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Valued and Performed or Not? Teachers' Ratings of Transition Activities for Young Children with Learning Disability
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Lillvist, Anne; Wilder, Jenny – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2017
Stakeholder collaboration has been identified as a facilitator for positive transition outcomes for all children, and especially for children in need of special support. However, the type and extent of stakeholder collaboration have shown to be related to teachers' view of their transition practises. Thus, this study set out to examine the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Young Children, Transitional Programs, Compulsory Education
Preschool Teacher Competence Viewed from the Perspective of Students in Early Childhood Teacher Education
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Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper examines contemporary issues in early childhood teacher education in Sweden. The aim of the study was to explore dimensions of the construct of preschool teachers' competence as reported by 810 students enrolled in early childhood teacher education at 15 Swedish universities. The results showed that students' definitions of preschool…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies
"Special Support" in Preschools in Sweden: Preschool Staff's Definition of the Construct
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Sandberg, Anette; Lillvist, Anne; Eriksson, Lilly; Bjorck-Akesson, Eva; Granlund, Mats – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
This study investigates the definitions of the construct "young children in need of special support" given by preschool staff in Sweden in 540 preschool units. The study has a mixed-methods design based on qualitative analysis of an open-ended question and quantitative analysis of questionnaire responses. The results reveal two general…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
The Construct of Social Competence--How Preschool Teachers Define Social Competence in Young Children
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Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Bjorck-Akesson, Eva; Granlund, Mats – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
Preschool teachers share their environment with young children on a daily basis and interventions promoting social competence are generally carried out in the preschool setting. The aim was to find out if and how preschool teachers' definitions of social competence are related to factors in the preschool environment like: a) the number of children…
Descriptors: Definitions, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Interpersonal Competence