Den fula ankungen - en studie kring film i förskolan
The purpose of this thesis is to see how film can be used to invigorate children?s language development. There is not much research regarding this, which is why we have chosen to study this particular topic. The study consists of questionnaires, an interview and a pilot study. We have chosen to proceed from a socio-cultural perspective, language perspective and learning perspective, thus we are interested in the teacher?s views and thoughts about film as a learning tool complemented by what children can gain through film. The result from our surveys show that teachers are divided into two camps, film is a good tool and film is not a part of the preschool mission. We have gained many insights into how film can be efficiently used to invigorate children?s language development and we also have support from the curriculum which has a couple of different points on how film and media is something that could belong in the preschool mission. Finally, the curriculum states that that the preschool activities should be fun, safe and that preschool teachers work for lifelong learning. The study concludes that film should be a part of preschool teachers backpacks because film fulfills many of the goals in the curriculum.