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En essä om storarbetslag, modularbete och dess förutsättningar och konsekvenser
Large work teamModule workRich environmentPresent preschool teacherLearning conditionsStorarbetslagModularbeteRik miljöNärvarande pedagogFörutsättningar för lärande
I begin my essay with a story that illustrates how a preschool activity organized on a modular work can be perceived. I describe how the environment has been rebuilt and modified to accommodate one large group of children instead of two smaller groups as before. Management´s justification for the change is that it is carried out to give the children better conditions for their learning, but my understanding is that it also hampers preschool-teachers´ abilities to implement their assignment.I try to understand what benefits module work by examining what well-known researchers believe is important for children´s learning in environmental and preschool teacher´s importance. When I use what I have learned to analyze my story, my opinion is that the change of the preschool activity not have just a positive impact but also entails that preschool teachers find it difficult to be present and in interaction with the children as several well-known researchers notes is important for children´s learning. I discuss how a large and rich environment at the same time can be perceived as incalculable for teachers, which can result in not all of the children being paid attention to in the preschool activity. I also reflect on difficulties that can appear when the environment is not conductive to preschool teachers work with children in small groups.Despite the consequences my opinion is that large teams and module work is perceived as a current way for many preschools to change their activity for the better. My opinion is still that this form of organization is not considered from different perspectives, and I am therefore puzzled why such large changes which are not scientifically valid in its entirety, yet are implemented? The essay therefore concludes with thoughts about how power creates discourses, which are not always carried out for the individual best. Is there a purpose other than improving learning possibilities for children, behind the change process?