Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic reference (p.192-209).

March 13th 2012 the Swedish social Committee brings up a proposal that assisted reproduction should be legalize for single women in Sweden. The suggestion was quickly forwarded to the parliament for a decision making. Although majority of the Swedish parties (the alliances) are positive about this proposal, there are also a few who are strongly against the proposal, for example the Christian Democratic Party. The purpose of this study has been to investigate how the two Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet has written about the issue on legalizing assisted reproduction for single women in Sweden. To help me come to my results and conclusion on this study I decided to use the quantitative content analysis and the qualitative text analysis method. I have specifically chosen to concentrate on how these two newspapers have chosen to present this issue and what angles do Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet uses to present this issue to their readers. After my qualitative text analysis, I came to the conclusion that this issue didn’t get the attention that it deserves from both of the newspapers. Since the issue is about babies, women and their bodies, I expected the newspapers to write about this issue as a gender issue, but that was not the case. Instead it was twisted around by the press and made into a political fight between the Christian Democrat party that is against the proposal and the alliances that is positive to the proposal. In all the articles I had chosen to analyze, I as a reader was met by the voices of different politicians that had strong opinions about legalizing assisted reproduction for single women. The opinion of ordinary people didn’t seem to matter to any of the journalist and neither was the opinion of women, because I realized that neither of these groups were found in the articles. Even more interesting was the fact that the voices of the politicians were all dominated by men. In conclusion looking at the issue on legalizing assisted reproduction for single women, one would supposed that the issue is going to be based on subjects about babies, hospitals, women and their bodies. Instead the issue was made into a political fight and dominated by male voices and opinions.

The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the use of computer aided learning (CAL) in undergraduate accounting education and establish its potential as a medium of instruction.  In the thesis the use of CAL in accounting is explored in three major stages:  first, established educational theories of learning and instruction are reviewed to identify a conceptual framework within which appropriate research questions can be formulated, second, established educational research methods are explored to identify an analytical framework within which the research questions can be meaningfully addressed, third, elements of the conceptual and analytical framework are combined to devise an experimental framework within which the use of CAL in accounting can be assessed and evaluated;  this framework is used to critically examine existing empirical studies of CAL in accounting and also to support an experimental analysis of two CAL applications.  The results of the experimental analysis suggest that the use of CAL does not adversely affect student performance and that the courseware used in the experiments provides an acceptable alternative to conventional instruction;  however, the analysis also suggests that a comprehensive insight into the efficacy of CAL can only be obtained through an appropriate combination of both quantitative and qualitative research elements.  In addition, it is suggested that any future evaluation of CAL should consider its potential impact on student learning processes and the election of an ‘approach to learning’.

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This thesis explored the comparatively new field of experiential psychology known as Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) or Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP). According to EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association), EAP is “an emerging field in which horses are used as a tool for emotional growth and learning. EAP is a collaborative effort between a licensed therapist and a horse professional. Because of its intensity and effectiveness, it is considered a short-term or brief approach” (EAGALA literature)︣The research presented here consists of interviewing six participants who are practising therapists within the UK and have been practising as equine therapists for at least one year. All therapists had to be qualified and belong to the BPS, BACP or UKCP.︣Grounded Theory was used as the methodology for this research. The research sought to develop a potentially emergent theory of why equine therapy is effective and focused on the development of resonance as a theory.

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