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<p>Abstract</p><p>My purpose with this composition was to investigate how the pupils at the nine-year compulsory school year eight describe the subject sport and health in school. The results from the interviews were compared with some of existing ideas and theories that are used in work for health of today. The studies that earlier has been done in the subject have in the most cases had focus from an adult perspective, with a view to look at the subject sport and health. I choose to examine what possible experienced health factors from a perspective of pupils, witch are important for the pupils to reach physical between the subject, what did they learn about health at the lessons and how they define the conception of health</p><p>In my qualitative study I used interview to investigate the pupils describe of the subject sport and health in school. The choice of method was inductive in purpose to develop ideas and hypothesis in the subject. My study showed that the pupils experienced that they reached health effects through the subject in form of feeling well. They described how important the subject is for their health in school.</p><p>The study also showed that the conception of health was complex and difficult to define for the pupils. My conclusion is that the subject sport and health gives many pupils experiences of own health effects, but needs to be developed for in order to engage even the physical inactive pupils and in that way be able to reach the aim of the course plan. Besides the conception of health needs to be define more clearly in the documents to reach a concordant in teaching and to make possible the learning and knowledge-development in the subject.</p>

Abstract My purpose with this composition was to investigate how the pupils at the nine-year compulsory school year eight describe the subject sport and health in school. The results from the interviews were compared with some of existing ideas and theories that are used in work for health of today. The studies that earlier has been done in the subject have in the most cases had focus from an adult perspective, with a view to look at the subject sport and health. I choose to examine what possible experienced health factors from a perspective of pupils, witch are important for the pupils to reach physical between the subject, what did they learn about health at the lessons and how they define the conception of health In my qualitative study I used interview to investigate the pupils describe of the subject sport and health in school. The choice of method was inductive in purpose to develop ideas and hypothesis in the subject. My study showed that the pupils experienced that they reached health effects through the subject in form of feeling well. They described how important the subject is for their health in school. The study also showed that the conception of health was complex and difficult to define for the pupils. My conclusion is that the subject sport and health gives many pupils experiences of own health effects, but needs to be developed for in order to engage even the physical inactive pupils and in that way be able to reach the aim of the course plan. Besides the conception of health needs to be define more clearly in the documents to reach a concordant in teaching and to make possible the learning and knowledge-development in the subject.

Internships are increasingly popular in higher education (Coco, 2000; Divine et al., 2007). One reason for the increase is the benefits, both perceived and documented, associated with them (Divine et al., 2007). In addition to offering internships as electives, some programs have even begun requiring them of all students (Klein & Weiss, 2011). The policy change from elective to required internships has been evaluated very little, if at all, even though mandatory internships result in a substantial increase in cost and commitment for the departments that implement them (Divine et al., 2007). This study analyzed survey and interview data from students (past and present) who participated in a required internship through an Equine Science and Management degree program at a major land grant institution that adopted a mandatory internship requirement in 2007. The intent of the study was to deepen the understanding of the effects of a mandatory internship policy in higher education from the students’ perspective. Specifically of interest were the benefits students gain from participating in mandatory internships, their perception of the mandatory internship policy, and whether the primary reason students participated in an internship influenced the experience. A mixed-methods approach was used to identify statistically significant results and provide an in-depth understanding of the results. This study revealed that the vast majority of students who participated in a mandatory internship recognized a variety of benefits from it, viewed the experience as beneficial, and supported the policy of requiring internships. It was demonstrated that mandatory internships can empower students and aid in their professionalization. Participants also credited their internship more than their overall undergraduate experience for better preparing them at several important career skills including problem solving, job interviewing, networking, resume writing, oral presentation, interpersonal communication, and written communication. Furthermore, this study identified several statistically significant relationships between the primary reason students participated in an internship and how beneficially they view it, how much they believe it contributed to their current job, and how well it prepared them at specific career skills. The results of this study provide insight into the benefits of a mandatory internship policy from the students’ perspective.

