Svenskt Stål AB (SSAB) Oxelösund AB, Division Grovplåt ingår i koncernen SSABSvenskt Stål AB och är nordens största tillverkare av grovplåt. Detta examensarbetehandlar om hur utvalda medarbetare på SSAB Oxelösund AB tillägnat och befäst sinakunskaper, då det är tänkt att de i förlängningen ska föra vidare sina kunskaper inomföretaget. Examensarbetet fokuserar på hur medarbetarna uppfattar sitt lärande och hurdet de tillskansat sig dem. För att undersöka detta har två enskilda samtal förts medfem erfarna medarbetare med olika arbetsbefattningar och erfarenheter inom olikaområden inom företaget. Förutom genomförande av samtal har arbetet även inkluderatlitteraturstudier.Medarbetarna uttrycker att deras erfarenhet omvandlats till kunskap i samband medreflektion över nyupplevda händelser. De beskriver att lärandet är en kontinuerligprocess som sker över tid samt att de lär sig i gemenskapen med andra människor.Medarbetarna har befäst sina kunskaper då de antingen formulerat och verbaliserateller praktiserat sina kunskaper. De har på så sätt bekräftat och synliggjort sinakunskaper för i första hand sig själva men även för sin omgivning.För att SSAB Oxelösund AB så småningom ska kunna överföra medarbetarnaserfarenheter och kunskap vidare till andra medarbetare krävs att de själva ges tid attreflektera över sina kunskaper. De måste bli medvetna om både vilka kunskaper debesitter och vilka kunskaper de skall dela med sig av för att de ska kunna lyckas medkunskapsdelningen. / The Swedish steel manufacturer Oxelösund AB is a member of the SSAB SwedishSteel Group and is the largest Nordic manufacturer of heavy steel plate. This thesis isabout how selected employees at SSAB Oxelösund AB acquire and consolidate theirknowledge, when it is supposed that they, in the future, will pass their knowledge onwithin the company. The thesis focuses on how employees perceive and gain theirlearning.The employees expresses that their experience transforms into knowledge when theyreflect upon recently perceived events. They describe that learning is a continuousprocess that is achieved over time and that they learn in their meeting with other people.Those employees were consolidating their knowledge when they both formulated andexpressed themselves in words or when they practiced their skills. Thus they haveconfirmed and have made their knowledge visible, primarily for themselves but also fortheir surroundings.For SSAB Oxelösund AB, to gradually will be able to transfer the employees experienceand knowledge to other employees, it is essential to give them time to reflect upon theirown knowledge. They must become aware of both the knowledge they possess andwhat skills are to be shared, to succeed in sharing their knowledge.

The aim of this study is to describe how a theme about vitamins and analytical chemistry can be planed and implemented in a summer research school managed by AstraZeneca. The description of the theme is intended to be used as an instructor’s guide to upcoming summers-research-schools with the same theme. The students, which participated in the summer school of 2007, went to upper secondary school. During the summer school they were going to investigate the content of vitamin C in different fruits and vegetables. The planning process in the study therefore had to investigate the characteristic properties of vitamin C and what analytical methods and experiments that therefore could be used. Another task in planning the summer research school was to do it in a pedagogic way that fulfils the goals that AstraZeneca has with this activity. The method used to plan the theme for the summer research school was literature studies, interviews and the analysis methods for C-vitamin were also tested. The aim with the interviews was to find the students previous knowledge of vitamins. After the planning was done, the summer research school was tested with the planed setup. Then an evaluation was made, based on observations and reflections by the author, which also was the tutor during the summer research school. Also a questionnaire, answered by the students, was used for the evaluation. Analytical methods used to analyse vitamin C was: High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Redoxtitration and Thin Layer Chromatography. The main focus in the planning of the theme was to fulfil the goals that had been set by AstraZeneca. This was done using a student activated work method, and a scientific approach. The main things that need to be considered if this theme is used again are how to handle the varying chemistry knowledge among the students, maybe by modifying parts of the theme and its content. A problem was also to handle the dual roles as a tutor and a lecturer. This and some other things had been easier if there had been two tutors during the implementation of the summer research school.

