Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1992.

O conhecimento dos fatores que tornam o profissional e em conseqüência, a empresa competentes, é essencial para que se escolham as alternativas mais adequadas para contratar e desenvolver os profissionais de acordo com os comportamentos desejados. O professor de Educação Física, antes um trabalhador pouco exigido com relação à postura e conhecimentos técnicos, é hoje, frequentemente, alvo de avaliações por parte dos gestores das academias e clubes esportivos, dos pares que desenvolvem funções semelhantes, de clientes que buscam fazer comparações para a escolha dos melhores profissionais e da sociedade que através da mídia tem acesso aos principais critérios no processo de definição da melhor academia e dos melhores professores para seu programa de exercícios físicos. O propósito desse estudo foi verificar relações entre os atributos de personalidade (e suas facetas) avaliados pelo inventário de personalidade fundamentado na Teoria dos Cinco Fatores (NEO PI-R) e a competência profissional percebida pelos professores de Educação Física que atuam em academias de ginástica, no que ser refere aos componentes \"conhecimento e habilidade\". A amostra foi constituída por 64 professores de Educação Física (25 do sexo feminino e 39 do sexo masculino), com idade média de 30,3 anos (±5,8) atuantes nas áreas de ginástica, hidroginástica e musculação. Foram aplicados dois instrumentos; o primeiro para avaliação das competências profissionais percebidas (Nascimento,1999); e o segundo visando verificar atributos de personalidade dos professores através de um instrumento de auto-registro (NEO PI-R). Para verificação da relação entre os fatores (e as facetas) de personalidade analisados e a competência profissional percebida pelos profissionais, foi aplicada a correlação de Pearson (p<=0,05). Entre os fatores analisados, os resultados demonstraram correlação negativa significativa entre as competências (conhecimento e habilidade) e o fator \"Amabilidade\". Quando analisadas as facetas, verificou-se correlação negativa significativa entre as \"Habilidades Profissionais\" e as facetas complacência e embaraço/constrangimento. Ainda com relação às facetas, foi verificada a correlação positiva significativa entre as \"Habilidades Profissionais\" e a Impulsividade. É importante destacar que o fato desse estudo se concentrar na competência profissional percebida, e não naquela aferida através de clientes e superiores, pode trazer algumas limitações na tentativa de relacionar os atributos de personalidade e a competência profissional. Em razão disso, torna-se fundamental que se desenvolvam variações desse estudo com o propósito de verificar a correlação dos mesmos fatores de personalidade analisados (Neuroticismo, Extroversão, Abertura, Amabilidade e Conscienciosidade) e suas facetas, com a competência profissional 8 avaliada por outros observadores da ação do profissional de Educação Física em academias de ginástica, como clientes, coordenadores e diretores. / The knowledge of the factors which make a professional, and consequently, a company competent is essential for choosing the most adequate alternatives for hiring and developing professionals with desired behavior. In the past, physical education teachers had little demand in regards to personal attitude and technical knowledge. Today, the teachers are frequently evaluated by health club managers, peers, clients who by comparison search for the best professional, and also by the society that can through the media have access to the best criteria in the process of choosing the most adequate gym and professionals for their physical exercises. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the personality traits (and their facets) using the personality inventory which is based on the five factor theory (NEO PI-R) and the physical education teacher´s professional competence regarding their ability and knowledge perceived in health club professionals working in health clubs. In order to conduct the study, a sample of 64 physical education teachers (25 female and 39 male) with the average age of 30,3 (±5,8) were used. All of these subjects were professionals working in the area of fitness workouts, hydrogymnastics and weight training. Two instruments were used in this evaluation. The first was used to assess the perceived professional competence (Nascimento, 1999), and the second to verify the teacher´s personality traits using a self-reported instrument (NEO-PI-R). In order to verify the relationship between personality traits (and their facets) and the professional competence perceived by the professionals, the Pearson correlation was used (p<=0,05). Among the analyzed factors, the results have shown a significant negative correlation between the competences (knowledge and abilities) and the \"agreeableness\" factor. When the facets were analyzed, it was verified a significant negative correlation between the \"Professional Abilities\" and the facets of compliance and embarrassment. Still related to the facets, a significant positive correlation between the \"Professional Abilities\" and Impulsiveness was verified. It is important to emphasize the fact that this study focused on the perceived professional competence and not the competence assessed through clients and superiors and this may bring some limitations in trying to link personality traits to professional competence. Because of this, it is crucial that variations of this study may be developed in order to verify the correlation between the same analyzed personality traits (Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness) and their facets. It is also important that the 9 professional competence is evaluated by other observers of the Physical Education professional in gyms, such as clients, managers and gym owners.

