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- Ackesjö, Helena, 1973-, et al.
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"Att jag kallar mig själv för lärare i fritidshem uppfattar jag skapar en viss provokation" : Om de nya grundlärarna med inriktning mot arbete i fritidshem
- 2016
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In: Educare. - 1653-1868 .- 2004-5190. ; :1, s. 86-109
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In 2014 the first cohort of (a newly designed group of teachers) ”primary teachers with a specialization in extended school education” graduated from Swedish universities. In addition to the traditional formal qualifications as leisure pedagogues their degree also includes the competency to teach practical/aesthetical subjects in compulsory school up to year six. The newly designed teachers thus have to relate to dual professional identities and try to maintain balance between their work in the traditional socially oriented recreation centers against their teaching in a goal- and results-driven school. In this article we study a group of 40 new teachers before and after graduation, trying to get hold of how they perceive and negotiate their professional identities and how they orient themselves in the professional landscape. The results show that the graduates try to balance their own ideals and professional intentions against traditional professional identities and labor market conditions.
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- Ackesjö, Helena, 1973-, et al.
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“Betwixt and Between” : Leisure-time Teachers and the Construction of Professional Identities
- 2019
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0031-3831 .- 1470-1170. ; 63:6, s. 884-898
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In 2014, a newly formed group of teachers graduated from Swedish universities. In addition to their qualification as leisure-time pedagogues, their degree includes teaching practical/aesthetical subjects in compulsory school. This group of teachers thus has to relate to dual professional identities and to maintain a balance between the socially oriented leisure-time centres and a goal- and results-driven school. In this article we describe their first two years after graduation, trying to get hold of their negotiation of professional identities and orientation in the professional landscape. Results shows that the graduates try to balance own ideals and hybrid professional intentions against traditional professional identities and labour market conditions and that position in a liminal phase might be crucial for the outcome.
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- Axelsson, Marcus, 1979-
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”Kalla mig inte mamsell!” : En jämförelse av tre skandinaviska översättares behandling av kulturspecifika element i fransk- och engelskspråkig skönlitteratur
- 2016
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The present study deals with the work and practice of three Scandinavian translators, namely Kjell Olaf Jensen (Norwegian), Marianne Öjerskog (Swedish) and Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt (Danish). The main question of the thesis is what strategies the translators use when translating culture-specific elements from French and English. Theoretically the thesis positions itself within the framework of Descriptive Translation Studies and draws upon system theories as well as Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of culture. The method consists of a source text – target text analysis, using a somewhat modified version of Pedersen’s (2007) method identifying seven translation strategies, namely (1) retention, (2) specification, (3) direct translation, (4) generalization, (5) substitution, (6) omission and (7) official equivalent. In this thesis the three former and the official equivalent are categorized as “adequate”, whereas generalization, substitution and omission are categorized as “acceptable” using Toury’s (2012) terminology. Six different types of culture-specific elements are investigated, namely (1) titles, address and professional titles, (2) currencies, (3) weights and measures, (4) literature and music, (5) education, and (6) names. In addition to this analysis, interviews with the three translators were carried out. Results show that there are both similarities and dissimilarities in the translators’ choices of translation strategies. It also turns out that the strategies used to a great extent depend on the culture-specific element in question and hardly ever on the source language. Results also suggest that the higher the translators’ amount of accumulated total capital, the more likely it is that they adopt a heterodoxic translation strategy. Jensen and Stjernfelt are more often positioned at one of the two extremes of the adequacy–acceptability axis than is the case for Öjerskog. Moreover, results from the interviews and the text analyses show that there are a number of norms that govern the translators’ practices. The translatorial practice is to manoeuver in a field governed by norms in order to produce the best possible target texts – target texts that are true to the original and conform to domestic literary standards.
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- Carlsson, Rickard, 1984-, et al.
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Is teacher attrition a poor estimate of the value of teacher education? A Swedish case.
