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<p>Examensarbetets syfte är att undersöka vilka strategier lärare har för att historieundervisningen skall bli meningsfull i ett mångkulturellt klassrum. Med meningsfull i detta sammanhang menas att även andra länders historia, utöver den svenska historien, belyses i undervisningen. Ur syftet formulerades två frågeställningar, som avsåg undersöka hur historieundervisningens ser ut vad gäller val av innehåll och genomförande i ett mångkulturellt klassrum, samt hur historieundervisningen motiveras av lärare i ett mångkulturellt klassrum. För att finna dessa meningsfulla strategier har ett antal kvalitativa intervjuer med lärare som är verksamma i mångkulturella klasser genomförts.</p><p>Den tidigare forskningen visar på en monokulturell historieundervisning baserad på historisk tradition, normer, styrdokument, läromedel och lärares inställning. Utgångspunkt har därför varit att lärarna försätts i en situation där undervisningen inte kan bli annat än monokulturell.</p><p>Undersökningen visar på en historieplanering som främjar den svenska historien. Lärarna motiverar detta genom styrdokument, läromedel och tidsbrist. Vissa lärare har dock utvecklat olika strategier för att skapa en meningsfull historieundervisning för elever med rötter i andra länder. Jämförande anknytningar till andra länder görs genom den svenska historien och traditioner undervisningen. Modersmålsundervisningen åläggs också ett ansvar att låta respektive elever studera sitt ursprungs historia.</p> / <p>This essay examines the strategies teachers may develop in multicultural classrooms in order to make the historical schoolwork meaningful to the students that have their origin in foreign countries. By meaningful this essay points out a teaching in History in multicultural classes that focuses on other countries, besides the history of Sweden.</p><p>In order to find meaningful strategies a number of interviews have been made with teachers that are active in multicultural classes.</p><p>The result of the interviews shows that the teachers planning in History promotes the history of Sweden. They motivate this by pointing out the guideline documents, history textbooks and lack of time. But at the same time the teachers have developed strategies to make their teaching in History meaningful to the students with an origin in other countries. This, by making comparing attachments to other countries history, while teaching the history of Sweden. Other strategies, that is often used by the interviewed teachers, is to bring in different cultural traditions to compare and letting the teachers in the subject of mother tongue be responsible for the learning of their native history.</p>

Ants belonging to the Formica rufa group (wood ants) and their mounds have a large impact on forest ecosystems. This makes them considered keystone species. Several species of wood ants are threatened globally according to the IUCN red list. In this degree project mound densities and mound volumes were evaluated and compared between Norway spruce monocultures and high part Norway spruce woodland key habitats (WKHs) in southern Sweden. There were no significant differences in neihter mound densities nor mound volumes between the two stand types. However, mounds were distributed differently within the stand types and tree density correlated negatively to mound density in both stand types. Wood ant mounds were absent in the interior of monoculture stands, except in light gaps, while several mounds where located in the interior of WKHs. My results suggest that there is not enough light in the interior of monocultures in southern Sweden for wood ants to be able to colonize. Large monoculture areas may lack wood ants if gaps are missing. Therefore, gaps inside monocultures should be made more common in Swedish forests in order to benefit wood ants in production forests. Small clearcuts seem to benefit wood ant dispersal in monocultural stands. Therefore, smaller clearcuts should be preferred over the large areas presently clearcutted due to the negative effects of large clearcuts on wood ants.

