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.

Vår studie syftar till att ur ett läroplansteoretiskt perspektiv undersöka hur skolverkets påbjudna uppdrag med förskolans kvalitetsarbete kan utvecklas genom pedagogisk dokumentation, vilket är den metod som Uppsala kommun förordar. Studien är ett försök till att klarlägga hur begreppet pedagogisk dokumentation uppfattas av realiseringsarenan som formuleringsarenan påbjuder utifrån den reviderade Läroplanen Lpfö98 (2010). Pedagogisk dokumentation har sina rötter i Reggio Emilia pedagogiken som Loris Malaguzzi är upphovsman av och innebär ett gemensamt reflektionsarbete mellan pedagogerna, barnen, de anhöriga runt barnen och närsamhället. Att dokumentera och diskutera är grunden i den pedagogiska dokumentationen.Studiens huvudsakliga resultat visar inte någon märkbar skillnad mellan stora och små förskolor av de svar vi fått in då det gäller antal barn per pedagog i arbetet med pedagogisk dokumentation. Överlag kan vi se att begreppet pedagogisk dokumentation uppfattas på skilda sätt.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka pedagogers perspektiv på barns bildskapande i förskolan och om bildskapande används som ett medvetet redskap för barns utveckling. Jag har genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med fyra pedagoger som arbetar i fyra olika förskolor, varav en är inspirerad av Reggio Emilias pedagogiska filosofi. Studien utgår ifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att bildskapande används som ett medvetet redskap både som ett lärande i ett annat ämne och som ett estetiskt mål. Vidare visar resultatet att bildskapande är viktigt för barns utveckling, däremot finns det olika tolkningar hos pedagogerna vad gäller fritt skapande och mallanvändning.

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.

Syfte med detta arbete är att få en djupare förståelse för varför många pedagoger väljer att nischa sin verksamhet och då framförallt mot Reggio Emiliafilosofin. Vi vill undersöka vad det är som lockar pedagogerna med Reggio Emiliafilosofin. Efter intervjuer med både pedagoger som arbetar på Reggio Emiliainspirerade förskolor och pedagoger som arbetar på förskolor som bara tagit till sig delar av filosofin fick vi reda på att det är främst barnsynen som lockar pedagogerna. Dessutom är miljön och pedagogisk dokumentation viktiga inslag i den pedagogiska filosofin. Framför allt är den stora skillnaden mellan den traditionella förskolan och den Reggio Emiliainspirerade förskolorna att man fokuserar på barns lärande och utveckling istället för omsorgen.

 Purpose: The purpose with this study is to investigate how preschool teachers understand the concept the competent child and in what ways this understanding affects their role in children?s learning. Question at issue: What perspective on children do the contributing educationalists have? How do they define a competent child? Do such children exist and if so, are they always competent in all situations? What is the educationalists perspective on learning and knowledge? What is the preschool teacher?s view of their role as educationalists? What do they consider as their most important tasks?Method: To execute this study I have made a qualitative research based on interviews with eight teachers from four different preschools.Main theories: I have built the theoretical part of this study based on four different perspectives on the concept the competent child according to the philosophies of Dion Summer, Jesper Juul and Reggio Emalia. I also describe different theories about learning, knowledge and educationalists as well as the preschools role in the development of child according to different well-known scientists and researchers.Summarized conclusion: The study shows that the interviewed preschool teachers chose to interpret the concept the competent child in three ways.

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.

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur pedagoger i förskolor med olika pedagogiska inriktningar definierar barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Vi vill också ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar deras val av arbetssätt samt vilka barn som är berättigade till ett åtgärdsprogram. Vi har genomfört en kvantitativ studie med en enkät som instrument. Studien har genomförts på tolv förskolor med de för vår studie aktuella pedagogikerna. Enkäten innehåller 21 frågor.

Systematic quality work in preschool ? How preschool teachers thinking and working with systematic quality work The purpose of this study was to investigate how Swedish preschool teachers thinking and working with systematic quality work. All Swedish preschools are required to work systematically with quality. This involves several steps that follow each other in a specific order. It includes following up, documenting and evaluating preschool activities.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka om det finns en normerande och styrande funktion i den Reggio Emiliainspirerade förskoleverksamheten som den implementeras i Sverige. Genom intervjuer med fyra pedagogistor undersöks hur bilden av barnet och dess lärande tar sig uttryck på de olika förskoleenheterna, framförallt när det gäller de för Reggio Emiliafilosofin väsentliga begreppen att följa barnens intresse, pedagogisk dokumentation, miljön som den tredje pedagogen och det kompetenta barnet. Resultaten visar att den Reggio Emiliainspirerade pedagogiken genom projektarbeten och pedagogisk dokumentation leder in barnens kunskapande i givna ramar och omdirigerar vissa av barnens egna viktiga frågor. Resultaten visar också att den pedagogiska miljön har en starkt styrande funktion där bara vissa aspekter av lärandet uppmuntras och att den Reggio Emiliainspirerade pedagogiken värjer sig för begrepp som omsorg, anknytning och behov. Istället konstitueras en normerande bild av det önskvärda barnet som en naturvetenskaplig forskare.

The purpose of this study is to highlight how preschool teachers reason about their own beliefs about their active participation in the play. The study is a qualitative research method where interviews have been used to talk with four preschool teachers to obtain their perceptions of their participation in the play. I have approached my questions through previous research and theses which turns to play and preschool teachers' involvement. The result of my study shows that preschool teachers see differently on their active participation, but they think that active participation is essential for the development of the play and that by being involved in the play in different ways will create interaction and interactivity. The result also shows that preschool teachers find great joy in participating in the play, and also that many relationships will be established by participation in the play..