Reformen Individuella utvecklingsplaner (IUP med skriftliga omdömen) i grundskolan infördes 2006 och har sedan dess resulterat i oräkneliga planer. I den här uppsatsen har en bråkdel av dessa samlats in och analyserats med hjälp av diskursanalys. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att försöka se hur man har valt att skriva i de individuella utvecklingsplanerna och att försöka hitta tecken i dessa som kan sägas utgöra delar av dess diskurs. I analysen av de individuella utvecklingsplanerna har syftet varit att försöka se hur elev, lärare och vårdnadshavare skrivs fram i materialet och vilka subjektspositioner som blir möjliga att inta. Resultatet som den här uppsatsen visar på är att det finns tre nodalpunkter kring vilka dessa individuella utvecklingsplaner byggs upp; elevutvecklande, elevkonstruerande och elevcentrerad. Det är dessa tre områden som kan sägas utgöra delar av den diskurs som fångas i uppsatsen.De subjektspositioner som har skrivits fram i materialet har i resultatet presenterats som fyra olika positioner för elev, lärare och vårdnadshavare som är möjliga att inta. Genomgående i resultatet förs en diskussion om vad dessa olika positioner kan betyda.

The aim of this Master’s thesis is to identify and describe thedifferent roles that are expressed in a public library by researchingthem in the four policy documents concerning Västerås public libraryin 2010 and by interviews with three specially chosen key persons.Further studied are the discourses that can be perceived in thematerial and whether or not the roles could come in conflict witheach other. Laclau and Mouffes discursive theory constitutes themethodical frame for this thesis and by using terms from discursivetheory the analysis was made in four steps.Seven roles were identified from the policy documents concerningVästerås public library and the interviews with the key persons. Thefirst role of the public library was the intermediary of knowledge andinformation, the second was viewed as a democratic role, the third asa marketing role, the fourth as a role that handled the collaboration,the fifth role was to improve literacy, and the sixth and seventh roleswere as a culture centre and a meeting place. With the help fromkeywords five major discourses were found within the material. Ademocratic, a pedagogic, a cultural, a giver of information and a userdiscourse.The conclusion of this thesis is that the public library in Västeråsseems to be a complex operation. The most prominent role is thedemocratic one. Further research could be to study the different rolesmore closely, though this thesis is about identifying them. / Program: Bibliotekarie

Undersökningen handlar om bildpedagogisk verksamhet inom Kulturskolan Stockholm. Syftet var att undersöka och synliggöra bildpedagogernas språkbruk kring sin profession. Empirisamlingen gjordes med hjälp av intervjuer, tankekartor och ett enkätformulär. Hela det undersökande arbetet fokuserades kring en frågeställning som handlade om hur Bildpedagogerna talade om det de gjorde i sin bildpedagogiska verksamhet. Enkätformuläret syftade till att observera det faktiska innehållet i de aktuella bildpedagogernas arbete, som i sin tur bidrog till läsarens större förståelse i sammanhanget. Empirimaterialet analyserades utifrån ett diskursanalytiskt perspektiv med stöd hos Ernesto Laclau och Chantal Mouffe. Genom att uppmärksamma olika beståndsdelar i den bildpedagogiska verksamheten, blev det görligt att ge akt på möjliga diskurser som de aktuella bildpedagogerna rör sig inom i sin verksamhet. Resultatet visar att de, i sin verksamhet på Kulturskolan Stockholm, rör sig inom flera möjliga diskurser. Utbildning, Kultur & Konst, Bildpedagogik samt Socialt lärande är de diskurserna som, enligt denna undersökning, anses vara centrala i den aktuella bildpedagogiska verksamheten och de ämnena som bildpedagogerna talar kring när de beskriver sina professioner.

<p>This thesis describes how social work language practice circulates around the implementation process of an evidence based structured assessment tool – Savry. The purpose is to examine and understand the social workers language practice in a working group that uses this structured assessment tool in their work with youth. The purpose is also to look for dimensions of identity in terms of discourse. The ontological viewpoint is post-structuralism where language is in focus. The theoretical framework is discourse theory based upon the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. This theory is used as a basis of the creation of an analytical toolkit which emphasises the concept chains of equivalence and nodal points. The study is based upon qualitative interviews with social workers in a group in the social services for children and youth, who uses the evidenced based structured assessment tool - Savry. The study concerns the structuring around two identities. Theese identities circulate around the nodal point “knowledge” and defines it in two different ways through chains of equivalence. One of the identities equivalates scientific research to the nodal point knowledge, the other equivalates the unique experience to the same nodal point. Theese identities seames to be the result of a hegemonic strategy articulated by one of the two. The purpose of the strategy seams to be the incorporation of as many discursive elements as possible into one dominating discourse. This is also done through the principal exclusion of certain discursive elements, witch is the characterisation of power in discursive theory. The character of the struggle for dominance is not equal. It is instead characterised by the expansion of the chains of equivalence by the scientific knowledge based identity to incorporate discursive elements form other discourses. This is identified as a hegemonic strategy with the purpose of organising consent around the definition of the concept of knowledge and its consequences for social work practice.</p>

This thesis describes how social work language practice circulates around the implementation process of an evidence based structured assessment tool – Savry. The purpose is to examine and understand the social workers language practice in a working group that uses this structured assessment tool in their work with youth. The purpose is also to look for dimensions of identity in terms of discourse. The ontological viewpoint is post-structuralism where language is in focus. The theoretical framework is discourse theory based upon the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. This theory is used as a basis of the creation of an analytical toolkit which emphasises the concept chains of equivalence and nodal points. The study is based upon qualitative interviews with social workers in a group in the social services for children and youth, who uses the evidenced based structured assessment tool - Savry. The study concerns the structuring around two identities. Theese identities circulate around the nodal point “knowledge” and defines it in two different ways through chains of equivalence. One of the identities equivalates scientific research to the nodal point knowledge, the other equivalates the unique experience to the same nodal point. Theese identities seames to be the result of a hegemonic strategy articulated by one of the two. The purpose of the strategy seams to be the incorporation of as many discursive elements as possible into one dominating discourse. This is also done through the principal exclusion of certain discursive elements, witch is the characterisation of power in discursive theory. The character of the struggle for dominance is not equal. It is instead characterised by the expansion of the chains of equivalence by the scientific knowledge based identity to incorporate discursive elements form other discourses. This is identified as a hegemonic strategy with the purpose of organising consent around the definition of the concept of knowledge and its consequences for social work practice.

This study seeks to illuminate which understanding of democracy the written U.S. digital news media propagates to its readers, through the lens of the 2016 presidential election. This is done through discourse theory and analysis inspired by Laclau &amp; Mouffes work on nodal points and discursive webs. Other theories involve polyarchy as a definition of democracy as well as rational models for voter participation. Written digital articles related to the 2016 election, chosen through entering keywords related to democracy and voting, from a broad range of larger media houses are used as material for the study. The study found that the discourse created and mediated by the news articles, when taken as a whole, understands democracy as a contest between different demographical groups. Race or ethnicity are the most commonly referenced groups. The election is a battle between the candidates’ personalities to entice “their” specific groups to get out and vote. Policy or political issues are rarely mentioned in the articles. Voter participation is low according to the discourse, but that might not be such a big problem according to the discourse. A larger problem for democracy is corruption, political elitism and a poorly designed electoral system.