Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This investigation looks for an approach of the literacy conceptions of two literacy teachers that act at rural schools in Palmeira das Missões - RS, through the teachers' autobiographical reports, Lene da Silva Santos and Rosemeri Soares, which take into account the formative processes of both starting from written narratives that are used of the memory and of the relived memories, rebuilt and contemplated by the process of turning student and teacher. The methodology used is based in an approach designated as qualitative investigation, according to Bogdan; Biklen (1994), Antunes (2001; 2010) and Deslandes (1994), because the researcher's interaction with the subject of the research is constituted in a significant element in that investigation type. The collection instruments of information are autobiographical reports, which Nóvoa (1992) believes that promote a formation process and provide the understanding of as it is configured certain conceptions, through the considered teachers' professional histories the collaborators of the investigation, being constituted, like this, in a form of to respect and to hear the collaborators' voice, that most of the time, is silenced and unknown. Besides, the interview is used, because for Bogdan; Biklen (1994), this is a technique that, when properly applied, presents high reliability and it has great importance for making possible to measure attitudes, opinions, behaviors and circumstances of the subject's life. For that, the collaborators' school memories are rescued through the reconstruction of the lived formative courses and relived by both. Political and conceptual subjects relative are brought to the teachers' formation in national extent and in the context of the rural school from Palmeira das Missões - RS. They are identified some literacy concepts constituted starting from a historical rescue and some fundamental considerations are introduced in the teaching of the language written in the perspective of the literacy in what refers to the rural school. It is verified that the reflection on the own history of educational life, as space of construction of knowledge for the road of the research, in the perspective of Nóvoa (1995), is to provoke the concern with an effective performance through the development of a theoretical and intentionally committed pedagogic work of larger consistence with a pedagogic project of professionals' more critical, reflexive and inventive formation, mediators of the transformations that the society always demands us. / Esta investigação busca uma aproximação das concepções de alfabetização e letramento de duas alfabetizadoras que atuam em escolas do campo no município de Palmeira das Missões - RS, através de relatos autobiográficos das professoras, Lene da Silva Santos e Rosemeri Soares, os quais levam em consideração os processos formativos de ambas a partir de narrativas escritas que se utilizam da memória e das lembranças revividas, reconstruídas e refletidas pelo processo de tornar-se aluno e professor. A metodologia utilizada está embasada numa abordagem designada como investigação qualitativa, segundo Bogdan; Biklen (1994), Antunes (2001; 2010) e Deslandes (1994), porque a interação do pesquisador com os sujeitos da pesquisa constitui-se num elemento significativo nesse tipo de investigação. Os instrumentos de coleta de informações são relatos autobiográficos, os quais Nóvoa (1992) acredita que promovam um processo de formação e proporcionem a compreensão de como se configura determinadas concepções, através das histórias profissionais das docentes consideradas as colaboradoras da investigação, constituindo-se, assim, em uma forma de respeitar e ouvir a voz das mesmas, que na maioria das vezes, encontra-se silenciada e ignorada. Além disso, é utilizada a entrevista, pois para Bogdan; Biklen (1994), esta é uma técnica que, quando aplicada criteriosamente, apresenta elevada confiabilidade e tem grande importância por possibilitar medir atitudes, opiniões, comportamentos e circunstâncias da vida do sujeito. Para isso, é oportunizada uma aproximação com as lembranças escolares das colaboradoras através da reconstrução dos percursos formativos vividos e revividos por ambas. São trazidas questões políticas e conceituais relativas à formação de professores em âmbito nacional e no contexto da escola do campo de Palmeira das Missões - RS. São identificados alguns conceitos de alfabetização e letramento e são introduzidas algumas considerações fundamentais no ensino da língua escrita na perspectiva da alfabetização e do letramento no que se refere à escola do campo. Constata-se que a reflexão sobre a própria história de vida educativa, como espaço de construção de conhecimentos pela via da pesquisa, na perspectiva de Nóvoa (1995), serve para provocar a preocupação com uma atuação através do desenvolvimento de um trabalho pedagógico de maior consistência teórica e intencionalmente comprometido com um projeto pedagógico de formação de profissionais mais críticos, reflexivos e inventivos, mediadores das transformações que a sociedade sempre nos exige.