Orientador: Márcia de Paula Leite / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T08:05:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Costa_SuelenKobayashi_M.pdf: 1449086 bytes, checksum: af2a73a9f4fd6ac3f8d8543dd6c561c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o "modelo de competências" adotado por uma fábrica de papel do município de Três Lagoas - MS, como instrumento de qualificação profissional para seus trabalhadores e também analisar o processo de produção da mesma fábrica, com base nos avanços tecnológicos, na nova organização do trabalho e nas novas técnicas de produção empregadas nos países desenvolvidos nos anos de 1970 e no Brasil a partir dos anos de 1990. Para este estudo, tomou-se como ponto de partida o referencial do materialismo histórico dialético e como aspecto metodológico a perspectiva crítico-dialética. Como estratégia de pesquisa foi utilizada o estudo de caso. O caso investigado foi o processo de produção e os programas de qualificação profissional de uma fábrica de papel do município de Três Lagoas ¿ MS. Os procedimentos de pesquisa adotados foram: a observação do processo de fabricação do papel e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os gerentes de produção e de recursos humanos e com alguns trabalhadores (as). Depois das referidas análises verificou-se que para todos os trabalhadores da fábrica, sejam os da produção ou os da gerência, são necessárias algumas competências. A habilidade responsabilidade foi uma das mais mencionadas pelos trabalhadores da fábrica de papel quando indagados sobre quais as principais competências necessárias para desempenhar bem sua função. Quanto mais o trabalhador sobe de função, mais a responsabilidade e a pressão aumentam. Constatou-se que os trabalhadores (as) que saíam da sua função para receber treinamentos para uma futura promoção eram aqueles que tinham bons resultados nas avaliações realizadas pelos gestores. A maior exigência de qualificação foi evidenciada na fábrica. Praticamente 100% dos trabalhadores da produção possuem curso técnico na área em que atuam. Um aspecto importantíssimo é que em sua grande maioria as mulheres não estão desempenhando a mesma função que os homens. Na produção, elas estão presentes na área de acabamento, onde o trabalho é totalmente sem conteúdo e nos laboratórios químicos e físicos, onde o trabalho demanda certo cuidado, por conta da manipulação de vidrarias. Também foi observada a presença praticamente massiva de homens ocupando os cargos de liderança. Os representantes sindicais da fábrica investigada são trabalhadores que estão a favor do capital e não do trabalho, visto que, os representantes são designados pela própria gerência da fábrica. Desse modo, concluímos que o "modelo de competência", ferramenta utilizada pela fábrica investigada para qualificar e avaliar seus trabalhadores faz parte de um tipo de gestão empresarial designada por Vincent de Gaulejac como gestão gerencialista. Esse novo modelo de gestão está vinculado ao processo de reestruturação do mundo do trabalho e foi observado primeiramente nas multinacionais / Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the "competency model" adopted by a paper mill in Três Lagoas - MS as a tool for professional training for their employees and also analyze the production process of the same factory, based on technological advances in the new organization of work and new production techniques employed in developed in the 1970s and in Brazil from the 1990s to study this country, we took as starting point the framework of dialectical and historical materialism as an aspect methodological perspective the critical-dialectical. As a research strategy, the case study was used. The case was investigated the production process and professional qualification programs of a paper mill in the municipality of Três Lagoas - MS. The research procedures were adopted: the observation of the paper manufacturing and semi-structured interviews with production managers and human resources and some workers (the) interview process. After these analyzes it was found that for all factory workers, are the production or management, some skills are required. Responsibility ability was one of the most mentioned by the workers of the paper mill when asked about what the core competencies needed to perform its function well. The more the work function rises more responsibility and pressure increase. It was found that the workers (as) that came from his function to receive training for a future promotion were those who had good results in the assessments by managers. The biggest qualification requirement was evidenced in the factory. Virtually 100% of production workers have technical course in the area in