Den här rapporten undersöker om och i så fall hur webbplatser kan användas som ett återkommande inslag i matematikundervisning. Bland annat Skolverkets utvärdering av grundskolan 2003 visade att matematiklektioner av många elever upplevs som långtråkiga och enformiga. Med rätt utformade applikationer för dator och Internet kan kanske ett medium för ett annorlunda och för eleverna mer engagerande sätt att lära matematik erbjudas. Inom det här projektet konstruerades en webbplats med uppgifter som nästan uteslutande utformats som små spel och sedan delat sin i nivåer efter svårighetsgrad. För att klara en nivå och på så sätt ta sig vidare till nästa behöver en elev först klara alla uppgifter på den aktuella nivån. En mindre demoversion av webbplatsen testades av ett fåtal elever i årskurs åtta och nio. Från denna utvärdering kom det fram åsikter om att en sådan webbplats skulle kunna tänkas användas av eleverna som ett komplement till undervisningen i skolan, men inte hemifrån. Eleverna upplevde de spelbetonade uppgifterna som roliga och utmanande, och det verkade som att uppdelningen av uppgifterna i nivåer ledde till att några elever försökte på en lite klurigare uppgift igen istället för att ge upp. / This report investigates the utility of websites as recurring features in the teaching of mathematics. In 2003 an evaluation of compulsory education made by The Swedish National Agency for Education showed that many students perceive lessons in mathematics as dull and tedious. With correctly developed computer or Internet applications, a more engaging medium for the teaching of mathematics may be presented to students. This project describes the construction of a website where mathematical computer games are divided into different levels. For a student to pass a level and move onto the next they must complete all the problems on the level in question. A demonstration version of the website was tested by a small number of students in lower secondary school. In this evaluation of the website the students voiced the opinion that such a website could be used to complement their education within school, but not in their spare time. They also reported that the problems designed as computer games were fun and challenging, and that the division of the problems into different levels meant that some students retried a trickier problem instead of giving up.

Forskning med hjälp av mikroskopi har med tiden ställt mer specialicerade krav på utrustning som används. Utrustningen har blivit mer bättre men samtidigt också dyrare. En hög kostnad innebär att avancerad mikroskopi inte kan användas som ett utbildningsverktyg inom grundutbildning. Dagens studenter tvingas på så sätt förberedas för framtidens forskning genom att använda gårdagens utrustning. I detta arbete visar vi hur virtuell mikroskopi kan användas för utbildning och forskning. Virtuell mikroskopi kan användas som komplement, eller möjligtvis ersättning, för befintlig undervisning. Vi har demonstrerat detta genom att utveckla en pilotapplikation som simulerar de två metoderna FLIP och FRAP. Applikationen har utvärderats med hjälp av erfarna mikroskopianvändare på   som har kommit med åsikter och förslag. Det har visat sig att virtuell mikroskopi kan användas i flera olika syften. Som ett pedagogiskt verktyg kan det användas som ett träningsredskap både för mikroskophandhavande och för att lära sig plattformen Endrov. För att utveckla en tillfredsställande simulation av ett prov, så väl som abberationer i det optiska systemet, är det viktigt att skapa en god balans mellan ett trovärdigt visuellt uppträdande och en hög nivå av interaktion med systemet. Därav nödvändigheten att implementera optimerade algoritmer. Särskilt diffusionen av proteiner i en cell kräver beräkningskraft. ”Ni har övertygat mig om användbarheten med detta virtuella mikroskop. Jag hoppas att det kommer att användas i utbildningssyfte.” Kommentar från deltagare i mikroskopienkät   Karolinska     institutet

This is a study that aims to help create a better world. As big as it sounds, it is the truth. Every day municipality officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina work for a better environment, a better world. Despite their efforts the work they do is not as efficient as it could be and the support available for them is meagre. For this reason a programme called Municipality Environmental Infrastructure is under development in cooperation between the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) with financing from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). This thesis is a part of the work to make the programme successful. Competence needs for municipality officers will be identified through a needs analysis based on interviews with different stakeholders. The answers provided will create a picture of the needs that is both univocal and diverse with competences in identifying and handling environmental threats as well as managing infrastructure projects. The thesis will also look at what pedagogical methods the teachers at the programme plan to use and how this affects the programme. Since the programme is held in a formal setting but intends practical use of the knowledge this leads to high demands on the pedagogical methods. The programme syllabus will be fount to not entirely encompass all competence needs but suggestions will be made as to how to include the identified needs.

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When an organisation is going through a work of change, it is highly important that both management and employees has a healthy communication in order to make everybody feel involved. It is then important to be observant for both the managements and employees thoughts and ideas. This study has been performed on an upper secondary school which is performing a work of change. The change has divided the employees in three different groups. One, which thinks the change have evolved the organisation to something better. The second group of people means that it is preventing individual development of competence. The last group is between the two first. In this thesis, the goal has been to study the communication between management and employees during the work of change. This has been accomplished through observations and interviews. The results showed that there was a healthy communication between management and employees, in the beginning of the work of change. However, present day has the communication decreased. This is thought to be because it has not been prioritised. The study also demonstrates the need of a forum where both management and employees can meet and discuss the work of change in order to improve the communication.

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