Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik

This thesis takes as one point of departure the concept of the expanded curriculum where curricula encompass both the formal steering documents, as well as that which goes on within the framework of preschool education and through the actors in preschools. The overarching purpose is therefore to gen...

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Main Author: Jonsson, Agneta
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:Swedish
Published: Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för Pedagogik 2013
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hkr-113402016-09-01T05:17:49ZAtt skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktiksweCreating curriculum for the youngest children in preschool : children’s perspectives and didactics of the present momentJonsson, AgnetaHögskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för PedagogikHögskolan Kristianstad, Forskningsmiljön Barndom, Lärande och Utbildning (BALU)Högskolan Kristianstad, Forskningsmiljön Forskning Relationell Pedagogik (FoRP)Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis2013early childhoodcurriculumpreschool teachercommunicationchild perspectivechildren's perspectivesThis thesis takes as one point of departure the concept of the expanded curriculum where curricula encompass both the formal steering documents, as well as that which goes on within the framework of preschool education and through the actors in preschools. The overarching purpose is therefore to generate knowledge about what conditions for learning the work of teachers make possible when curricula are created in preschool settings for children aged between 1 and 3. The purpose is also to contribute with knowledge about what these created curricula would mean for children’s agency, and the importance they can have for children’s opportunities for learning and development. The three empirical studies consist of digitally recorded interviews with teachers and video observations with a focus on teachers’ communication with children in preschool. The discussion in the overarching text is constructed around three aspects that emerge in the overall results of the studies. First, the studies reveal how teachers’ work can be likened to a limiting curriculum which, on the one hand, is entirely child-centered, with the children as seen actors, but, on the other, can be interpreted as entirely teacher-centered. Secondly, there is the discussion about the affirmative curriculum, where children are presented as affirmed actors. In other words, content becomes those things that children are interested in, and their modes of expression are seen, affirmed and often repeated. Finally there is the discussion about the possibilities and dilemmas related to an expanding curriculum where children are regarded and treated as real actors in the sense that their intentions and expressions are taken seriously as relevant challenges. The current curriculum text for Swedish preschool can, in this sense, be seen as an obstacle in that its formulations are extremely broad-based, as discussed related to the results of this thesis. Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summaryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-11340urn:isbn:978-91-7346-765-0urn:isbn:978-91-7346-766-7Gothenburg studies in educational sciences, 0436-1121 ; 343application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic early childhood
curriculum
preschool teacher
communication
child perspective
children's perspectives
spellingShingle early childhood
curriculum
preschool teacher
communication
child perspective
children's perspectives
Jonsson, Agneta
Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
description This thesis takes as one point of departure the concept of the expanded curriculum where curricula encompass both the formal steering documents, as well as that which goes on within the framework of preschool education and through the actors in preschools. The overarching purpose is therefore to generate knowledge about what conditions for learning the work of teachers make possible when curricula are created in preschool settings for children aged between 1 and 3. The purpose is also to contribute with knowledge about what these created curricula would mean for children’s agency, and the importance they can have for children’s opportunities for learning and development. The three empirical studies consist of digitally recorded interviews with teachers and video observations with a focus on teachers’ communication with children in preschool. The discussion in the overarching text is constructed around three aspects that emerge in the overall results of the studies. First, the studies reveal how teachers’ work can be likened to a limiting curriculum which, on the one hand, is entirely child-centered, with the children as seen actors, but, on the other, can be interpreted as entirely teacher-centered. Secondly, there is the discussion about the affirmative curriculum, where children are presented as affirmed actors. In other words, content becomes those things that children are interested in, and their modes of expression are seen, affirmed and often repeated. Finally there is the discussion about the possibilities and dilemmas related to an expanding curriculum where children are regarded and treated as real actors in the sense that their intentions and expressions are taken seriously as relevant challenges. The current curriculum text for Swedish preschool can, in this sense, be seen as an obstacle in that its formulations are extremely broad-based, as discussed related to the results of this thesis.
author Jonsson, Agneta
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title Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
title_short Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
title_full Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
title_fullStr Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
title_full_unstemmed Att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
title_sort att skapa läroplan för de yngsta barnen i förskolan : barns perspektiv och nuets didaktik
publisher Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för Pedagogik
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