<p>The purpose of this paper was to look into how the individual has been portrayed in the different curriculums for Swedish compulsory school from the 60’s to the 90’s. This was done in order to see what type of discourse –monocultural- multicultural- or intercultural- the understanding of the individual has led to.</p><p>The purpose was divided into five questions: <em>Who is the individual in the curriculums? How is the individual portrayed in relation to education in the curriculums? How is the individual portrayed in relation to society in the curriculums? What type of discourse - monocultural- multicultural- or intercultural- is mirrored in the different curriculums? Is it possible to see tendencies in the discourses that lead closer to, or farther away from, an intercultural perspective? </em></p><p><em></em>The material that was analysed consists of four different curriculums: Lgr 62, Lgr 69, Lgr 80, and Lpo 94.</p><p>The method used was a discourse analytic approach based on the theory of social constructionism. The answers to the questions asked were structured with the support from definitions of monocultural discourse, multicultural discourse, and intercultural discourse, derived from Pirjo Lahdenperäs (2008) descriptions of different organizational cultures.</p><p>The main conclusion drawn from this analysis was the fact that the intercultural discourse about the individual has not been obtained. Instead, the monocultural discourse has been dominant for a long time. There have been tendencies showing a move towards a more multicultural-, or intercultural discourse in Lgr 80 and Lpo 94, but these perspectives have not been fully accomplished due to there always existing a cultural norm.</p>

The purpose of this paper was to look into how the individual has been portrayed in the different curriculums for Swedish compulsory school from the 60’s to the 90’s. This was done in order to see what type of discourse –monocultural- multicultural- or intercultural- the understanding of the individual has led to. The purpose was divided into five questions: Who is the individual in the curriculums? How is the individual portrayed in relation to education in the curriculums? How is the individual portrayed in relation to society in the curriculums? What type of discourse - monocultural- multicultural- or intercultural- is mirrored in the different curriculums? Is it possible to see tendencies in the discourses that lead closer to, or farther away from, an intercultural perspective? The material that was analysed consists of four different curriculums: Lgr 62, Lgr 69, Lgr 80, and Lpo 94. The method used was a discourse analytic approach based on the theory of social constructionism. The answers to the questions asked were structured with the support from definitions of monocultural discourse, multicultural discourse, and intercultural discourse, derived from Pirjo Lahdenperäs (2008) descriptions of different organizational cultures. The main conclusion drawn from this analysis was the fact that the intercultural discourse about the individual has not been obtained. Instead, the monocultural discourse has been dominant for a long time. There have been tendencies showing a move towards a more multicultural-, or intercultural discourse in Lgr 80 and Lpo 94, but these perspectives have not been fully accomplished due to there always existing a cultural norm.

Examensarbetets syfte är att undersöka vilka strategier lärare har för att historieundervisningen skall bli meningsfull i ett mångkulturellt klassrum. Med meningsfull i detta sammanhang menas att även andra länders historia, utöver den svenska historien, belyses i undervisningen. Ur syftet formulerades två frågeställningar, som avsåg undersöka hur historieundervisningens ser ut vad gäller val av innehåll och genomförande i ett mångkulturellt klassrum, samt hur historieundervisningen motiveras av lärare i ett mångkulturellt klassrum. För att finna dessa meningsfulla strategier har ett antal kvalitativa intervjuer med lärare som är verksamma i mångkulturella klasser genomförts. Den tidigare forskningen visar på en monokulturell historieundervisning baserad på historisk tradition, normer, styrdokument, läromedel och lärares inställning. Utgångspunkt har därför varit att lärarna försätts i en situation där undervisningen inte kan bli annat än monokulturell. Undersökningen visar på en historieplanering som främjar den svenska historien. Lärarna motiverar detta genom styrdokument, läromedel och tidsbrist. Vissa lärare har dock utvecklat olika strategier för att skapa en meningsfull historieundervisning för elever med rötter i andra länder. Jämförande anknytningar till andra länder görs genom den svenska historien och traditioner undervisningen. Modersmålsundervisningen åläggs också ett ansvar att låta respektive elever studera sitt ursprungs historia. / This essay examines the strategies teachers may develop in multicultural classrooms in order to make the historical schoolwork meaningful to the students that have their origin in foreign countries. By meaningful this essay points out a teaching in History in multicultural classes that focuses on other countries, besides the history of Sweden. In order to find meaningful strategies a number of interviews have been made with teachers that are active in multicultural classes. The result of the interviews shows that the teachers planning in History promotes the history of Sweden. They motivate this by pointing out the guideline documents, history textbooks and lack of time. But at the same time the teachers have developed strategies to make their teaching in History meaningful to the students with an origin in other countries. This, by making comparing attachments to other countries history, while teaching the history of Sweden. Other strategies, that is often used by the interviewed teachers, is to bring in different cultural traditions to compare and letting the teachers in the subject of mother tongue be responsible for the learning of their native history.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2004--Bonn.