which they operate. An important aspect is that mostly women are not performing the same function than men. In production, they are present in the finishing area where the work is totally content and chemical and physical laboratories, where labor demand some caution, due to the manipulation of glassware. Practically massive presence of men occupying leadership positions was also observed. Union representatives are investigated factory workers who are in favor of capital and not of labor, since the representatives are appointed by own factory management. Thus, we conclude that the "competency model", a tool used by the factory investigated to qualify and evaluate your employees is one of a kind business management designated by Vincent Gaulejac as managerialist management. This new management model is linked to the restructuring of the working world and was first observed in multinationals / Mestrado / Ciencias Sociais na Educação / Mestra em Educação

Abstract The aim of the study was to describe the counselling of haemophiliacs and their families carried out by health care personnel and to chart health care personnel's counselling competence. Professional competence refers to the knowledge, skills, capabilities and attitudes required in practice.The study was carried out in two phases. The goal of the first phase was to generate information about the professional counselling carried out as well as to estimate the counselling competence of the health care personnel. The goal of the second phase was to generate information about the health care personnel's counselling competence in order to develop professional education and the care and rehabilitation of haemophiliacs. In the study, health care personnel consisted of bioanalysts, physical therapists, doctors, radiographers and nurses. The method used in the study was methodological triangulation. The first phase consisted of observing (n = 10) patient and family counselling and interviewing the patients (n = 10), families (n = 7) and health care personnel (n = 7) participating in the study. The data were analysed by content analysis. In the second phase a questionnaire to the health care personnel (n = 318) working in specialised care in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics was carried out using a Haemophilia scale (HFS) developed to estimate professional counselling competence. The data were analysed by using SPSS 11.5 statistical software by looking at descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and other statistical methods. Concept validity and the structure of the scale were looked at by using explorative factor analysis. The study shows that the counselling of haemophilia patients consisted of securing home treatment and encouraging a normal way of life. Family counselling meant support for facing the changes in life, accepting responsibility and adapting to the present life situation. Considering all the answers (n = 304), 3% were correct regarding the disease and its care, 1% regarding responsibility and decision-making, 27% regarding trust and support, 26% regarding intellectual attitudes and 11% regarding the limitations of exercise. Sixty percent of the respondents would leave the haemophiliac patient completely without pharmaceutical treatment, while 49% were aware of using intravenous coagulation treatment in order to stop the bleeding. The health care personnel's knowledge of counselling and haemophilia and its treatment was insufficient. The needs and learning abilities of the person being counselled were not always taken into account, and to give psychosocial support was delegated to other professionals. Accepting responsibility for the treatment and deciding upon social support was inconsistent. Counselling related to being a carrier of haemophilia was slight. Sixty-six percent of the health care personnel considered their professional counselling capabilities as being insufficient to counsel haemophiliacs and their families. Based on the results, attention should be paid to the basic education of health care personnel, and enough supplementary education on both haemophilia and counselling should be offered. Information on haemophilia should be increased to reduce prejudices. Cost-effectiveness and standard procedures for compensation should be focused on. The counselling of haemophiliacs and their families should be developed and centralized nationally in order to enable the development of expertise. The results benefit education as well as the development of nursing care of other rare and hereditary diseases. / Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli kuvata terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön toteuttamaa ohjausta hemofiliaa