Children with concentration difficulties are to a great extent a problem in schools and therefore it becomes interesting to see how possibilities around these children can appear in pre-school. From a pre-school teacher?s perspective, the study aims to provide a deeper understanding of how outdoor education can influence children with concentration difficulties. The method of the study is a qualitative research run-up with interviews that intends to describe pre-school teachers? views.

Syftet med denna studie var att ta reda på pedagogers och föräldrars uppfattningar om utomhuspedagogik, för- och nackdelar med det samt på vilka sätt det pedagogiska arbetet skiljer sig mellan I Ur- och skur förskolor och förskolor som inte har utomhuspedagogik som inriktning. Vi gjorde en kvalitativ studie där vi använde oss av semistrukturerade intervjuer med åtta pedagoger och åtta föräldrar från fyra olika förskolor. Resultatet visade att pedagoger och föräldrar har olika uppfattningar om utomhuspedagogik och att det finns ett antal olika för- och nackdelar med utomhuspedagogik enligt dem. Resultatet visade också att det fanns skillnader i det pedagogiska arbetet mellan förskolorna som profilerat sig som I Ur- och skur och de förskolor som inte har denna profilering. En del av resultatet visade även att I Ur- och skur förskolorna skiljer sig med avseende på hur mycket de vistas utomhus. .

This report is about the current outdoor environment in the housing area Brunnsbacken in the city of Eskilstuna. The report examines the various factors in the outdoor environment that can affect the physical and psychic well being of the elderly people through availability and inclusion. The research methods that are affected are qualitative and has been implemented in order to give insight and knowledge about the way elderly people view the outdoor stay in their neighborhood, but also through analysis produce an informed design suggestion..

The purpose with this degree thesis was to investigate the preschool teacher´s view onchildrens´s influence in preschool routine situations. The target group for this study ispreschool teacher´s that currently are working with children that are 1 ? 5 years of age. To manage to answer the aim of this study semi-structured interviews were conducted. I have performed interviews with five preschool teacher´s that currently work in a preschool that is situated in a medium sized city, in the county Värmland, Sweden.

The aim of this research is to develop a better understanding of how preschool-teachers respond to children in preschool, when they show that they want to have some influence. I have concentrated this study on how the preschool-teachers respond to the children in the gatherings and when the children are playing freely indoors, where the questions at issue are:How do the preschool-teachers respond to the children?s initiative for participation in the gathering and while playing freely?There have been four preschool-teachers and 14 children who have taken part in this study. The children who took part are in the ages of three to five. The study was done at a section in a preschool in middle Sweden.The method used in this study is unstructured observations.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay was to investigate what thoughts children in preschool and preschool class have about friendship. We also want to investigate what characteristics and which strategies they look for in friendship relationships.  To perform this study we used the following questions as a starting point. Which characteristics do children see as attractive in their cultures?How are friendship relationships affected in different contexts?Can one see a difference in the most important characteristics and strategies between the children in preschool and the children in preschool class? To answer our questions and to reach our purpose we have held group interviews with children in preschool and in preschool class.  We have, in our study, used published scientific literature to get an understanding of what has been presented in relation to this topic in the past.The result shows that the children in preschool and preschool class do differ in certain aspects but also have some similarities on ideas about friendship. Both preschool children and the children in the preschool class are highly competent and skilled at integrating with other children. What divides them is their ways to plan their friendship.

The main reason for the study was to find out how much naturscience is used in the daily situation in the preschool/school environment with the younger kids. I have studied the teacher`s educations background, if this had any role in the teaching of naturscience. To get my answers I interviewed ten teachers with different teaching background.The result showed that science was present both in the preschool and school for the early years. Everything from teamwork to outdoor play and small experiments. To play out in the woods is most important part teaching in naturscience.My study showed that a teacher`s educations background had no part in the teaching of everyday life in the nature.Keyword: experiment, primary, school, science..