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa e à Inovação Tecnológica do Estado de Sergipe - FAPITEC/SE / In this search, it was made a study about conceptions of Science, technology, and society (STS) and conceptions of teaching science of teachers of teaching field of science that took part of an institutional project, which deals with the theme of science and technology at fundamental school in Brazil. The respective search happened during a valid moment of the project, while 19 students experienced different moments of formal proposals. The first interference had as goal to collect conceptions about STS. For that, it was used the VOLTS questionnaire, an adaptation of Canavarro (2000). The second interference searched to see the conceptions of both teaching science and technology. At this case, it was thought an interview that had as ideal the seven deformations of Cachapuz et al. (2011). The third interference had as a goal to investigate the STS relations made by the students. This phase occurred almost in the middle of the institutional project. The search was accomplished from proposal of diagrams more suitable and less suitable related to STS. During fourth and last moments, it was seen again the conceptions of teaching science and technology. It was used the interview of the second moment adapted again, but with perspectives to provoke students’ conceptions. It was seen that along the process of searching, the moments experienced by students helped them to understand the factors seen as essential in training of science teachers, while a position before the role of experimentation of theory, the use of building of scientific knowledge of a context way and STS relations in day by day. It was noticed that during the investigation process, the moments lived by the students contributed, to a certain extent, to the understanding of certain factors seen as essential in the formation of the teacher of sciences, such as the posture before the role of experimentation and theory, The application of the construction of scientific knowledge in a contextual way and the CTS relations in daily life. The analysis of the four moments reveals the need for discussions about the nature of science in universities, since the distorted view on Science and Technology has an impact on CTS concepts and the very conception of teaching science because they can not understand which The role of science in this process. In this way, they focus the necessity of discussions guided in STS perspective in the science courses, to understand the importance, and the role of the teacher in conducting his/her students, training citizens capable to understand and change society to the better. / Nesta pesquisa, foi realizado um estudo sobre as concepções de Ciência, tecnologia e sociedade (CTS) e as concepções de ensinar ciência de futuros professores da área de ensino de ciências, que participam de um projeto institucional que trata da temática Ciência e tecnologia na escola básica. A investigação se deu durante o período de vigência do projeto, à medida em que 19 estudantes vivenciavam momentos distintos das propostas formativas. A primeira intervenção teve o objetivo de coletar as concepções sobre CTS. Para tal, foi utilizado o questionário VOSTS, adaptação de Canavarro (2000). A segunda intervenção procurou investigar as concepções de ensinar ciência e tecnologia. Neste caso, foi pensada uma entrevista que tinha como eixo teórico as sete deformações de Cachapuz e colaboradores (2011). A terceira intervenção teve como meta investigar as relações CTS tecidas pelos alunos, sendo esta etapa ocorrida quase na metade do andamento do projeto institucional. O levantamento foi realizado a partir da proposição de diagramas mais adequados e menos adequados atribuídos a CTS. No quarto e último momentos, coletou-se as concepções sobre ensinar ciência e tecnologia novamente. Utilizou-se a entrevista do segundo momento readaptada, mas com a perspectiva de provocar as concepções dos alunos. Percebeu-se que ao longo do processo da investigação, os momentos vivenciados pelos alunos contribuíram, de certa forma, para a compreensão de determinados fatores vistos como essenciais na formação do professor de ciências, como a postura diante do papel da experimentação e da teoria, a aplicação da construção do conhecimento científico de forma contextual e as relações CTS no cotidiano. A medida em que se analisou os quatro momentos percebe-se a necessidade de discussões acerca da Natureza da Ciência nas universidades, uma vez que a visão distorcida sobre Ciência e Tecnologia repercute nas concepções CTS e na própria concepção de ensinar ciência por não conseguirem compreender qual o papel da ciência nesse processo. Dessa forma, enfoca-se a necessidade de discussões pautadas na perspectiva CTS nos cursos de ciências, para melhor compreender a importância e o papel do professor na tomada de decisões dos alunos, formando cidadãos aptos a compreender e modificar a sociedade e assim promover a Alfabetização Cientifico-Tecnológica. / São Cristóvão, SE