sairastaville ja heidän perheillensä ja selvittää terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön ohjausvalmiuksia siihen. Valmiuksilla tarkoitetaan ammatin harjoittamisen edellyttämiä tietoja, taitoja, kykyjä ja asenteita.Tutkimus toteutettiin kaksivaiheisena. Ensimmäisen vaiheen tavoitteena oli tuottaa tietoa toteutetusta ohjauksesta ja mittari terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön ohjausvalmiuksien mittaamiseksi. Toisen vaiheen tavoitteena oli tuottaa tietoa terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön ohjausvalmiuksista alan koulutuksen ja hemofiliaa sairastavien hoidon ja kuntoutuksen kehittämiseksi. Terveydenhuoltohenkilöstöllä tarkoitetaan bioanalyytikoita, fysioterapeutteja, lääkäreitä, röntgenhoitajia ja sairaanhoitajia. Lähestymistapana tutkimuksessa oli metodologinen triangulaatio. Ensimmäisessä vaiheessa havainnoitiin (n = 10) potilas- ja perheohjausta ja haastateltiin ohjaukseen osallistuneet potilaat (n = 10), perheet (n = 7) ja terveydenhuoltohenkilöstö (n = 7). Aineistot analysoitiin sisällön analyysillä. Toisessa vaiheessa toteutettiin kysely erikoissairaanhoidossa sisätautien ja lasten klinikoilla työskentelevälle terveydenhuoltohenkilöstölle (n = 318) ohjausvalmiuksien mittaamiseksi ensimmäisen vaiheen tulosten perusteella kehitetyllä Hemofiliaohjausmittarilla (HFM). Aineisto analysoitiin SPSS 11.5 tilasto-ohjelmalla. Analysoinnissa käytettiin tilastollisia tunnuslukuja, korrelaatiokertoimia ja muita tilastollisia menetelmiä. Käsitevaliditeettia ja mittarin rakennetta tarkasteltiin eksploratiivisen faktorianalyysin avulla. Hemofiliaa sairastavan ohjaus oli sisällöltään kotihoidon varmistamista ja normaaliin elämään kannustamista. Perheohjaus oli elämänmuutosten kohtaamisen, vastuun kantamisen ja elämäntilanteeseen sopeutumisen tukemista. Terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön tiedot ohjauksesta ja hemofiliasta sekä sen hoidosta olivat puutteelliset. Kaikista vastauksista (n = 304) tautiin ja hoitoon liittyviä oikeita vastauksia oli 3 %, vastuuseen ja päätöksentekoon 1 %, luottamukseen ja tukeen 27 %, tiedollisiin asenteisiin 26 % ja liikunnan rajoittamiseen 11 %. Ilman lääkehoitoa hemofiliaa sairastavan jättäisi 60 % terveydenhuoltohenkilöstöstä ja 49 % tiesi suonensisäisestä hyytymistekijähoidosta verenvuodon tyrehdyttämiseksi. Ohjattavan ja perheen tarpeita ja oppimiskykyä ei aina huomioitu ja psykososiaalisen tuen antaminen siirrettiin muille ammattilaisille. Vastuun kantaminen sekä yhteiskunnan tukimuodoista päättäminen oli ristiriitaista. Hemofilian kantajuuteen liittyvä ohjaus oli vähäistä. Terveydenhuoltohenkilöstöstä 66 % piti ohjaustaitojaan riittämättöminä hemofiliaa sairastavien ja heidän perheidensä ohjaamiseen. Tulosten perusteella terveydenhuoltohenkilöstön peruskoulutukseen tulisi kiinnittää huomiota ja tarjota riittävästi täydennyskoulutusta sekä hemofiliasta että ohjauksesta. Tiedotuksen lisääminen hemofiliasta ennakkoluulojen vähentämiseksi olisi tarpeen. Kustannustehokkuuteen ja yhtenäisiin Kelan korvauskäytäntöihin tulisi kiinnittää huomiota. Hemofiliaa sairastavien ja heidän perheidensä ohjausta tulisi kehittää ja keskittää koko valtakunnan tasolla ja mahdollistaa siten asiantuntijuuden kehittyminen. Tuloksia voidaan hyödyntää koulutuksessa ja myös muiden harvinaisten ja periytyvien sairauksien hoitotyön kehittämisessä.

Introduktion: Kompetensutveckling är en grundläggande del i sjuksköterskans yrkesutövning och en ständigt pågående process för sjuksköterskan. Med hänsyn till den pågående personalomsättningen uppstår frågan huruvida sjuksköterskans kompetensutveckling tillgodoses. Syfte: Litteraturstudiens syfte var att undersöka sjuksköterskans aspekter av kompetensutveckling och dess inverkan på frivilliga arbetsplatsbyten inom slutenvården. Metod: Inhämtning och granskning av data har genomförts utifrån Polit och Becks (2017) nio steg i processarbetet. Litteratursökningar i CINAHL och PsycInfo resulterade i 13 artiklar. Kvalitetsgranskningen gjordes enligt Forsberg och Wengströms (2016) granskningsmodell. Resultat: Utifrån den insamlade data utarbetades 3 aspekter av sjuksköterskans kompetensutveckling som innefattar Att växa som sjuksköterska som även inkluderar Olika stadier i karriären och Ålderns betydelse, Att ha förutsättningar som även inkluderar Arbetsförhållanden och Kollegor och chefer samt Att få bekräftelse som även inkluderar Organisationens engagemang och Motivation. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskans kompetensutveckling är en fortlöpande process, något som är anknutet till stadie i karriären, ålder, bekräftelse och förutsättningar i närmiljön. Dessa har betydelse för huruvida sjuksköterskan väljer att byta arbetsplats eller inte.

