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Swedish Preschool Teachers' Ideas of the Ideal Preschool Group
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Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid; Williams, Pia; Sheridan, Sonja; Hellman, Annette – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
In Sweden, preschool has been noted as being of a high quality compared to many other countries. However, dramatic changes in the preschool sector are taking place. A recent law states that it is a child's right to get a preschool place within a few months. As a consequence, the number of children in preschool has increased, which could influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Qualitative Research
Cultural Considerations of ECERS-3 in Sweden: A Reflection on Adaption
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Garvis, Susanne; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia; Mellgren, Elisabeth – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
Quality in early childhood education is an important topic in many countries. Research suggests that high-quality preschool provides many long-term benefits for young children and society. How to measure early childhood quality however can be problematic. One approach has been the use of the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS), an…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
Preschool--An Arena for Children's Learning of Social and Cognitive Knowledge
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Williams, Pia; Sheridan, Sonja; Sandberg, Anette – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2014
The aim is to investigate Swedish preschool teachers' accounts of children's learning in relation to the goals in the Swedish preschool curriculum. The research question is: "What do preschool teachers see as fundamental aspects of learning in preschool practice?" The study is based on interactionist perspectives founded in Urie…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Systematic Quality Work in Preschool
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Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia; Sandberg, Anette – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the meaning that Swedish preschool teachers ascribe to systematic quality work. In Sweden, all preschools are required to work systematically with quality issues. This involves several interdependent steps that follow each other in a specific order. Although the concept of systematic quality work might…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Group Size and Organisational Conditions for Children's Learning in Preschool: A Teacher Perspective
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Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia; Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid – Educational Research, 2014
Background: There is a limited amount of research about group size in preschool, and how it impacts on teachers' working conditions and their ability to support children's learning and knowledge development in line with curriculum intentions. Purpose: From a perspective on quality, this article examines the organisational conditions for children's…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Urban Schools, Rural Schools
Preschool Routines, Peer Learning and Participation.
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Williams, Pia – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Examined what children learned spontaneously from each other in everyday activities within the preschool culture. Findings from two preschool classes of 14 children aged 1 to 3 years and 18 children aged 3 to 6 years show the knowledge and skills, often tacit, that children learn from each other through social practices. (SLD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participation, Peer Teaching, Preschool Children