Högskolelärare omges av många kravställningar från olika håll samt en hög arbetsbelastning som de behöver hantera för att kunna balansera sitt arbete med privatlivet. Forskning är bristfällig hur högskolelärare hanterar att balansera sin höga arbetsbelastning med deras privatliv. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att utifrån ett hälsopedagogiskt perspektiv belysa hur högskolelärare lär sig hantera balansen mellan arbete och privatliv inom högskolesektorn. Teoretisk referensram: Den teoretiska referensramen består av en hälsoteoretisk utgångspunkt i krav-kontroll-stödmodellen samt en pedagogisk utgångspunkt i anpassnings- och utvecklingsinriktat lärande. Metod: Den metod som studien utgår ifrån är av kvalitativ art där det empiriska materialet samlades in genom tre fokusgruppsintervjuer. Sammanlagt deltog tretton högskolelärare i studien. Studien pendlade mellan ett deduktivt och induktivt arbetssätt och materialet analyserades genom analysmetoden kategorisering. Resultat: Högskolelärarnas arbetssituation präglas av både organisatoriska och individuella krav och denna kombination av krav kan skapa ett gränslöst arbete beroende på individens personlighet. För att hantera de kravställningar som högskolelärare omges av så utvecklar de olika individuella strategier. De upplever även en hög kontroll vilket beskrivs som både positivt och negativt då de upplever arbetsglädje, dock bidrar hög kontroll till att de arbetar mycket övertid samt hemifrån. Högskolelärarna beskriver brister i det sociala stödet då högskolesektorn präglas av mycket individbaserade arbetsuppgifter och mer teambaserat arbete önskas. Slutsats: Den huvudsakliga slutsatsen som dras är att gränsen mellan arbete och privatliv består av flera olika gränser som är svåra att definiera, samt att högskolelärarnas förhållningssätt är att de anpassar sig och att de accepterar de rådande arbetsförhållandena istället för att motverka och förändra dem. / Academic teachers are surrounded by many demands from different directions and a high workload that they need to handle in order to balance their working and personal life. Research is inadequate how academic teachers manage to balance their high workload with their privacy. Purpose: The aim of the study is to illuminate the balance between work and personal life in the higher education sector from a health education perspective. Theoretical reference framework: The theoretical frame of reference consists of a health theoretical point of departure in the demand-control and support model and an educational starting point in adaptation and development- oriented learning. Method: The methodology from which the study is based is of a qualitative nature where the empirical material was collected through three focus group interviews. A total of thirteen college teachers participated in the study. The study commuted between a deductive and inductive mode of work and the material was analyzed by the analysis method categorization. Result: The worksituation of academic teachers is characterized by both organizational and individual requirements and this combination of requirements can create boundless work depending on the individual's personality. In order to handle the demands of academic teachers, they develop different individual strategies. They also experience a high level of control, which is described as both positive and negative as they experience job satisfaction, yet provide high levels of control that they work a lot of overtime and from home. Academic teachers describe shortcomings in social support, since the higher education sector is characterized by highly individual-based tasks and more team- based work is desired. Conclusion: The main conclusion drawn is that the boundary between work and privacy consists of several different boundaries that are difficult to define, and that the attitude of academic teachers is that they adapt and that they accede to the prevailing working conditions instead of counteracting and changing them.

The aim of this master thesis is to explore the process of learning and development of workers in the Czech industrial company dealing with the manufacture of tires. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part the content of methods and processes as well as the principles of staff learning and development are explained. The practical part contains the analysis of the principles and methods used in the education and development of workers in a particular enterprise, focused on the administrative and manual workers. As part of the conducted analysis measures to improve the process of staff education and development are proposed.

As the emergence of new technologies are continuously disrupting the way in which organizations function and develop, the majority of initiatives within Learning and Development (L&D) are far from fully effective. The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory case study to investigate how automation and AI technologies could improve corporate learning within financial services companies. The study was delimited to study three case companies, all primarily operating in the Nordic financial services industry. The exploratory research was carried out through a literature review, several indepth interviews as well as a survey for a selected number of research participants. The research revealed that the current state of training within financial services is characterized by a significant amount of manual and administrative work, lack of intelligence within decision-making as well as a non-existing consideration of employee knowledge. Moreover, the empirical evidence similarly reveled a wide array of opportunities for adopting automation and AI technologies into the respective learning workflows of the L&D organization within the case companies. / I takt med att företag kontinuerligt anammar nya teknologier för att förbättra sin verksamhet, befinner sig utbildningsorganisationer i ett märkbart ineffektivt stadie. Syftet med denna studie var att genomföra en explorativ fallstudie gällande hur finansbolag skulle kunna införa AI samt automatisering för att förbättra sin utbildningsorganisation. Studien var begränsat till att undersöka tre företag, alla med verksamhet i den nordiska finansbranschen. Den explorativa delen av studien genomfördes med hjälp av en litteraturstudie, flertal djupgående intervjuer samt en enkät för ett begränsat antal deltagare i forskningsprocessen. Forskning påvisade att den existerade utbildningsorganisationen inom finansbolag är starkt präglat av ett överflöd av manuellt och administrativt arbete, bristande intelligens inom beslutsprocesser samt en bristande hänsyn för existerande kunskapsnivåer bland anställda. Studien påvisade därtill en mängd möjligheter att införa automatisering samt AI för att förbättra utbildningsflödena inom samtliga deltagande bolag i fallstudien.

