The need of substitute teachers in preschool in Sweden

• The overall aim is to explore the preschool teachers' experiences about the relationship between their profession and the temporary substitute teachers' competence in the everyday activities when replacing an absent teacher. In Sweden preschools are facing major challenges primarily concerning personnel with applicable skills. The preschool teaching profession is developing with the support of the curriculum implementation (Vallberg Roth, 2010). An important part of the profession is developing knowledge within one's own practice (Carlgren, 2009). Taguma, Litjens and Makowiecki (OECD iLibrary, 2012/2013) show that quality of preschool is dependent on staff training. Preschool teacher vocation has not always been considered as a profession (Englund, 1995), and questioned if regarded as a profession or not. Systematic theory, authorization, professional autonomy and self-controlled professional ethics forms the basis for a profession (Colnerud & Granström, 2018). The study is placed within a qualitative paradigm (Bryman, 2004) and the methodology is hermeneutics. Data was collected by conducting web-interviews with preschool teachers. By e-mail preschool teachers received information about ethical principles such as, the opportunity to withdraw at any time and that they would be anonymized. The study shows a paradox regarding the expectations of the substitutes. They are expected to possess a basic practical preschool pedagogical professional knowledge and a basic level of preschool education knowledge. Depending on whether the regular staff find substitutes having above mentioned knowledges or not, the substitutes will be perceived as either an asset or a burden. These results can contribute to continued research within the field of teachers' professionalisation.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Preschool teacher professionalisation

Temporary substitute teachers

Web-interviews

Professional knowledge

Practical knowledge

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