By using an interview survey of 30 randomly selected residents of Port Lincoln and the same number of persons from a country section of the Eyre Peninsula Community College region, an attempt has been made to ascertain profiles of participants and non-participants in adult education along with reasons for non-participation. It was assumed that lack of awareness of educational provision would be a major barrier to access and so a significant part of the study was addressed to this aspect. The town of Port Lincoln was considered separately from the rest of the Region because of the assumption that access and awareness were likely to be at a lower level amongst those persons in the more remote areas of the region. Assumptions that underpinned the proposal were: that Technical and Further Education was important, that community awareness of T.A.F.E. was therefore desirable and that barriers existed that precluded a significant section of the community participating in these activities.

Nyhetsrapporteringarna från det amerikanska inbördeskriget 1861-65 observerades med intresse och spänning av de samtida tidningsläsarna i länderna i Europa. Därför fanns det rådande attityder även i Sverige och kring detta har studier gjorts av ett flertal forskare. Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att studera tidningen Östgöta Correspondentens nyhetsrapportering kring det amerikanska inbördeskriget samt att jämföra de framträdande attityderna med andra svenska attityder och den generella liberala opinionen kring konflikten. Då jag ämnat tolka attityder i tidningens nyhetsförmedling av konflikten har jag granskat källmaterialet med hjälp av textanalys. Med denna kvalitativa metod har jag uppnått en medvetenhet för hur tidningen förhöll sig till konflikten. För att analysen ska bli meningsfull har den anknutits till ett teoretiskt sammanhang så att betydelsen av mitt resultat kan granskas. Genom analysen av tidningens källmaterial har jag kunnat visa att tidningen hade ett liberalt förhållningssätt till det amerikanska inbördeskriget med fokus på frihetsaspekten kring slaveriet. Tidningen uppvisade kritik mot att frågan om slaveriet hamnade i skymundan för den amerikanska unionens upplösning, men stöttade på det stora hela Lincolns och unionens syften. Tidigare forskning visar att tidningen passade in i den svenska opinionen kring det amerikanska inbördeskriget som generellt var av en liberal natur. / The news reports from the American Civil War 1861-65 were observed with interest and excitement of the contemporary reading public in the countries of Europe. Therefore there were prevailing attitudes also in Sweden and this has been studied by several historical researchers. The aim of this study was to examine the news reports of the newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten about the American Civil War, and to compare the appearing attitudes with other Swedish attitudes and the general liberal opinion on the conflict. Since I intended to interpret attitudes in the newspaper’s news coverage of the conflict, I examined the source material with the help of text analysis. With this qualitative approach, I have reached an awareness of how the newspaper looked upon the conflict. For the analysis to be meaningful, it has been put into relationship with a theoretical context, so that the significance of my results can be examined. Through analysis of the newspaper’s source material, I have been able to show that the newspaper had a liberal attitude to the American Civil War, focusing on the freedom aspect of slavery. The newspaper reported criticism that the issue of slavery was neglected for the American Union’s dissolution, but supported on the whole Lincoln and the Union’s objectives. Previous research shows that the newspaper fitted into the Swedish public opinion about the American Civil War, which was generally of the liberal nature.

Thesis (MIS)--University of Montana, 2009. / Title from author supplied metadata. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-89).

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed Nov. 9, 2007). PDF text: ca. 220 p. UMI publication number: AAT 3263485. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Rachel A. Karchmer-Klein, School of Education. Includes bibliographical references.