I forskning om den mångkulturella skolan ges stort utrymme åt undervisning som bedrivs där i stort. Litet fokus riktas dock specifikt till historieundervisningen och historieämnet. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka hur lärare i historia bedriver sin undervisning med en mångkulturell elevsammansättning.Den teoretiska utgångspunkten utgörs av socialkonstruktivismen, metoden i sin tur är kvalitativ och tar sin utgångspunkt i semistrukturerade intervjuer av respondentkaraktär. Respondenterna utgjordes av sex stycken lärare i historia som undervisade på mångkulturella högstadieskolor i nordöstra Skåne. Råmaterialet från intervjuerna analyserades med hjälp av Ernesto Laclaus och Chantal Mouffes diskursanalys.Resultatet visade att det fanns två diskurser beträffande historieundervisning med den mångkulturella elevsammansättningen. Den ena diskursen betonade en monokulturell undervisning, där stor uppmärksamhet riktades mot europeisk historia. Den andra diskursen betonade en interkulturell undervisning med hänsyn till elevernas skiftande ursprung. Den monokulturella diskursen fick stort utrymme vilket ur socialkonstruktivismens postkoloniala synvinkel kan tolkas som att den anses stå högre och vara mer berikande än den interkulturella.

In the context of world globalization, Sweden has today become a multicultural society, where many different cultures, religions, values and approaches are trying to co-exist. When the Swedish government's integration policy was put into effect, one sought to open the way for a more peaceful coexistence between majority and minority people. The intention was that everyone, through mutual interaction, would learn to come together and learn to respect each other's differences. It was suggested that an intercultural approach should permeate all education, including preschool activity. There are particular guidelines for a culture and tradition promotion work within the preschool in the new revised curriculum (Lpfö 98, rev. 2010), These guidelines are intended for preschool teachers, where the intention is to strengthen each child’s traditional and cultural identity (Skolverket 2010).The purpose of this study is that from an intercultural perspective examine preschool teachers’ thoughts, views and notions around a cultural promotion work within the multicultural preschool. Six preschool teachers were interviewed from two multicultural preschools. The questions have been based on preschool teachers' thoughts, views and notions around a culture and tradition of promotion work in the meeting with children within multicultural preschools. The results show that some preschool teachers, whether consciously or unconsciously, relate themselves ethnocentric to a culture and tradition promotion work. The multicultural work is primarily related to a language promotion work. Intentions exist but seem to be too weak for an intercultural approach and the reason seems to be, among other things, the monocultural norm and approaches in stronghold within the preschool, the lack of knowledge of other cultures and unclear guidelines in the governing documents of work approach.

This study is about the work around festivals and traditions that takes place in multicultural preschools. The purpose of this study is to describe and reflect upon the work around festivals and traditions in multicultural preschools from the view of five preschool teachers who are active in their profession.  The purpose is also to investigate which festivals and traditions that are given attention at preschool and for what reason according to the preschool teachers. The method of research chosen in this study is qualitative in the form of individual interviews with the intention of obtaining and interpreting the descriptions and reflections of the informants around the subject. The results will be analyzed from an intercultural perspective. The results show that all investigated preschools celebrate the traditional Swedish festivals Christmas, St. Lucia’s day, Easter and Midsummer, and that these festivals take up lots of space in terms of time and labor. At some of the preschools attention was also given to other festivals from different faiths and cultures out of diversity and a more globalized perspective. The results also revealed that all of the preschool teachers were positive to giving attention to festivals from other faiths and cultures. It was considered to bring an increased understanding and respect for differences between people. It appeared that an operation with increased cultural features would result in the confrontation of some difficulties.