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Ester Catucci – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
During the last few years, the Swedish preschool curriculum has undergone several changes. Among those changes is the introduction of the concept of teaching as a goal-oriented activity. Preschool teachers have been given a specific responsibility for leading the teaching in preschool. This study aims to explore how preschool teachers' didactical…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Instructional Leadership, Collegiality, Meetings
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Anders Ohlsson; Farhana Borg; Niklas Gericke – Cogent Education, 2024
Worldwide, preschool is recognized as an important arena for the implementation of education for sustainability (EfS). In Swedish preschools EfS has been a part of the national curriculum since 2019, but little is known about what this means in practice. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to increase our understanding about preschool…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Sundqvist, Pernilla – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
In recent decades the preschool has leaned more towards a learning-oriented pedagogy, where the subject of technology has been given a more prominent place. Still, studies on how individual preschool staff members perceive and teach technology is scarce. This study shows how seven preschool staff in Sweden describe their work with the subject of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Technology Education
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Lecusay, Robert; Mrak, Lina; Nilsson, Monica – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
In UNESCO's recent publication "Education for Sustainable Development: A Roadmap" the idea of community is described as playing an important role in the organization of education for sustainable development as a means of supporting transformations towards sustainability. In the present study we examine the relationship between community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Preschool Children
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Nordberg, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim was to investigate the staff's language support towards children in Swedish preschools after eight weeks of structured language support. This study took place after an initial study of six weeks' language support. To identify support of Language Learning Environment, Opportunities and Interactions an observation-tool was used. Structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Native Language Instruction, Child Language
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Magnusson, Lena O.; Bäckman, Kerstin – Cogent Education, 2022
The study presented in this article investigates how the curriculum is implemented and transformed by teachers in mixed-age and age-homogeneous groups, the most common age-constellations in the Swedish preschool. The data was collected through groups interviews with preschool teachers. The interviews were transcribed and analysed with the support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Mixed Age Grouping
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Andersson Søe, Martina; Schad, Elinor; Psouni, Elia – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Previous research suggests that interactions between preschool teachers and children in early care and educational contexts can contribute to the child's positive attachment development and socioemotional adjustment. Objective: Investigate how the transition process to preschool is organized and whether various ways of organizing it…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Attachment Behavior
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Bergmark, Ulrika – Professional Development in Education, 2023
A prominent phenomenon in education in Europe and internationally is the demand for research-based education, which is also the case in Sweden, the context of this study. Therefore, greater academic demands have been placed on teachers, which can present a distinctive challenge for teachers who were educated when teacher education prioritised…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice
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Cervantes, Sara; Öqvist, Anna – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2021
Preschool teachers and caregivers have a close working relationship as part of a working team to benefit the children in Swedish preschools. In 2011, a new educational reform was introduced according to which preschools became a school form in their own right within the overall educational system in Sweden. The objective of the policy was to…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Child Caregivers, Teacher Responsibility, Educational Policy
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Lena O. Magnusson; Annika Elm – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
The study presented in this article shows some aspects of how children between the ages of three and five and their educators perceive and describe the educational environment in early childhood education in Sweden. The data is generated using "pedagogical walk-throughs" with the educators and "camera tours" together with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Preschools
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Forsling, Karin – Cogent Education, 2022
The article focuses on preschool teacher education in Sweden. The purpose of the study is to explore and analyse opportunities for and impediments to cooperation around digital competence among three groups: preschool teacher students, local teacher educators, and teacher educators at a university. The study presented in the article is performed…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Teacher Competencies, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Eek-Karlsson, Liselotte; Emilson, Anette – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
The aim is to contribute knowledge about educators' beliefs about children's belonging in early childhood education. The study applies parts of Nira Yuval Davis's theory about the politics of belonging. Six group interviews were conducted with educators from four Swedish preschools. A content analysis is used as a first step, followed by a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Sense of Community, Preschool Teachers
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Karlsudd, Peter – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
A Swedish preschool must be adapted to all children, regardless of ethnicity, religion or disability. Inclusion and the children's sense of participation are essential keywords in this work. The present analysis was based on two studies in which the staff's and parents' perceptions of significant factors and goal fulfilment for inclusive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Parents
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Maria Svensson; Jonna Larsson; Ann-Marie von Otter; Helena Sagar; Pia Williams – Design and Technology Education, 2023
Communicating technical concepts in preschool is of vital importance for developing the quality of the technology teaching practice and the development of the children's language skills within the content area. The aim of this study is to investigate how preschool teachers discern technology in relation to everyday situations in preschool. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Palla, Linda; Vallberg Roth, Ann-Christine – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
The aim of this research is to highlight didactical voices on inclusive ideals and special educational tools noted in the written reflections of 178 preschool teachers in 10 Swedish municipalities. The research questions are as follows: How do preschool teachers signify inclusive ideals in written reflections of teaching in language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Inclusion, Reflection
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