- 2019
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In: European Journal of Teacher Education. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0261-9768 .- 1469-5928. ; 42:2, s. 243-257
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Far from all who complete teacher education end up working as teachers throughout their entire career. At first sight the value of teacher education, in terms of efficiency, seems to be a failure. In the present article we argue that teacher attrition, when defined as whether one is working as teacher or not, is a too blunt measure to gauge whether teacher education has been valuable. With a unique dataset, where we have detailed information on 87 Swedish teacher graduates’ working life across 23 years, we can consider whether activities and/or experiences point to an apparent use of teacher education. In conclusion, we find that in order to get informative estimates of its value it is important to consider it from different perspectives and to consider attrition related to the total working time spent in educational settings across a career rather than percentage leaving teaching after a set of years.
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- Do, Lan, et al.
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High Sensitivity Method to Estimate Distribution of Hyaluronan Molecular Sizes in Small Biological Samples Using Gas-Phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis.
- 2015
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In: International Journal of Cell Biology. - : Hindawi Limited. - 1687-8876 .- 1687-8884.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Hyaluronan is a negatively charged polydisperse polysaccharide where both its size and tissue concentration play an important role in many physiological and pathological processes. The various functions of hyaluronan depend on its molecular size. Up to now, it has been difficult to study the role of hyaluronan in diseases with pathological changes in the extracellular matrix where availability is low or tissue samples are small. Difficulty to obtain large enough biopsies from human diseased tissue or tissue from animal models has also restricted the study of hyaluronan. In this paper, we demonstrate that gas-phase electrophoretic molecular mobility analyzer (GEMMA) can be used to estimate the distribution of hyaluronan molecular sizes in biological samples with a limited amount of hyaluronan. The low detection level of the GEMMA method allows for estimation of hyaluronan molecular sizes from different parts of small organs. Hence, the GEMMA method opens opportunity to attain a profile over the distribution of hyaluronan molecular sizes and estimate changes caused by disease or experimental conditions that has not been possible to obtain before.
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- Fonseca, Lars, 1963-, et al.
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Lärarassistenter och lärare - samarbete, arbetsdelning eller konflikt?
- 2018
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In: Nordisk netværk for Professionsforskning.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Problemställning: Internationella studier visar att svenska lärare ägnar mer tid åt administration och mindre åt undervisning och kompetensutveckling än lärare i andra OECD-länder (OECD, 2013). I Sverige styrs skolan offensivt med ökade inslag av granskning och kontroll, vikande PISA-resultat och en ökande lärarbrist (Bejerot m.fl., 2015; UKÄ, 2016).Trycket på svenska lärare är högt och skilda initiativ tas för att lärare ska kunna fokusera på "kärnuppdraget". Bland annat föreslås införandet av avlastande tjänster, lärarassistenter. Innehållet i avlastningen beskrivs emellertid på olika sätt. Introduktionen av lärarassistenter kan ses som ett försök till intern stratifiering av läraryrket, där arbetet delas upp och där delar av arbetet lämnas över till andra yrkesgrupper. Följden blir att professionella domäner behöver förhandlas, förskjutas och fördelas.Frågeställningar:- Vilka delar av lärares arbete förväntar skolledare att redan införda avlastande tjänster skall ta över?- Vilka förväntningar på önskvärda avgränsningar mellan professionella domäner beskrivs av lärarna själva?- Vilka förväntningar om professionell domän för den nya yrkeskategorin lärarassistenter beskrivs i utbildningsinformation för lärarassistentutbildningar?- Harmonierar dessa olika förväntningar? Finns potentiella eller redan konstaterade konfliktytor? Teoretiska utgångspunkter:Introduktionen av lärarassistenter i den svenska skolan medför med stor sannolikhet att skolorganisationens ekologi rubbas, att professionella rörelser uppstår och att professionella domäner förhandlas, förskjuts och fördelas. (Abbott, 1988). Ett tydliggörande av läraryrkets kärna (Lindqvist & Nordänger, 2007; Gardesten, 2016) och en nyintroducerad arbetsspecialisering kan betraktas som ett sätt att förstärka läraryrkets professionella status. Men introduktionen av nya yrkesgrupper kan lika gärna uppfattas som ett hot mot det professionella. Idén om införandet av lärarassistenter ”översätts” således på olika sätt - i olika praktiker - av olika aktörer (Czarniawska & Joerges, 1996) där uppfattningar om vad som är kärnan i lärararbetet (Gardesten, 2016; Lindqvist & Nordänger, 2007) och vad framstår som ”smutsigt” (Landahl, 2006; Hughes, 1958/1981) kan skilja sig åt. Metoder:- Webb-enkät till skolledare om innehållet i 408 införda avlastande tjänster.- Enkäter till 65 lärare vid tre skolor där lärarassistenter införts. Enkätfrågor om vilka arbetsuppgifter lärarna vill bli av med, vill behålla, vill tillföra respektive vill samarbete med andra yrkesprofessioner om. Uppföljande intervjuer om utfallet av arbetsfördelningen med olika professioner på de tre skolorna.- Innehållsanalys av utbildningsplaner för 18 svenska lärarassistentutbildningarEmpiriskt fält:Professionella domäner i skolan
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- Geijer, Mats, et al.