The main reason for the study was to find out how much naturscience is used in the daily situation in the preschool/school environment with the younger kids. I have studied the teacher`s educations background, if this had any role in the teaching of naturscience. To get my answers I interviewed ten teachers with different teaching background.The result showed that science was present both in the preschool and school for the early years. Everything from teamwork to outdoor play and small experiments. To play out in the woods is most important part teaching in naturscience.My study showed that a teacher`s educations background had no part in the teaching of everyday life in the nature.Keyword: experiment, primary, school, science..

Due to the interest of starting a preschool with a scout profile in my circle of acquaintances I chose to write my report about how the scout method would work in a preschool. I did this by comparing the origin of scouting and preschool. I based my report on the following questions:Are there any similarities or differences with curriculum, education act and the scout method that can make it easier/harder to work with the scout method in the preschool?There are many theorists that have had influence on the preschool. Give some examples of their theories that could affect the scout preschool?What is the difference between a teacher and a scout leader?What would a preschool look like if you included the scout method in the daily activity?With the help of my literature studies I compared the scout method against the laws and rules to make sure that the scout method doesn?t contradict them.

Abstract  Nilsson, J. (2011) Waldorf preschool and municipal preschools - How they look at the preschool curriculum. Degree in the teacher education program. Gävle. University of Gävle.

Through a sociocultural perspectivethe purpose of this study is to investigate how preschool teachers look at quality development in preschool and how they perceive their participation in this development.I have used a qualitative method based on five interviews with preschool teachers from three different parts of Sweden. I used an interview guide with open questions. The interview answers were categorized in themes based on the responses which were most frequent. In the result I have been using an analysis based on these themes. The result showed that the preschool teachers consider that the leadership style affects their work.

Mårtensson (2011) har på begäran av Naturvårdsverket forskat om naturkontaktens betydelse för barns hälsa. I rapporten hävdar Mårtensson att barns möjligheter till friluftsliv i vardagen håller på att förändras i takt med den växande urbana miljön. Barn idag tillbringar mera tid framför datorn och tv`n. Vidare lyfter författaren fram hur viktigt det är att barn är ute och leker då de samtidigt lär känna omgivningarna för att på så sätt utveckla positiva band med naturen (ibid). I Ur och Skur förskolor är det ingen risk att barn blir stillasittande då de är ute så mycket och rör på sig..

In outdoor education the empirical outdoor experience is an important basis for a learning process ? the teacher can affect learning with the choice of location. In order to develop the model in school, we need to build on teachers' perception of how their every day schoolwork looks like. This paper takes as its starting point at three teachers' perception of their learning environment and outdoor environments as well as a theoretical model of the site's importance in the learning process. The paper addresses both the importance of a structured and a unstructured meeting with outdoor sites.

Syftet med denna studie är att öka förståelsen för hur förskollärare i ´I Ur och Skur-förskolor´ tillämpar förskolans läroplan i naturen och hur utemiljön nyttjas i den pedagogiska verksamheten. Både förskolans läroplan och Friluftsfrämjandet tar upp vikten av att de som arbetar i förskolan ger barnen möjligheter att förstå sin delaktighet i naturen. I studien har kvalitativa undersökningsmetoder använts. Intervjuerna med två verksamma förskollärare och observationerna av barns lek i utemiljö genomfördes på två olika förskolor, en kommunal och en privat. Vid bearbetning av undersökningsmaterialet använde vi oss av en hermeneutisk tolkningsansats.

Syftet med denna studie att ge en bild av hur pedagoger på två I Ur och Skur förskolor ser på samt uppmärksammar olika språk- och samtalssituationer på förskolan utomhus och inomhus. Frågeställningarna innefattar pedagogernas syn på förutsättningar för språk och samtal utomhus och inomhus på förskolan samt vilka faktorer som påverkar användandet av inne- och utemiljön. Fem intervjuer på två I Ur och Skur förskolor har genomförts. Vidare genomfördes en observation i skogen av olika samtal, mellan barnen och mellan pedagogerna och barnen på en I Ur och Skur förskola. I analysen har Vygotskijs teori om det sociala lärandets betydelse för språket samt Deweys teori om erfarenhetens betydelse använts.I studien framkommer att pedagogerna är medvetna om rummets betydelse och att de använder sig av denna vetskap i arbetet med barnen.