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- Bergnell, Anneli
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Med kroppen som illustration : Hur förskolebarn prat-skapar naturvetenskap med hjälp av multimodala och kroppsförankrade förklaringar
- 2019
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to combine three research areas, namely preschool, science and illustrations, in order to examine (a) how modes are combined when references to the body are made or the body as such are used to explain scientific concepts and phenomena in preschool science education, and (b) how do the children handle, explore, discuss and talk science when approaching multimodally illustrated scientific contents in the studied activities. Four studies were conducted, all of which were built on empirically generated questions and were theoretically grounded in cultural-historical and multimodal perspectives. Participants were preschool students, aged 4-6 years, from three preschool groups, as well as their teachers and two science centre guides. Specific focus was directed toward activities where adults and children use their bodies or refer to their bodies to illustrate scientific concepts, for example, “the water circle” in a board-and-dice-game (study I); “water has the power to lift,” in experiments relating to a life-jacket (study II); stability in a drama-play and related experiments (study III); and evaporation in embodied illustrations and hands-on activities (study IV). The empirical material consisted mainly of video recordings. A multimodal approach was adopted for the analyses.The results indicate that multimodal illustrations may be complicated for this target group. Difficulties were found to intensify, rather than decrease, by the fact that different modes and elements were often intricately combined in the same illustration, presumably with the intention of providing instruction as well as entertainment. From the four studies, it became evident that, even if the current natural science offered in preschool education often is conducted as “discovery learning”, the assumption that children can learn complex content without support cannot be left unquestioned. This thesis illustrates the crucial role played by a guiding teacher when it comes to concretizing abstract scientific phenomena for young children. A conscious introduction of bodily-based elements in multimodal illustrations may be useful on such occasions. However, even with such seemingly transparent components included, we cannot take adequate meaning-making for granted.
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- Chaib, Mohamed, et al.
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Teacher’s Responsiveness Towards IT-based Learning
- 1997
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper discusses some basic aspects of computer-based education in Sweden. Reporting the results of three ongoing studies conducted at the University of Jšnkšping, the central roles played by the teachers in computer-based education is thoroughly analysed. The studies reported in this paper were all conducted at the comprehensive school level. In the first one, studentsÕ communicative interactions in front of the computer were compared to the interaction occurring in other forms of activities. The second study is concerned with the analysis of how students communicate between themselves when working with different types of software. Finally the third study is related to the analysis of teachersÕ Social representations of information technology in educational settings. In all three studies, we found evidence for the central roles teachers are playing in the process of monitoring communicative interactions in front of the computer. Our discussion will particularly address this aspect of IT-based learning. We furthermore find evidence for teachers ambivalence and confused representations of the computer as a technological teaching device. From these empirical evidence we discuss, in this paper, some possible outcomes for computer based learning in the future. We will particularly pay attention to the necessity of a better understanding and enhancing of teachersÕ preparedness for the roles they are expected to play in this important educational issue.
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- Dehnæs Hogsnes, Hilde, et al.
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Litteraturens og høytlesingens plass og hensikt i nasjonale policydokumenter for barnehagen og barnehagelærerutdanningen i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige
- 2021
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Ingår i: Barn. - Trondheim : NTNU. - 0800-1669 .- 2535-5449. ; 38:4, s. 15-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Basert på et sosiokulturelt perspektiv der barnehagens sosiale, kulturelle og historiske praksis blir sett på som vesentlig for barns møte med og forhold til barnelitteratur og lesing, er det viktig å studere lesingens plass i barnehagen. Studien undersøker hvilke føringer policydokumentene for barnehagen i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige legger for arbeidet med barnelitteratur og lesing. Nasjonale retningslinjer for barnehagelærerutdanningen studeres også der disse finnes, det vil si i Danmark, Norge og Sverige. Gjennom dokumentanalyse undersøkes likheter og ulikheter i policydokumentene i de fire landene, og resultatene diskuteres i lys av beskrivelsen av en nordisk barnehagetradisjon preget av et holistisk læringssyn med vekt på barns interesser og lek. Analysene viser at lesing av barnelitteratur beskrives i begrenset grad, at den tillegges ulik betydning og at så vel barnehagelærere som barnehagelærerutdannere i de fire landene vil kunne møte motstridende forventninger. Det argumenteres for at det må utdannes barnehagelærere som kan bidra til at alle barn gis forutsetninger for aktiv deltakelse i et lesefellesskap, og som har en bevissthet om at barns interesser og ønske om å lese er selve drivkraften i deres videre karriere som lesere.
