Studiens syfte är att bidra med en ökad förståelse för vilka pedagogiska färdigheter skidinstruktörerna värdesätter och anser vara centrala i deras arbete och varför. För att undersöka detta så har en fallstudie av en svensk skidskola utförts där skidskolans instruktörer blev intervjuade om vilka pedagogiska färdigheter de värdesatte och även hur den externa samt interna utbildningen upplevdes förhålla sig till dessa. Studiens resultat visar hur instruktörerna värdesatte social kompetens, lyhördhet och förmågan att inspirera som centrala pedagogiska färdigheter för en skidinstruktör. Genom en god förmåga i dessa färdigheter möjliggjordes skapandet av en god relation till elev under lektion och även tillämpning av rätt typ av undervisning som anpassas till eleven och situationen. Den externa utbildningen ansågs inte direkt utveckla dessa färdigheter utan hade snarare ett fokus på skidteknisk förmåga och förståelse. Utbildningen utvecklade dock indirekt färdigheterna genom interaktion med övriga deltagare och ett förebildskap av instruktören. Den interna utbildningen ansågs även den ha ett mer skidtekniskt fokus men också där utvecklades de värdesatta färdigheterna genom deltagande och interaktion mellan skidinstruktörerna. / The purpose of this study is to contribute a deeper understanding about what skills are valued by ski instructors and perceived as central in their line of work and, why. To this end, a case study was conducted of a Swedish ski school. Six ski instructors and one manager were interviewed about what skills they value, and about how the external ski instructor training they underwent were perceived in relation to those skills. The results show that social skills, perceptiveness and the ability to inspire were regarded as central skills for a competent ski instructor. By having this set of skills the instructor is able to create a good social relation to the student by using pedagogy and instruction adapted to the particular student and situation. The external education was not perceived as developing these skills directly; instead, it was perceived as a way of developing a technical understanding of skiing. The instructors however experienced that the education developed the valued skills indirectly through interaction with the participants as well as with the instructor acting as a role model. The workplace education was also perceived as having a ski-technical focus but also as developing the valued skills through participation and interaction between the ski instructors.

Title: Individual ski lesson of preschool children Targets: The target of diploma work is on base of observation the interaction of ski instructor or parent and pupil to show, which kind of ski lesson is more appropriate for preschool age. Method of diploma work: In this work I used attended observation and controlled conversation. During attended observation I have taken notices progress of ski lesson to my beforehand prepared table with fixed criterions (age of child, sort of teacher, duration of teaching lesson, length of slope, kind of terrain, teaching methods, way of snowplough practice, correction of mistakes, communication during teaching lesson). I used controlled conversation after the end of lesson and the conversation was led with parent of child and instructor. Controlled conversation was composed from open questions. During conversation I used questions regarding experience or behaviour, knowledge and perception. Result: Establishing of the first contact of a teacher and a child was performed only during instructor lesson. The instructor had to get child to his side. Between parent and child hasn't been first contact. During the lesson there was communication only between the teacher and the child. Instructor tried to communicate with child during whole lesson. The instructor used...

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur skidlärare upplever sitt arbete medarbetarnas betydelse i en framgångsrik organisation. Datainsamlingen bestod av nio semistrukturerade intervjuer, och ändamålsenligt urval tillämpades. Ett inklusionskriterium för att deltaga i studien var en anställning som skidlärare i företaget Trysilguidene AS. Data bearbetades och analyserades med tematisk analys. Fyra teman analyserades fram, dessa var Relatera till företagets värderingar, Omgivningen är betydelsefull, Bidra till en nöjd gäst och En rädsla av att inte passa in. Resultatet visade att för att prestera sitt yttersta är det viktigt med ett intresse för skidåkning samt att individens personlighet och dess värderingar går hand i hand med företagets. Vidare är de nära relationerna med de övriga medarbetarna i organisationen av stor betydelse. Utifrån denna studie verkar engagerade, motiverade och välmående medarbetare vara en viktig grund för framgångsrika organisationer. / The purpose of this study was to investigate how ski instructors experience their work. The survey was conducted with a qualitative method in the form of thematic analysis. The data collection consisted nine semistructured interviews, and.  appropriate selection was applied. An inclusion criterion for participation in the study was an employment as a ski instructor in Trysilguidene AS. Data was processed and analyzed with thematic analysis. Four themes were analyzed, these were Related to the company's values, The surroundings are meaningful, Contribute to a satisfied guest and A fear of not fit in. The result showed that in order to achieve its utmost it is important to have an interest in skiing and it is also important that the individual's personality and values go hand in hand with the company. Furthermore, the close relationships with the other employees in the organization are of great importance. Based on this study committed, motivated and prosperous employees appear to be an important foundation for successful organizations.