Essays about: "vocation"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word vocation.
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6. Quality of Life and Aphasia : Are proxy responses from spouses/caregivers reliable to use in research with persons with aphasia?
University essay from LogopediAbstract : Persons with aphasia (PWA) have language difficulties and their Quality of Life (QoL) has most likely been affected. Because of their loss of language abilities, it is difficult to use PWA in QoL studies. This can lead to the use of proxy responses (a person who answers for the PWA). READ MORE
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7. Aspirations, possibilities and limitations–Indian middleclass students' view on future career and related values
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how middle class, secondary school students in Bangalore view their future in the background context of individualist and collectivist influences, traditionally related to Western respectively Eastern culture. The objectives are as follows:How do secondary school students view their future in terms of further studies and work opportunities and what possibilities and/or limitations do they identify? What in relation to this are some of the underlying, deciding factors?What values do secondary school students take into account while considering a future career? To what extent can these values be related to the general distinctions between collectivism and individualism, traditionally related to Eastern and Western culture?Theoretical terms used in the thesis are the sociological concepts of individualism and collectivism and Krumboltz’s social learning theory, a constructivist career theory. READ MORE
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8. An army of working individualists? : A phenomenological interview study of Swedish soldiers going to, working and being in Afghanistan
University essay from Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis is concerned with the lived life-world of Swedish soldiers that have worked in Afghanistan as part the ISAF mission. It studies the soldiers' experiences by drawing on five qualitative, open interviews and analyses these from a phenomenological perspective. READ MORE
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9. Local Use of Traditional and Modern Medicine : A case study in Babati District, Tanzania
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : This study aims to identify traditional medicines which people use in Babati District, Tanzania and to find out which direction the local use and knowledge of traditional medicine is taking in comparison with modern medicine (MM). It is a case study based both on primary and secondary sources. READ MORE
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10. Djursjukskötarutbildningen och legitimationen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : January the 1:st 2010 Veterinary Nursing became a registred vocation in Sweden, this paper attempts to give some back-ground to this decision and tries to gauge the opinions of companies and organisations representing workers and employers in the animal health-care field on the possible effects of registration. Working Veterinary Nurses and Veterinarians have been surveyed to find out what they think the responsibilities and education of the Registred Veterinary Nurse should be. READ MORE
