Grön Flagg
En kvalitativ studie kring barns delaktighet i de tre dimensionerna i hållbar utveckling
Green flagParticipationPreschoolSustainable developmentDelaktighetFörskolaGrön FlaggHållbar utveckling
It is important to work with economic, social and ecological dimensions in order to reach sustainable development. Furthermore, these dimensions are supposed to work opon together. Green Flag´s aim is to process these dimensions in the thematic work in preschool, where children are involved. The aim of this study is to find out how certificated Green flag preschools work with the three dimensions in the education of sustainable development practically and how the children participate in this work. I have used a qualitative semi-structured interview to find out preschool teachers´ thoughts and opinions about how they work with sustainable development and how they make the children involved. Seven municipal preschools have the certification Green Flag in this commune, of them, six participated in the study, one pedagogue from each preschool. The result show that the majority of the preschool teachers are unaware of the dimensions and what they stand for. Anyway the dimensions are processed in the daily activities, but in the thematic work it is usually only one or a two of the dimensions which are processed. The result also shows that children are involved through the selection of themes and activities, where they also are taking part practically. Furthermore, the study shows that childrens critical thinking are not a challenge in the way science say it should be.