The concept of pupils´ interests in the context of school-age educare in Sweden

• The governing document of the Swedish SAEC has shifted to becomemore focused on teaching and learning. The updated curriculum (SNAE,2011) added new requirements of the educational programme throughstating that activities should be ‘based on the pupils’ needs, interestsand initiative’ (SNAE, 2011, p. 23). The aim of this study is to explorehow SAEC can reach these goals and what kind of inventory the staff inSAEC use to plan the activity. The study takes its theoretical point ofdeparture from childhood studies (James, Jenks, & Prout, 2015). Themethodology was based on action research and conducted togetherwith eight different teams. The results show that there are differentways to inventory pupils’ interests. Inventories are shaped differentlywhen staff see pupils as co-actors planning the educational programmetogether, or viewing pupils as objects and put in a subordinate position.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

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

Nyckelord

School-age educare

educational programme

pupils’ interests

children’s perspective

staff perspective

barn- och ungdomsvetenskap med inriktning mot utbildningsvetenskap

Child and Youth Studies with Focus on Educational Science

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