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Direct linkAlvestad, Torgeir; Sheridan, Sonja – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This article is based on a research project focusing on Norwegian teachers' planning and documentation of children's learning in preschool. Norwegian preschools follow a national curriculum and teachers are obliged to document both professional practice and learning outcomes. The aim of the article is to investigate teachers' experiences of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Planning, Documentation
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
Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia; Sandberg, Anette; Vuorinen, Tuula – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Historically, the meaning of teacher competence has changed and is continuously being re-constructed along with changes in society as well as with shifting values and intentions in preschool guidelines and curricula. Over the past decade, Swedish preschool has been incorporated as a part of the educational system, and has received its…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, National Curriculum, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The aim is to describe and define constructive competition as an educational phenomenon in different learning contexts. The study involved a total of 78 children aged between 5 and 18, and 29 teachers from pre-schools, compulsory school, and upper secondary programs. Data were generated in individual interviews and use was made of critical…
Descriptors: Competition, Adolescents, Goal Orientation, Educational Environment