The purpose of this study was to explore how social work practitioners employed in schools perceive their level of competency in suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention and to identify educational and professional challenges specific to this area of inquiry. This study sought to explore the following research questions: 1) How do school social workers perceive their level of competency in suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention with at-risk suicidal children and youth? 2) What are school social workers educational or professional challenges in providing suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention? This research study was predicated on a qualitative research design and conventional content analysis. The research design allowed for an in-depth examination of school social workers’ ability to make critical decisions when providing suicide prevention, assessment and intervention to youth at risk of suicide. The findings of this study suggest that, despite past and current education, training, and clinical practice experience working with at-risk suicidal youth, continual training is necessary in increasing perceived professional competency and addressing familial, organizational and societal challenges pertinent to at-risk suicidal youth. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Švietimo sistemoje vyksta spartūs pokyčiai: keičiasi ikimokyklinio ugdymo programos, standartai, tėvų dalyvavimas ugdymo procese. Lietuvos Respublikos ikimokyklinio ugdymo koncepcijoje nurodoma, kad ikimokyklinis ugdymas sprendžia reikšmingiausias vaiko socializacijos ir ugdymo(si) uždavinius, o šiuolaikinio ugdymo paskirtis – puoselėti visus vaiko gebėjimus, kurie lemia psichosocialinę ir socializacijos sėkmę Profesinės pedagogų kompetencijos yra daugiau analizuojamos bendrai, neišskiriant ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogų profesinių kompetencijų. Tyrimo objektas: ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogų profesinių kompetencijų plėtotė. Tyrimo tikslas: ištirti ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogų kompetencijų plėtotės galimybes. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė, anketinė ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogų ir ikimokyklinių įstaigų vadovų apklausa, SPSS for windows programinio paketo naudojimas (aprašomoji statistika), Excel programos naudojimas paveikslų pateikimui. Tyrime dalyvavo 107 ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigų pedagogai ir 15 ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigų administracijos atstovai.Tyrimas atliktas Radviliškio miesto ir rajono ikimokyklinėse įstaigose. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad ikimokyklinio ugdymo pedagogams ugdomojo darbo procese svarbiausi kriterijai yra asmeninės savybės ir pedagoginis – psichologinis pasirengimas, vadovams, kad jų pedagogams svarbus – pedagoginis – psichologinis pasirengimas ir profesinis pasirengimas. Reikšmingiausiomis, labai svarbiomis, kompetencijomis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Education experiences rapid changes: pre-education programs and standards are changing, as well as parents’ role and participation in the process of education. Lithuanian pre-primary education concept points out that pre-school education solves the most important problems of children socialization and education, the purpose of contemporary education is to foster all children’s abilities which determine psychological and socialization success. Teachers’ professional competence is analyzed more generally, not excepting pre-school teachers’ professional competence. The object of the research: the development of pre-school teachers’ professional competence. The purpose of the research: to investigate the facilities of the development of pre-school teachers’ professional competence. Methods of the research: the analysis of scientific literature, survey of pre-school teachers and heads, SPSS for Windows (statistical analysis software), Excel. 107 pre-school teachers and 15 pre-school heads took part in the survey. The study was carried out in Radviliškis pre-school institutions. The results of the research showed that for pre-school teachers the most important criteria in the process of education are peculiarities and pedagogical-psychological readiness; for pre-school heads – pedagogical-psychological and professional readiness of their teachers. As the most significant, very important, competencies teachers named professional development, decision-making and curriculum... [to full text]

This investigation of urban planning and design is the first problem-oriented study in this subject in the southeastern part of Iran. As demands for new town developments increase, the intensity and efficiency of urban planning and design must be improved. This in turn requires an increase in the professional knowledge and systematic nature of the analyses and syntheses. The discussions in the thesis include; ideological schools, socioeconomic analyses, natural resource utilization, and sustainable infrastructures. In the thesis, a set of related subjects are analyzed and evaluated with the aid of new academic and experimental methods aimed to recommend enhanced theoretical and working solutions and to prepare for sustainable urban planning and design in the southern Iran region. / <p>QC 20140505</p>

