ERIC Number: EJ1069803
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0957-5146
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Preschool's New Suit: Care in Terms of Learning and Knowledge
Löfdahl, Annica; Folke-Fichtelius, Maria
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v35 n3 p260-272 2015
This article focuses on aspects of the notion of care in relation to the work of quality documentation in the Swedish preschool. Questions deal with how teachers enact pedagogy in relation to the documentation work; how they handle the demands of visibility; and which aspects of the teacher profession are exposed and which are silenced. Data consist of observations from staff meetings at a preschool and interviews with preschool teachers and their managers while discussing the work of documenting quality in the preschool. Our analytical tools are based on theories of teacher professionalism, combined with education policy. Our results show that the preschool staff rarely talk about care and that difficulty in describing and documenting the meaning of care leads them to use various professional strategies whereby they escape the challenges and transform care into children's learning and knowledge.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Nursery Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Preschool Teachers, Observation, Interviews, Administrators, Professional Identity, Educational Policy, Documentation, Educational Strategies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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