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Peterson, Tiina; Veisson, Marika; Hujala, Eeva; Härkönen, Ulla; Sandberg, Anette; Johansson, Inge; Bakosi, Eva Kovacsne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The current study investigated the ratings of Estonian, Finnish, Swedish and Hungarian preschool teachers and principals regarding the professionalism of preschool teachers within a cross-cultural context. According to reports commissioned by the European Commission and OECD, the professionalism of preschool teachers is a key factor in ensuring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Professionalism, Principals
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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 learning? The…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Role
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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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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
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Johansson, Inge – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1997
Surveyed leaders, staff and parents over a three-year period to determine effect of organizational changes on pedagogical content in Swedish preschools. Found that changes in organizational frame and available resources raised the importance of official goals and caused the school's main function to be seen as providing service, elaborating…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Johansson, Inge – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1995
Interviewed teachers and parents concerning newly developed school services for 6-year olds in Stockholm, Sweden, where the traditional age for starting school will change from 7 to a flexible 6 or 7 in 1997. Results from ratings done by teachers indicate that the new services have had a positive influence on the children's adjustment and peer…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students