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Bartholdsson, Åsa – Education Inquiry, 2021
With focus on teachers' experiences and understandings of manual-based programmes, this article explores the implications for teacher professionalism. It locates teachers' use of manual-based programmes in the intersection of two currents of ideas in contemporary society and within education: therapy culture and the evidence movement. The article…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Social Emotional Learning
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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
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Bergmark, Ulrika; Hansson, Kristina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
In 2010, Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a legal requirement that education should be research-based, placing huge demands on schools. The study's aim is to explore how, through sensemaking, teachers and principals enact this policy in schools. In total, 272 teachers and 23 principals from pre-schools, leisure-time centers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Research
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Masoumi, Davoud – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Preparing the next generation of preschool teachers who can integrate and make use of ICT to capitalise on and develop young children's digital competences remains a challenging goal for teacher education programmes (TEP). Given the current gaps in the literature, this study aims to expand and deepen our understanding of the extent to which early…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Preschool Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Eva; Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
In Sweden, the national parliament has adopted objectives to implement the United Nations (UN) "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" (UNESCO, 2017). Sweden's objectives are more ambitious and far-reaching in several policy areas than the targets listed in the 2030 Agenda and outlined in the report "Agenda 2030 and Sweden:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Sustainable Development, Objectives
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Walan, Susanne – Education 3-13, 2019
Earlier studies have discussed the usefulness of storytelling and hands-on activities when teaching young children science. However, few studies have investigated the use of the two methods in combination. This study reports on five pre-school teachers' experience of combining storytelling and hands-on activities in teaching science and their…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Science Activities, Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Lundberg, Osa; Lundqvist, Ulla; Åkerblom, Annika; Risenfors, Signild – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
According to the national framing of the Swedish preschool system, educators are expected to act as mediators of the dominant language while simultaneously promoting multilingualism. Previous research shows that educators display an insecurity as well as a lack of knowledge of how to implement this dual undertaking. This article examines…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preschool Education
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Nordberg, Ann; Jacobsson, Katharina – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study aimed to investigate how 33 preschool teachers' and 30 special educational needs teachers in Swedish preschools documented and described children's speech, language and communication development. The views on concepts as 'scientific basis', 'proven experience' and ways to follow language development for children in need of extra-support…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Teacher Attitudes
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Palmér, Hanna – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
This article explores collective and individual perspectives on preschool mathematics within a professional development programme. All seven teachers at one Swedish preschool participated in a one-year research-based professional development programme. At the beginning and then again at the end of the programme, the teachers collectively wrote…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Mathematics Education, Preschool Curriculum
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Rantala, Anna; Heikkilä, Mia – Education 3-13, 2020
Social interaction is one of the many things what preschool life is about, and how social life is constituted is of importance to understand. In early childhood education settings, children are guided and fostered by teachers and by each other in different directions. The overall aim of the article is to make a contribution to a deeper…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Discipline, Power Structure
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Hedlin, Maria; Åberg, Magnus – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
In Sweden, as in Western countries generally, most preschool teachers are women. This fact sometimes leads to the assumption that preschools are "feminine", and that this might be bad for boys. We challenge this assumption. Using a gender critical approach we have studied preschool student teachers. "Femininity" might be used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Stereotypes, Femininity, Ethnography
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Puskás, Tünde; Andersson, Anita – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2017
The Swedish preschool is an important socializing agent because the great majority of children aged, from 1 to 5 years, are enrolled in an early childhood education program. This paper explores how preschool teachers and children, in an ethnically diverse preschool, negotiate the meaning of cultural traditions celebrated in Swedish preschools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Cultural Influences, Cultural Maintenance
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Otterborn, Anna; Schönborn, Konrad; Hultén, Magnus – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2019
The availability of digital tablets in preschools has increased significantly in recent years. Literature suggests that these tools can enhance students' literacy and collaborative skills. As society becomes increasingly digitized, preschool curriculum reform also emphasises the subjects of technology and science as priority areas of learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, General Education
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Hedlin, Maria; Åberg, Magnus; Johansson, Caroline – Education Inquiry, 2019
Many countries call for more men to be teachers in early childhood education and care (ECEC). In Sweden, the issue has been discussed since the early 1970s, but despite these discussions there is little Swedish research that examines the notions and expectations associated with male teachers. International research has found that perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Males
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Hjelmér, Carina – Education Inquiry, 2020
The aim of this article is to acquire knowledge regarding children's influence and the construction of gender during free play situations in preschools in different local contexts. Attention is focused on both children's choices and pedagogical practices in which free play takes place. The research draws on ethnographic studies based on…
Descriptors: Play, Gender Differences, Preschool Children, Sex Stereotypes
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