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- Eneskär, Barbro, et al.
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Språkutveckling före skolstarten
- 1989
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Ingår i: Svenska i skolan. - Stockholm : Utbildningsförlaget. - 0348-9027. ; 1/2, s. 104-110
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Eriksson, Anita, 1955-, et al.
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Förskolechefens ansvar och uppdrag ur ett kommunalt förvaltningsperspektiv
- 2015
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Ingår i: Nordisk Barnehageforskning. - 1890-9167. ; 11:9, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The revision of the Swedish Education Act and of the Pre-School Curriculum of 2010 involved ademand for improved pedagogical quality and for an alteration and clarification of roles and responsibilitieswithin the pre-school sector. In the revision the responsibilities, authorizations and rights to make decisions ofthe Heads of Preschool were articulated and clarified. This article describes and discusses how the newresponsibilities and tasks of the Heads of Preschool have been interpreted and how the response to the revisionshas manifested itself within a framework of municipal public administration. The data used consists of aquestionnaire answered by 48 administrative officials with responsibility for education government in differentmunicipalities. The result shows that the Heads of Preschool in a majority of municipalities are faced withincreasing responsibilities and a new accountability structure. In order to meet the demands for improvedpedagogical quality they are also expected to provide competence development opportunities for preschool staff.
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- Eriksson, Anita, 1955-, et al.
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Förskolepersonals tal om ansvar i relation till den förtydligade ansvarsstrukturen i svensk förskolepolicy.
- 2019
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Ingår i: Educare. - : Malmo University Library. - 1653-1868 .- 2004-5190. ; :3, s. 87-112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Based on interviews, field conversations and participant observation with head teachers and preschool teachers at four preschools in four different municipalities in Sweden, this article considers how preschool staff interpret and describe their workplace responsibilities four years after the revision of these in the 2010 Education Act and the preschool curriculum and how these descriptions may reflect increasing professionalization.The results demonstratethat the national curriculum discourse of increased preschool teacher professional responsibility was reproduced in general talk about work-duties and responsibilities, but that in more specific conversation related to concrete examples and tasks this was not as clearly the case. Instead, there was a re-contextualisation of the prevailing conditions in the actual preschool contexts. There was also a distinction between the two groups of participants. The head teachers expressed high expectations for preschool teachers to be responsible leaders in the pedagogical activities carried out by the team, but the preschool teachers did not represent themselves as leaders in the same sense. Finally, this study addresses whether the way of talking about the preschool teachers’ responsibilities can contribute to or limit their professionalisation.
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- Eriksson, Anita, 1955-, et al.
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Kommunal förvaltning som politisk aktör: Ett perspektiv på policy och förändring inom förskollärarprofessionen.
- 2019
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Ingår i: Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige. - : Linnaeus University. - 1401-6788 .- 2001-3345. ; 24:2, s. 5-28
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Syftet med denna artikel är att bidra med kunskap om vad som sker på kommunal nivå i spåren av en nationell policyrevidering. I artikeln beskrivs hur förvaltningstjänstemän inom kommunala utbildningsförvaltningar har tolkat och arbetat med att implementera 2010 års skollags- och läroplansrevidering med fokus på förtydligandet av förskollärarens ansvar. Mer specifikt fokuseras förvaltningstjänstemäns bedömningar av förskollärares, och i viss mån förskolechefers och annan förskolepersonals, kompetensutvecklingsbehov och vilka utbildningsinsatser som har genomförts som en följd av policyrevideringarna. Av resultatet framgår att satsningar på kompetensutveckling rörande kvalitetssäkring genom pedagogisk dokumentation och utvärdering samt ämneskunskap har prioriterats högre än insatser för att stödja förskollärare i ansvaret för att leda det pedagogiska arbetet. Avslutningsvis diskuteras och problematiseras dels vad förvaltningstjänstemäns olika tolkningar och ageranden kan komma att betyda för förskolläraren som professionell aktör med ett förtydligat kvalitativt ansvar för den pedagogiska verksamhet som arbetslaget gemensamt ska genomföra och dels vad olika tolkningar och utbildningsinsatser kan innebära i ett professionsperspektiv.
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