The main purpose of this study was to increase knowledge on the views of students with reading and writing difficulties when it comes to their perception of their difficulties, school experiences and future aspirations. The second aim was to increase knowledge about some differences and similarities between Malta and Sweden in the subject field. The research questions concerned students’ descriptions of their diagnostic processes, perception of their difficulties, strengths and coping strategies, school experience and future aspirations. A qualitative interview study was conducted with five Swedish and six Maltese upper secondary school students. The Ecological systems theory and Didactic theory together with previous research were used to analyse the results. To summarise the results, almost all of the students diagnosed with dyslexia showed a positive attitude towards having the report. The Maltese students described the absolute necessity of a diagnosis to receive support. No student in the study described having received support and structured phonological training as recommended by previous research. The students described a wide range of difficulties, strengths and coping strategies mainly in line with previous research. The importance of concentration when learning and taking tests was accentuated. Listening to a skilled teacher was emphasised as one of the best ways of learning, and the importance of willpower was highlighted. The students showed the importance of communicating with teachers, finding own methods, and make the most of one’s strengths to close the gaps in the areas in which one experiences difficulties. For all the Maltese students, private lessons have been a source of support, while none of the Swedish mentioned any private training. For the majority, both parents and a hobby played an important role when it comes to support and well-being. All students described school as difficult, but students’ experiences of school ranged from humiliating to somehow supportive. Some of the Maltese students described that they were afraid of being judged for using dyslexia as an excuse, while some of the Swedish students described they felt the right to support and adjustments. All students but one described that they had lowered their future aspirations due to their difficulties. All students seem to rely on their own strategies for school success. In the light of the theoretical framework – the Ecological systems theory, Didactic theory and previous research – the results could imply both a need for improving teachers’ literacy and didactic skills within the existing systems as well as a need for curriculum development and change of examinations systems.

This study aims towards high performing students’ perspective on motivation and how they consistently obtain high grades in English classes. Different characteristics from Skolverket’s study that were common for high performing students along with Reeve’s self-determination theory was used as background research. Qualitative interviews were used to analyse the high performing students’ perception of how they are challenged in English classes and how they motivate themselves. The results show that high performance in English classes is not so much an innate ability, which some are born with, but rather a question of motivation and character.

Syftet med studien är att genom intervjuer undersöka motivationens betydelse i skrivundervisning för en grupp elever i årskurs sex. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt grundas på självbestämmandeteori. Eleverna motiveras i olika grad av attityder utifrån erfarenheter, mål, yttre faktorer och intresse. Studiens forskningsbakgrund poängterar bland annat att elever behöver motivation för att lyckas i skolan. Resultatet av föreliggande studie visar att undervisningen bör utformas mer utifrån elevernas egna intressen och yttre faktorer som kan påverka eleverna för att de ska bli så motiverade som möjligt. Lärare behöver känna sina elever på individnivå för att veta vad som motiverar dem. Denna studie ger lärare en vägledning av vad elever motiveras av.

