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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Broström, Stig; Johansson, Inge; Sandberg, Anette; Frøkjaer, Thorleif – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine how preschool teachers in Sweden and Denmark perceive children's learning in preschool. The study aimed to answer the following questions: What is "learning"? How do children learn? What are the best conditions for children's learning? What is the role of participation in children's…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Role
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Sandberg, Anette; Pramling-Samuelsson, Ingrid – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
The aim of this study was to investigate, identify and describe different ways that female and male preschool teachers conceive, understand and experience play. The research questions addressed are: What perspectives do female and male preschool teachers have on play? Are there differences in play experiences related to gender? The interview study…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Gender Differences, Interviews, Preschool Teachers
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Niklasson, Laila; Sandberg, Anette – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
In this article we will discuss the outdoor environment for younger children with the help of two different concepts. The first concept, affordance, is well known in the discussion about outdoor environments. What the affordance in the outdoor environment is perceived as can differ between actors. How the affordance is used can be another source…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Children, Childhood Attitudes, Space Utilization
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Johansson, Inge; Sandberg, Anette – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
At the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) conference in Prague in autumn 2007, an international network of teacher trainers and researchers was formed to discuss and investigate what learning and participation meant for preschool teacher students and staff who work with young children. In Sweden, the first of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Preschool Education
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Kuisma, Marja; Sandberg, Anette – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
This article discusses the different ways in which students and preschool teachers at two Swedish universities interpret the concept of professionalism. Data for this article are drawn from a study conducted in two different urban areas of Sweden which explored the following four questions: (1) What does the concept of professionalism imply for…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Professional Development
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Johansson, Inge; Sandberg, Anette; Vuorinen, Tuula – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
The aim of this study was to analyse how a model for practitioner-oriented research can be used as a tool for professional development in the preschool. The focus of interest is the type of knowledge that is formed when researchers and preschool staff cooperate on local projects, and what this new knowledge means for the images of professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Researchers, Questionnaires, Interviews