsen. Andra ämnen jag tar upp är god mat och mat som ogillas. Till sist beskriver jag det sociala runt mat och idealbilder av mat.</p> / <p>This paper is about five Swedish informants and their views on food. Important parts are what food is and what is not. The meaning of meals and their importance. Time and aspects of time surrounding food is also studied. I write about meat and potatoes and the normative values of the Swedish “husmanskost”. Other subjects are good food, disliked food, social aspects of food and ideal images of food.</p>

<p>Abstract</p><p>The purpose of this investigation is to find out how the pupils can discover and to feel joy in their creative art activity and also to believe in their own ability. The aim is to figure out if creative art activity is able to raise the pupil’s self-image. By literature, pedagogue interviews, and interviews with pupils at the age of ten years old and by action research is the way that I have searched for an answer for my question. The main result is that fantasy, creativity, courage and lust are important parts to develop in the job of raising the self-image. The literature and the result of the interviews are unit and points at the feeling to succeed are decisive. As a pedagogue you have to create an allowing environment, give the pupil praise that is concrete and to have an attitude that means to be confident in the subject to teach. Through joint discussion about the creative art activity is also contributing to raise the pupil’s self-image. My conclusion is that the pedagogue has a big responsibility in the job of raising the pupil’s self-image through creating the correct conditions.</p><p>Keywords: self-image, creative art activity, creativity, expressio</p> / <p>Sammanfattning</p><p>Syftet med denna undersökning är att utforska hur eleverna kan upptäcka och känna glädje i sitt bildskapande, och även tro på sin förmåga. Meningen är att ta reda på om bildskapande kan vara ett redskap för att stärka elevens självuppfattning. Genom utvald litteratur och intervju med pedagoger, intervju med elever i år 4 samt aktionsforskning i samband med elevintervjuerna har jag sökt svar på min frågeställning. Huvudresultatet i min undersökning är att fantasi, kreativitet, mod och lust är viktiga delar att locka fram, för att stärka elevers självuppfattning. Litteraturen och intervjuerna påtalar också enigt att känslan av att lyckas är avgörande. Som pedagog ska man skapa en tillåtande miljö, ge konkret uppmuntran och att ha en attityd som innebär bland annat att vara bekväm med det medium man undervisar i. Gemensam bearbetning av elevernas skapande stärker elevernas självuppfattning ytterligare. Slutsats är att pedagogen har ett stort ansvar i arbetet med att stärka elevernas självuppfattning, i att skapa rätt förutsättningar. Då kan redskapet absolut vara bildskapande.</p><p>Nyckelord: Självuppfattning, bildskapande, kreativitet, uttryck</p>