ERIC Number: EJ1366484
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
EISSN: EISSN-1476-8275
Children on the Borders between Institution, Home and Leisure: Space to Fend for Yourself When Leaving the School-Age Educare Centre
Early Child Development and Care, v192 n11 p1715-1727 2022
The study aims to contribute to knowledge of children's views on their space to fend for themselves at a time in their lives when they face change and decreased institutional care, i.e. in the transition from organized to unorganized after-school activities. The study builds on interviews with 22 children who are about to leave or change after-school arrangements and uses the theoretical framework of the sociology of childhood. The results show that children understand the 'after' with regard to the transition as a space that provides more freedom, where they are trusted and where they have more influence over their own activities. Having greater self-determination is often described as positive, but it can also be unwanted and seen as a demand.
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, After School Programs, Leisure Time, Freedom, Trust (Psychology), Self Determination, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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