Full-service/inclusive schools are new institutions in South Africa which have been established in terms of the Education White Paper 6 (Department of Education, 2001:22-23) as pilot schools for the rolling out of the Inclusion policy in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to explore the teachers‟ challenges in identifying learners who experience barriers to learning in a rural Full-Service School in KwaZulu-Natal. Teachers in such schools are expected to have skills and knowledge to identify learners and provide support. Most teachers in Full-Service Schools possess qualifications to teach in mainstream schools and depend on the Departmental workshops for the skills needed to identify learners and provide support. The identification of such learners was selected because it is the first step in the process of providing support to learners. Teachers should therefore have skills and knowledge of identifying learners in order to minimise bias, non-identification, over-identification as well as mis-identification. This qualitative study employed a case study design to examine teachers‟ challenges in identifying learners. Six teachers were selected for interviews and the SIAS documents were studied to confirm the findings from interviews. Inductive methods were used to analyse the data. Recommendations for future research studies were made. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)

Carström, M. & Johansson C. (2015). Att utmana elevers skriv- och läsförmåga i träningsskolan. En kvalitativ fallstudie med utgångspunkt i metoden “Att skriva sig till läsning”. To challenge pupils’ ability to write and read in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities – a qualitative case study originating in the method of “Write to Read”. Högskolan, Kristianstad. Speciallärarprogrammet. Syftet med följande studie är att undersöka hur skriv- och läsförmågan hos fyra elever i träningsskolan utvecklas genom att arbeta med utgångspunkt i metoden “Att skriva sig till läsning” (ASL). Studiens teoretiska ramverk är det sociokulturella perspektivet och det har valts utifrån en syn på att lärande sker i interaktion med andra människor. Arbetet ger en översikt av tidigare forskning om elever med utvecklingsstörning, läs- och skrivutveckling, läs- och skrivsvårigheter, framgångsfaktorer hos lärare vid arbete med läs- och skrivinlärning, elevers motivation och delaktighet samt om metoden ASL. Genom att göra aktionsforskning i de klasser där vi själva arbetar ville vi undersöka om metoden ASL kunde vara lämplig att använda i arbetet med elevers skriv- och läsutveckling i grundsärskolan, inriktning träningsskola. Vi har gjort deltagande observationer, fört dagboksanteckningar, filmat eleverna och fotograferat elevernas arbete. Sammanfattningsvis pekar resultaten i vår undersökning på att ASL kombinerat med att träna andra förmågor så som bokstavskännedom och klappa stavelser, kan vara en lämplig metod att arbeta efter i grundsärskolan, inriktning träningsskola. Resultatet visar att eleverna utvecklades inom en rad olika områden och studiens bidragande effekter var att elevernas motivation och delaktighet ökade markant. / Carström, M. & Johansson, C. (2015) To challenge pupils’ ability to write and read in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities – a qualitative case study originating in the method of “Write to Read”. The purpose of this study is to investigate how four pupils in special schooling’s ability to write and read is possibly affected and developed by working according to the method of “Write to Read” during a period of 8 weeks. The theoretical framework of the study is the sociocultural perspective and it has been chosen according to the approach that learning takes place in interaction with others. The study presents a general view of earlier research of pupils with intellectual disabilities, reading and writing development, reading and writing difficulties, elements of success from teachers working with reading and writing training, pupils’ motivation and participation and with the method of “Write to Read”. By action research in our own classes, we wanted to investigate whether the method of “Write to Read” would be a suitable method to use when trying to develop pupils’ abilities to write and read in Swedish (compulsory) special schools, focusing on pupils with severe intellectual disabilities. We have conducted observations, kept a journal with daily notes, the pupils have been filmed and we have taken photos of our pupils’ work. To sum everything up, our study shows that “Write to Read” combined with training abilities such as knowledge of the letters and of clapping to syllables could be a suitable method within special schools. The result shows that pupils were developing within a number of areas and contributory effects of the study were that our pupils’ motivation and participation increased prominently.

Full-service/inclusive schools are new institutions in South Africa which have been established in terms of the Education White Paper 6 (Department of Education, 2001:22-23) as pilot schools for the rolling out of the Inclusion policy in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to explore the teachers‟ challenges in identifying learners who experience barriers to learning in a rural Full-Service School in KwaZulu-Natal. Teachers in such schools are expected to have skills and knowledge to identify learners and provide support. Most teachers in Full-Service Schools possess qualifications to teach in mainstream schools and depend on the Departmental workshops for the skills needed to identify learners and provide support. The identification of such learners was selected because it is the first step in the process of providing support to learners. Teachers should therefore have skills and knowledge of identifying learners in order to minimise bias, non-identification, over-identification as well as mis-identification. This qualitative study employed a case study design to examine teachers‟ challenges in identifying learners. Six teachers were selected for interviews and the SIAS documents were studied to confirm the findings from interviews. Inductive methods were used to analyse the data. Recommendations for future research studies were made. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)