Search for dissertations about: "INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Children.

  2. 1. Wasting time or having fun? : Cultural meanings of children and childhood

    Author : Gisela Eckert; Gunilla Halldén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Childhood; Parental Ideas; Cultural Meaning; Dilemmas; Play; TV; Barndomen; Barn och TV; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : This study explores contemporary cultural meanings of children and childhood in a Swedish context. Its point of departure is an understanding that the meanings ascribed to what it is to be a child and what childhood is, are part of culture and, as such, transform through time and space. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bråkiga, lösaktiga och nagelbitande barn : Om barn och barnproblem vid en rådgivningsbyrå i Stockholm 1933-1950

    Author : Ulf Jönson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of Childhood; Child Guidance; Welfare State; Professionalization; Psychology; Psychiatry; Upbringing; Education; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : In 1933 an advice and counselling bureau was established in Stockholm by the Childrens Welfare Board. This initiative was partly inspired by the mental health movement and the American child guidance clinics and the aim was to use the latest insights in psychiatry and psychology in order to offer advice and support for parents and other "upbringers of children" or, with a more cogent formulation, to "bring up the upbringers". READ MORE

  5. 3. Why poor children stay sick : Water sanitation hygiene and child health in rural Malawi

    Author : Per Lindskog; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The impact of an improved method of drinking water supply upon child health was evaluated in a rural area in southern Malawi. A prospective cohort srudy was made before and after the intervention with a gravityfed,piped water and a sanitation and health education programme using intervention and comparison groups. READ MORE

  6. 4. A study of war-affected children in Sri Lanka

    Author : W.M.S.M. Kumari; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; effects of war; rehbialition programmes;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis aims to build up an analytical model for studying rehabilitation programmes for children in Sri Lanka, with a view to future research. This area is considered very important, because children's perspectives in the post-war reconstruction efforts can be considered as still a largely invisible subject. READ MORE

  7. 5. Quichua children and language shift in an Andean community : School, play and sibling caretaking

    Author : Camilla Rindstedt; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Quichua-Spanish bilingualism; language practices; language ideology; sibling care-taking; play; gender; tvåspråkighet; Ecuador; språk och identitet; indianer; språk; barnspråk; spanska; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : In Ecuador, there is an ongoing ethnic revitalization among indigenous peoples. Yet, in San Antonio, a 'zona roja' in the Andes, the comuneros do not speak Quichua to their children, even though the Quichua language is seen as an extremely important aspect of Indian identity. READ MORE