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The Swedish Early Psoriatic Arthritis Registry 5-year Followup : Substantial Radiographic Progression Mainly in Men with High Disease Activity and Development of Dactylitis
- 2015
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In: Journal of Rheumatology. - : The Journal of Rheumatology. - 0315-162X .- 1499-2752. ; 42:11, s. 2110-2117
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective. To describe early radiographic findings in patients from the Swedish psoriatic arthritis (SwePsA) registry, progression of destruction, correlations with clinical disease variables, and predictors of destruction. Methods. Hand and foot radiographs were available for 72 of 197 SwePsA patients followed for 5 years. Clinical data were collected according to the SwePsA protocol. Results. Disease characteristics and clinical improvement were similar in men and women. Radiographic abnormalities were more pronounced in men. Total Wassenberg radiographic score at baseline was 0 in 45% of men and 51% of women. One man and one woman had a score >10. At 5 years, total score was 0 in 14% of men and 40% of women (p = 0.018); 17% of men and 7% of women had scores >10. Mean total scores for men and women had increased. Baseline erythrocyte sedimentation rate was associated with baseline total radiographic score. In men, swollen joint count was positively, and in women tender joint count negatively, correlated to total radiographic score. After 5 years, only male scores, mainly hand scores, significantly correlated with 28-joint Disease Activity Score and Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis scores, swollen joint count, and dactylitis. Achieving remission or minimal disease activity after 5 years protected against structural damage, mainly in men. Conclusion. Radiographic progression in early PsA was generally slow but substantial. Male sex appears to be a risk factor for early radiographic damage while the presence of baseline radiographic damage and dactylitis developing during followup seem to predict further destruction. Hand and foot radiograph scoring cannot be substituted with clinical signs.
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- Hellman, Urban, 1966-, et al.
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Hyaluronan concentration and molecular mass in psoriatic arthritis : biomarkers of disease severity, resistance to treatment, and outcome
- 2019
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0300-9742 .- 1502-7732. ; 48:4, s. 284-293
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective: Low molecular mass hyaluronan causes inflammatory processes and can act as a pro-inflammatory cytokine in skin and other sites of activity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This study investigated whether the molecular mass distribution of hyaluronan (HA) in skin and the quantity of circulating HA are related to the clinical inflammatory picture in PsA with active disease and to the effect of treatment with anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α) adalimumab.Methods: Twenty patients with TNF-α-naïve active polyarticular PsA were included in this prospective clinical trial of treatment with 40 mg s.c. adalimumab according to standard procedure. Clinical activity, patients’ assessments, and skin biopsies were captured at inclusion and at the 12 week follow-up. Ten healthy individuals were recruited for comparison of HA analyses. Histochemistry of skin inflammation, serum HA, and molecular mass of HA were determined.Results: Overall improvements in clinical parameters were observed. Eight of 18 patients reached minimum disease activity after 12 weeks and disease activity was significantly reduced (p < 0.0001). Patients with elevated serum HA values were significantly older, had later onset of arthritis and more deformed joints, still had swollen joints after treatment, and had more circulating inflammatory biomarkers. More severe disease pathology showed a wide spectrum of high-molecular-mass HA accompanied by low mass HA. The treatment appears partly to normalize the HA mass distribution.Conclusion: HA concentration and mass seem to be two possible factors in the inflammatory pathology of PsA acting as biomarkers for disease severity, resistance to treatment, and worse outcome.
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