The purpose of this study is to examine if a difference exists in the quantity and/or quality, in terms of effectiveness in the portrayal of teachers, and according to gender, in New York Times best selling picturebooks, 2008 to 2012. This study examines the depiction of a teacher in terms of their effectiveness, as defined by Robert Walker’s 12 Characteristics of an effective teacher. Examining each of the portrayed teachers for both the 12 effective characteristics, as well as their direct antithesis, presents a clear image of the teachers presented to young audiences through picturebooks. In addition to comparing the presentation of a male teacher as opposed to a female teacher, this study revealed the depiction of teachers to be one who is almost always female, generally prepared, creative, and positive. Educational implications for choosing picturebooks and highlighting positive qualities to children are also provided.

The problem I am reporting in this study is concerning the inequalities that is going on between men and women at home and in the family. This study aims at making a literature study on how gender identities affect women and men in the family with a secondary analysis of previous research. My questions are, what barriers and opportunities regarding gender identity impacts on the sex can be identified at home, what does this look like concerning the division of work in home work, and what does it look like concerning family relationships in the private sector? The theoretical frame of reference consists mainly of the theory of socialization described by scientist like Connell, Ahrne and Roman, Agnvik, Berger and Luckmann, and others. The theory focuses on the connection of how to socialize into different roles during the adolescence. The theory also describes the different concepts that occur and are in connection with the study. It also brings up background about gender and work at home. The section on previous research brings up things concerning power in relationships and the woman's mental health. The method in this work is qualitative, and I have used a literature study as an examination method. The result shows that the main inequality between the sexes in the home is that women take greater responsibility for household chores and the care of the children than men do. In the discussion, I came across just as some scientists suggested that most of our surroundings are gender-marked, and those who are associated with women are less important. As well as to solve this problem, the standards for traditional female as well as masculinity it has to be removed. / Problemet som jag upplyser i denna studie är beträffande ojämlikheter som pågår mellan män och kvinnor i hemmet samt i familjen. Den här studien har som syfte att göra en litteraturstudie om hur könsidentiteter påverkar kvinnor och män i familjen med en sekundär analys av tidigare forskning. Mina frågeställningar är, vilka hinder och möjligheter gällande könsidentiteterspåverkan på könen kan identifieras i hemmet, hur ser detta ut beträffande arbetsfördelningen i hemarbetet, samt hur ser det ut gällande familjeförhållandena i det privata.Den teoretiska referensramen består främst av teorin socialisation som blir beskriven av teoretiker som Connell, Ahrne och Roman, Agnvik, Berger och Luckmann med flera. Teorin inriktar sig på sambandet av hur man under uppväxten socialiseras in till olika roller. Teoridelen beskriver även de olika begrepp som förekommer och är i anslutning till studien. Den tar även upp bakgrund om genus samt hemarbete. Avsnittet om tidigare forskning tar upp saker beträffande makt i förhållanden och kvinnans psykiska hälsa. Metoden i detta arbete är kvalitativ, och jag har använt mig av litteraturstudie som undersökningsmetod. I resultatet framkommer det att den främsta ojämlikheten mellan könen i hemmet är att kvinnor tar större ansvar för hushållssysslor samt omsorgen av barnen än vad männen gör. I diskussionen kom jag fram tillprecis som några teoretiker antydde att, det mesta i vår omgivning är könsmärkt, och dem som är associerad med kvinnor har mindre betydelse. Samt för att lösa detta problem, så måste normerna för traditionellt kvinnligt samt manligt bort.

Social interaction is key to students' learning in blending learning discussions. Although there is research on interactions in online courses and traditional classes, there is little on whether blended learning discussions are meeting students' social interaction and educational development needs. The purpose of this multicase study was to examine attitudes of first-year and final-year business and technology students and faculty members for patterns of interaction and knowledge construction. The study was conducted in the northeastern United States. Piaget's cognitive constructivism, Vygotsky's social constructivism, and Knowles's andragogy constituted the conceptual framework. Using maximum variation sampling, participants were 8 students and 4 faculty for 2 first-year and 2 final-year classes. Data sources were interviews and discussion responses coded using Straus and Corbin's open, axial, and selective coding procedures. Coded data were analyzed using Merriam's cross-case analysis method. The business students displayed the first three phases of knowledge construction: (a) sharing and comparing (b) discovery and exploration, and (c) negotiation of meaning; the technical students progressed to the fourth phase: testing and modification of proposed synthesis. Knowledge construction often occurred in a positive, challenging form of interaction. The professors expressed that gender, VoiceThread media, and discussion content influenced students' learning. These findings contribute to positive social change by informing stronger learning processes that students and teachers can use in their blended learning classes to facilitate collective knowledge construction.