The aim of this essay is to describe and problematize students' experiences and perspectives on teaching a locally rooted controversial social issue in social studies from a process perspective. A starting point for the study is that teaching controversial social issues can contribute to students' democratic education by allowing students to practice participating in political conversations, increasing their political self-confidence and learning perspective-taking. Students' perspectives on teaching is investigated by collecting log books in a class during a period of teaching about a locally rooted controversial social issue in a social studies course at the upper secondary school. The logbooks were collected on five occasions and consist of the students’ reflections of the lessons.  The result of the study can be related to the students' development of thoughts on the current question, the students' experiences of the teaching and their own reporting of what skills they have acquired. Firstly, the students developed their thoughts around the issue and showed evidence of perspective-taking. Particularly important for this is contextualization and the students' participation in a seminar where the issue was discussed. Secondly, the students felt that the teaching gave space to show feelings and opinions, but during the process also experienced obstacles to express feelings and opinions. These obstacles were linked to the relationships in the class, to the fact that the issue was perceived as complex and complicated and to a lack of knowledge on the issue to be able to take a stand. Factors that enabled the students to show feelings and opinions were, on the other hand, the seminar where the students shared the experience of being listened to and respected, that there were norms that enabled equal participation in the discussion and that they felt well prepared for the task. Finally, the results shows that the students' reflections on their knowledge went from being connected to the issue itself to being more connected to abilities such as arguing and speaking in front of others and perspective-taking. These abilities can also be said to have a strong connection to the school's democratic educational mission. / Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva och problematisera elevers upplevelser och perspektiv på undervisning i en lokalt förankrad kontroversiell samhällsfråga i samhällskunskap ur ett processperspektiv. En utgångspunkt för studien är att undervisning i kontroversiella samhällsfrågor kan bidra till elevers demokratiska fostran genom att eleverna får träna sig i att delta i politiska samtal, att de ökar sin politiska självtilltro samt lär sig perspektivtagande. Elevers perspektiv på undervisningen undersöks genom insamling av loggböcker i en klass under ett arbetsområde i kursen samhällskunskap 2 på gymnasiet. Loggböckerna samlades in under fem tillfällen och består av elevernas reflektioner från lektionerna. Resultatet av studien kan relateras till elevernas utveckling av tankar i den aktuella frågan, elevernas upplevelser av undervisningen och deras egen rapportering av vilka kunskaper de fått med sig. För det första utvecklade eleverna sina tankar kring frågan och visade prov på perspektivtagande. Särskilt betydelsefullt för detta var kontexutalisering och elevernas deltagande i ett seminarium där frågan diskuterades. För det andra upplevde eleverna att undervisningen gav utrymme för att visa känslor och åsikter men upplevde under processens gång också hinder för att uttrycka känslor och åsikter. Dessa hinder var kopplade till relationerna i klassen, till att frågan upplevdes som komplex och komplicerad och till avsaknad av kunskap i frågan för att kunna ta ställning. Faktorer som möjliggjorde för eleverna att visa känslor och åsikter var å andra sidan seminariet där eleverna delade upplevelsen av att bli lyssnade på och respekterad, att det fanns normer som möjliggjorde likvärdigt deltagande i diskussionen samt att de kände sig väl förberedda för uppgiften. Slutligen visade resultatet att elevernas reflektioner kring sina kunskaper gick från att vara kopplade till själva sakfrågan till att i högre grad vara kopplade till förmågor så som att argumentera och prata inför andra och perspektivtagande. Dessa förmågor kan också sägas ha en stark koppling till skolans demokratiska fostransuppdrag.

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The purpose of the study was to increase knowledge about high school students' perspective on the school's support efforts in mathematics teaching. Bronfenbrenner's developmental ecology model was used as the theoretical framework for the design of the interview guide and result analysis. The study has a qualitative approach and the empirical evidence was collected through semi-structured interviews with ten high school students in the high school's university preparatory program at four different schools.  The selection of informants was made based on the students' self-perceived experiences of mathematics difficulties. After transcribing the audio files, the material was analyzed in its entirety using thematic content analysis. The result showed that additional adaptations in mathematics teaching to a greater extent need to meet the students' actual needs. The students in the study preferred a mathematics support in teaching, such as two teachers in the classroom instead of a support outside teaching. To prevent mathematics difficulties, the teaching needs to involve the students in different ways during the lessons, be interesting and understandable according to the study's informants. The language in mathematics could create barriers to accessibility, a factor which can be understood on both a micro and exo level. Several students highlighted the potential of the digital resources for mathematics and how these can be used as supplementary support. Finally, problems at the meso level need attention and transitions both between junior high and high school as well as between high schools need to be ensured regarding the students' need for additional adaptations and knowledge development in mathematics.