The present study deals with the importance of play for children's learning in preschool. The purpose is to investigate the importance of play for children's learning in preschool from a Pedagogue?s perspective. The study is based on two issues: How does the Pedagogue´s who were interviewed reason about the impact the play has on children's development? How does the Pedagogue´s approach to make play a learning situation? The empirical data is based on semi-structured interviews with four preschool Pedagogue´s.

The present study deals with the importance of play for children's learning in preschool. The purpose is to investigate the importance of play for children's learning in preschool from a Pedagogue?s perspective. The study is based on two issues: How does the Pedagogue´s who were interviewed reason about the impact the play has on children's development? How does the Pedagogue´s approach to make play a learning situation? The empirical data is based on semi-structured interviews with four preschool Pedagogue´s.

I have in my thesis examined what a leisure Pedagogue does in school. I have asked the questions how it is with interaction between leisure Pedagogues and teachers according to policy documents and according to the interviews I did with three professionals. In the literature part I began by describing the historical background to the after-school and leisure Pedagogue profession until the new teacher education in 2011th.  My theory section, in previous research and theory, focuses on interaction between leisure Pedagogue and teacher. In the research part I describe the interviews I did with three leisure Pedagogue on three separate occasions.

This paper is an examination of how you as Pedagogue can strengthen students self-esteem. I have acknowledge that there are possibilities to do this by the art of dancing. I want to with this paper to give a deeper understanding that shows of how you as a Pedagogue can strengthen students self-esteem by using dance at junior level. To answer this question I have used this questions:- Can dance strengthen students self-esteem by the art of dancing and if that is so how can this be done?- What pedagogical attitude can be to an advantage when the goal is to strengthen students self-esteem.I have chosen to use ten qualitative interviews which brings up my questions at hand.

As a leisure time Pedagogue I find it hard to have an insight into what children are playing, and how they play when it comes to free play. My experience is that in some free play, conflicts arise, which reveal hierarchies and power structures containing violations, whereas other occasions of free play suddenly come to an end as the Pedagogue interferes. In this essay I investigate my responsibility as a leisure time Pedagogue during children´s free play, based on two differing play situations. I also investigate the play as a phenomenon by looking into previous research on children?s play and development psychology.

This research is about six Pedagogue´s and their reflections about the size of the children´s group in the preschools. Then I will discuss the Pedagogue?s recommendation on the significance of the size of a children´s group learning and development and it´s practical significance for the preschool function. The Pedagogue?s statements will be discussed in relation to The Swedish National Agency for Education (TSNAE) guidelines on group size.The theoretical framework of this essay will take an overview of the social cultural perspective, the group size and its significance for both the children´s learning and development, for interaction and communication and TSNAE advice and guidelines.

The aim of the study is to investigate reasoning about variation in learning, made by Waldorf, Freinet- and Bifrost Pedagogues. The focal points are how the Pedagogues reason about variation in learning and why they want to use variation. It is a qualitative study, and it is done through interviews with one Waldorf Pedagogue, one Freinet Pedagogue and one Bifrost Pedagogue. The conversation with each Pedagogue is complemented by literature that describes and discusses each Pedagogue?s specific teaching method. The results of the study are linked to different theories and reasoning by scientists and professors.

Essay means attempt, and is a paper written based on self-experienced dilemmas, which the writer then returns to, reflect upon and discusses on the basis of literature and accepted theories. In this essay, I reflect upon my own professional role as a leisure-time Pedagogue. The leisure-time Pedagogue must provide activities that in different ways relate to the curriculum 2011. I have therefore a responsibility to influence the students' desire for knowledge. Focus of learning is different from the one in school, with an emphasis on informal learning.The dilemma is that I am unable to do any pedagogical work at the museum because of many conflicts.

In this essay, I discuss one of the recurring dilemmas for a working recreational Pedagogue, namely the hard task of cooperation with parents. As a recreational Pedagogue, I am required to work by the curriculum Läroplan för grundskolan, förskoleklassen och fritidshemmet 2011. This policy document talks about what my responsibilities are, including establishing collaboration with parents in terms of the children?s development and education. It happens, however, that the Pedagogue and the parent's ethical positions differ.

AbstractDancing and the body`s ability to express itself has been an interest of mine for a long time. For that reason I would like to find out more on how you as a Pedagogue can work with dancing as a way to develop motoric activity. The purpose of my research is to find out how pree-school-Pedagogue`s and sportsteacher`s are working with dancing, and also how children in a pree-school class apprehends the idea of dancing before and after a dancelesson.My question for this paper is:How can dancetutoring in pree-school develop children`s motoric activity?To find out the answer for this question I have also chosen to use relevant litterature within the subject. Since the examination covers only the answers from four Pedagogue`s and six children I can not make a generell conclusion that covers all children or pree-schools.

The purpose of this thesis is to study five Pedagogue?s view of the free play and their view of the importance of the free play for children´s learning and development. I have chosen to use a qualitative research method in the form of interviews with five Pedagogue´s from a preschool. The main research questions asked were:What have the Pedagogues of view on the free play? How important believe the Pedagogue that the free play is for children?s learning and development? What has emerged in the study is that educators have a positive view of the free play. They believed that the free play is important for children´s skills.

Abstract  The purpose of my study is to see how Pedagogues describe their work with language stimulation in preschool. My study is a case study. Through qualitative interviews and observations with three Pedagogues I want to se how it works in preschool.     My research question was:How do the Pedagogues describe their work procedure with language stimulation?  My result of this study is that language stimulation always is included in all preschool activities.

AbstractThe purpose of this investigation is to find out how the pupils can discover and to feel joy in their creative art activity and also to believe in their own ability. The aim is to figure out if creative art activity is able to raise the pupil?s self-image. By literature, Pedagogue interviews, and interviews with pupils at the age of ten years old and by action research is the way that I have searched for an answer for my question. The main result is that fantasy, creativity, courage and lust are important parts to develop in the job of raising the self-image.

The purpose of this study is to look into if the Pedagogues who participate in this study treat children differently depending on their sex. The purpose was then divided in three research questions which were: Attention: How much verbal attention and eye contact with the Pedagogue are girls/boys getting? Choice of words: Are there any differences in the choice of words the Pedagogues are using against girls/boys? Address: How does the Pedagogue address girls/boys, are there any differences? The tone of the voice and how the Pedagogue address girls/boys belongs in this category. The study was observed with video camera in four different circle time situations, two circle times for each preschool. Data were then analyzed with an observation schedule based on the three research questions.

AbstractThe purpose of this investigation is to find out how the pupils can discover and to feel joy in their creative art activity and also to believe in their own ability. The aim is to figure out if creative art activity is able to raise the pupil?s self-image. By literature, Pedagogue interviews, and interviews with pupils at the age of ten years old and by action research is the way that I have searched for an answer for my question. The main result is that fantasy, creativity, courage and lust are important parts to develop in the job of raising the self-image.