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Promoting Diversity and Belonging: Preschool Staff's Perspective on Inclusive Factors in the Swedish Preschool
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Karlsudd, Peter – Education Sciences, 2021
This article reports the Swedish results and experiences from the survey study "Educators' perspectives of belonging in early years education," which was part of the research project "Politics of belonging: Promoting children's inclusion in educational settings across borders". The purpose of the survey study was to gain…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Sense of Community, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Disruptions of Desexualized Heteronormativity -- Queer Identification(s) as Pedagogical Resources
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Reimers, Eva – Teaching Education, 2020
Desexualized heteronormativity saturates most educational spaces. Thus, research on LGBTQ teachers tends to focus on the precarious and vulnerable work conditions produced by this norm. The aim of this article is to contribute to a shift in the tale(s) about LGBTQ teachers so that they are presented as subjects rather than victims. Three…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Social Attitudes, LGBTQ People, Teacher Characteristics
Promoting Social Learning in the Swedish Leisure Time Centre
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Jonsson, Kristina; Lillvist, Anne – Education Inquiry, 2019
Swedish leisure time centres (LTCs) are included in the Swedish Education Act and are used by almost every pupil in the age range of 6--9 years. They are governed by national policy documents with a certain emphasis on social learning. This article aims to highlight the LTC staff's perspectives on their work of promoting social learning in the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Leisure Time, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
A Perspective of Group Size on Children's Conditions for Wellbeing, Learning and Development in Preschool
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Williams, P.; Sheridan, S.; Pramling Samuelsson, I. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study explores how group size influences children's conditions for wellbeing, learning and development in preschool in relation to the intentions in the revised (2010) Swedish preschool curriculum. The study is based on qualitative methods generated from interviews and open-ended questions in a questionnaire. Group size is dependent on three…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Child Development, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Career Choice Motives of Early Childhood Educators: A Cross-Country Comparison of Four European Countries
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Weiss, Sabine; Syring, Marcus; Keller-Schneider, Manuela; Hellstén, Meeri; Kiel, Ewald – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
The present study compares career choice motives of future early childhood educators studying for a tertiary qualification. Suitable analyses of this kind are still missing. Diverging training systems, traditions and professional images in the different countries are related to certain motives. These motives are categorised according to a theory…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Preschool Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Qualifications
Confirming and Resisting an Underdog Position--Leisure-Time Teachers Dealing with a New Practice
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Hjalmarsson, Maria; Hultman, Annica Löfdahl – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
The article focuses on how leisure-time teachers (LtT) in Sweden both confirm and resist the array of new demands related to leisure-time centres (LtC). The data consist of interviews with six LtTs. The results are interpreted as representing different parts of the LtT's professionalism and show that the LtTs through their tellings constructs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Leisure Education, Recreational Facilities