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Lofdahl, Annica; Perez Prieto, Hector – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This article contains results from a study based on locally produced planning and evaluation texts from 10 preschool settings in a Swedish middle-sized town. The texts were mainly from 1999 to 2005, a period during which Swedish preschools were implementing their first curriculum and were subject to several changes including decentralisation,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Resistance (Psychology), Social Control, Policy Analysis
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Taguchi, Hillevi Lenz – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2007
This article theorizes and exemplifies reconceptualized teaching practices, both in early childhood education (ECE) and in a couple of programs within the new Swedish Teacher Education (since 2001). These programs are tightly knit to the last 12 years of reconceptualized early childhood education practices in and around Stockholm, built on…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Ethics
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Palmerus, Kerstin – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Discusses preschool staff training, focusing on Europe generally and Sweden in particular. Examines roles of staff members and relative importance of care and education. Argues that training can have both positive and negative effects. Explores whether training programs should be broad or specific, concluding that they should have a wide…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education