”Människan är den enda varelse som i någon intressant och utvecklad mening undervisar sin avkomma” (Säljö, 2015, s. 11). Ur existentiell synvinkel är frågan varför lätt att besvara. Människans överlevnad i samtiden och barnens livschanser och överlevnad i framtiden, ökar genom undervisning. I Sverige har simförmåga och simkunnighet fått ett stort kulturellt värde i såväl primär socialisation (undervisning av familj, släkt och vänner) som sekundär socialisation (läroplansstyrd undervisning i skola). Under de senaste åren har många människor anlänt till Sverige, för att undkomma krig och förföljelse i hemländerna. I skolan visar det sig att många nyanlända barn och ungdomar inte kan simma. I kunskapskraven för åk 6 och åk 9 i ämnet idrott och hälsa står det tydligt “Eleven kan även simma 200 meter varav 50 meter i ryggläge” (Skolverket, 2011, s. 51-54). Detta måste eleven kunna för att minst få betyget E i ämnet idrott och hälsa. En viktig fråga är då vilka erfarenheter av vattenvana och simning som dessa barn och ungdomar bär med sig från sina tidigare hemländer. Forskningsingången i denna studie är att utveckla yrkeskompetensen genom att få förståelse för och kunskap om nyanländas förförståelse av momentet simning och vilka anpassningar som behöver göras för att eleverna ska klara momentets kunskapskrav.I en mixad studiedesign genomfördes inledningsvis en kartläggning av uppfattningar och erfarenheter i simning via en explorativ enkät och därefter uppföljande kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med nyligen migrerade ungdomar i åldern 12-16 år. Avslutningsvis  genomfördes kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med sakkunniga vuxna som arbetar i svenska skolor och delar de nyanländas kulturella bakgrund. Kvalitativa data analyserades sedan med kategorisk innehållsanalys. Statistisk data från enkäten triangulerades mot barnen/ungdomarnas och de vuxna informanternas berättelser. Resultaten visar bristande erfarenhet av vattenvana både inom primär- och sekundär socialisation; en uttalad effekt av socioekonomisk status; tradition kombinerat med religiösa drag kan också vara hämmande faktorer för simkunnighet, särskilt utifrån kön. Resultaten är viktiga för lärare som utbildar nyanlända elever i idrott och hälsa för att anpassa lärandesituationer. / "Man is the only creature that in some interesting and developed sense educate their offspring." (Säljö, 2015, p. 11). From an existential point of view, the question why is easy to answer. Human beings´ survival in the present and their offspring's life chances and survival in the future increases by education. In Sweden, the ability to swim and knowledge about swimming have been given a great cultural value both in primary socialization (education by the family, relatives and friends) as well as in secondary socialization (curriculum-driven education in school).In more recent years, many people have migrated to Sweden, to escape war and persecution in their home countries. In school, it becomes evident that many children and adolescents who have recently migrated to Sweden cannot swim. In the learning outcomes for grade 6 and grade 9 in physical education, it states clearly that: "Students can also swim 200 meters with 50 meters in the supine position" (Skolverket, 2011, pp. 51-54). The student must be able to fulfil this requirement in order to at least achieve the grade E in physical education. An important issue is then to understand the kinds of experiences with swimming and more in general their confidence with water that these children and adolescents carry from their countries of origin. The aim of this study is to develop teachers professional skills by gaining knowledge and understanding of young migrants prior understanding of swimming and what adjustments need to be made for students to meet proficiency requirements to fulfil the learning outcomes concerning swimming in the Swedish school system for year 6 and year 9.Undertaken was a mixed design study were initially a explorative survey of perceptions and experiences in swimming and later follow-up qualitative research interviews with newly migrated adolescents, aged 12-16 years. Finally, qualitative research interviews were conducted with expert adults working in Swedish schools and sharing the migrants´ cultural background. Qualitative data was analysed using a categorical content analysis. The statistical data from the survey was triangulated against the adolescent informants´ and the adult informants´ stories. The results show lack of aquatic experience both in primary and secondary socialization; a pronounced effect of socio-economic status; tradition combined with religious traits can also be inhibiting factors for swimming ability, especially by gender. Results are important for teachers educating migrants in physical education and adapting learning situations.