Essays about: "How to be a good citizen"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the words How to be a good citizen.

  1. 6. Wordless picturebooks - in practice and theory

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Louise Hultren; Erica Kozma; [2018]
    Keywords : IBBY; picturebooks; refugee children; second language learning; Silent Books;

    Abstract : In the year of 2015, 35.000 refugee children arrived to Sweden. In Sweden education is a matter of right, every child has the right to attend school no matter if s/he is a citizen or a refugee. According to the Swedish Curriculum for Compulsory school, all teaching should be adapted to the individual student’s circumstances and needs. READ MORE

  3. 7. Managing Household Plastic Waste: Evaluation of the EU commission’s strategy from the perspective of Swedish municipalities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Tobias Henriksson; [2018]
    Keywords : plastics; waste; plastic waste; waste management; recycling; circular economy; sweden; scania; skåne; EU; strategy; 2030; municipality; municipalities; interview; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In January of 2018, the EU commission presented a new strategy on how the EU will handle plastics in a circular economy. The strategy raises many of the issues the EU face with plastics and plastic waste today, presents several goals for 2030 in this field - such as a >50% recycling rate of plastic waste - and recommends measures the nations could take to improve their management of plastics and plastic waste. READ MORE

  4. 8. Learning while participating in public planning, and having fun : Testing a method of using focus groups and a vision of a sustainable future neighborhood, that ‘pushes the limits’

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Anne-Maja Anneborg; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; public planning; densification; participation; learning; future vision; focus groups; Earth’s limitations; sustainable lifestyles; Örebro; Äpplestaden; Sustainable development; public planning; densification; participation; learning; future vision; focus groups; Earth’s limitations; sustainable lifestyles; Örebro; Äpplestaden;

    Abstract : We are facing the problems of climate change, the unfair share and over use of Earth’s resources. Global North overuses, Sweden has an ecological footprint of four planets. The challenge is to change our lifestyles. This thesis is trying out a method to diffuse ideas of sustainable development (SD) and for citizen participation. READ MORE

  5. 9. Brunnshög - A case study in communicative urban planning and power relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : David Foisack; [2016]
    Keywords : Brunnshög; Communicative planning; Power relations; Urban planning; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis is regarding communicative urban planning and power relations, applied at a case called Brunnshög. The Brunnshög projects consist of five developing areas located in the north-east of Lund. READ MORE

  6. 10. Becoming a Citizen:The Process of Leaving a Gang in Cape Town, South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lisa Rådbo; [2015]
    Keywords : Gangs; Gang-exit; Role-exit; Social Policy; Cape Flats; Cape Town; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the process of how eight people left competing informal institutions, in the form of gangs, to join substitutive informal institutions, which is more compatible with a democratic society, and in this way became ‘good citizens’. The research question is as follows: How do ex-gang members explain their change in lifestyle, from past involvement in gangs to the subsequent transformation in their present day lives? Life-story interviews have been carried out with former gang members that have then been transcribed and analysed in alignment with Riessman’s (2008) dialogic/performance analysis and Rose Ebough´s (1988) Role-exit theory. READ MORE