L’Éducation au développement durable (EDD) fait partie depuis 2004 des enseignements obligatoires au cycle 3 du système éducatif français. En raison de sa dimension environnementale, l’EDD fait une large part aux relations avec les territoires en prenant, en principe, appui sur les réalités de l’environnement proche des élèves. Dans le cadre des travaux menés sur l’étude des relations entre les enseignements et les contextes, cette thèse possède pour objectif de décrire la prise en compte des contextes dans l’EDD en Guadeloupe. Notre postulat de départ consiste à identifier des particularités contextuelles, ou plus précisément ce que nous appellerons « objets de contexte », définis par des acteurs du développement durable, afin d’éclairer les dimensions contextuelles des enseignements du développement durable d’une part et des conceptions des élèves d’autres part. En termes méthodologiques, pour identifier et décrire ces objets de contextes, des entretiens semi-directifs auprès d’acteurs locaux ont d’abord été réalisés. Ensuite, une étude descriptive du système éducatif basée sur des analyses de contenus des projets pédagogiques, de ressources mobilisées ainsi que sur des entretiens avec des enseignants permettent d’appréhender les contours de l’EDD dans les classes de cycle 3 de Guadeloupe. Enfin, nous présentons les résultats d’une enquête par questionnaire menée auprès d’un échantillon représentatif de plus de 600 élèves de CM1 et CM2 de l’académie. Alors que les Instructions Officielles de l’école disent qu’il faut partir de l’observation du réel pour enseigner les sciences et le développement durable, nous questionnons la présence de ces objets de contexte dans la sphère éducative, tant au niveau des programmes, des pratiques enseignantes que des savoirs d’élèves. Les prescrits préconisent une approche transdisciplinaire de l’éducation au développement durable en mettant en œuvre une démarche de projet. Des projets EDD existent aussi bien à l’initiative des enseignants que de celle de l’Institution. Ils s’inscrivent davantage dans un curriculum réel car les formations mises en œuvre s’axent davantage sur les connaissances épistémologiques en lien avec des objets de contexte que sur une approche praxéologique. Les enseignants tentent de s’emparer des objets de contexte mais éprouvent des difficultés à les transcender à travers des projets pédagogiques. Ces praticiens explicitent peu les situations pédagogiques qu’ils mettent en œuvre mais abordent les thématiques qui questionnent vivement la société. Ils déclarent qu’il faut enseigner les particularités du territoire mais s’orientent vers une EDD plutôt comportementaliste. Les ressources locales étant principalement dédiées à l’écologie tropicale, les enseignants utilisent des ressources nationales pour aborder d’autres thématiques. Les élèves ont une conception contextualisée du DD qu’ils appréhendent davantage dans leurs pratiques sociales que dans leurs pratiques scolaires. Ils perçoivent les enjeux locaux du DD en les distinguant de ceux de la France hexagonale. En ce sens, ils ont une certaine connaissance de la Guadeloupe qu’ils construisent par l’observation du réel à partir d’indicateurs différents de ceux de l’école. Leurs réponses traduisent le faible impact des enseignements relatifs au DD sur leurs connaissances des phénomènes environnementaux locaux même au niveau de l’écologie. En définitive, et ce fut une surprise, les objets de contexte apparaissent de manière forte et proche dans les conceptions des acteurs sociaux et celles des d’élèves. Cependant, si le système éducatif semble s’en emparer notamment au travers de projets EDD, les élèves semblent se confronter que légèrement aux objets de contexte, à l’école, pour construire des savoirs liés aux enjeux du DD basés sur les contextes guadeloupéens. / Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a part of compulsory education in the ″cycle 3″ of primary school in France and its overseas territories since 2004. Due to its environmental dimension, ESD leaves a large part to relationships with territories, and should take into account environmental realities close to the pupils. As a part of the researches on the study of relationships between teaching and contexts, the aim of this thesis is to describe how the contexts are taken into account in ESD in Guadeloupe. Our premise consists in identifying contextual particularities, or more precisely what we call ″objects of context″, which have been defined by actors in sustainable development, in order to highlight contextual dimensions of the teaching of sustainable development on the one hand and pupils’ conceptions on the other hand.In methodological terms, semi-structured interviews with local actors were realized in order to identify and describe these objects of contexts. This is achieved in the second part of the work. The descriptive study of the education system, in the third part of the work, is based on the analysis of the official programs and of the contents of pedagogical projects, as well as on exchanges with teachers of primary school. The fourth part of the work presents the results of a questionnaire survey led with a representative sample of more than six hundred pupils of CM1 and CM2 school years in Guadeloupe.The conceptions of local actors of sustainable developments enable us to identify what we call ″objects of context″. This term, which appeared during the analysis of their interviews, evokes characteristics, features, things evokes characteristics, features, things specific to a given territory.Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a part of compulsory education in the ″cycle 3″ of primary school in France and its overseas territories since 2004. Due to its environmental dimension, ESD leaves a large part to relationships with territories, and should take into account environmental realities close to the pupils. As a part of the researches on the study of relationships between teaching and contexts, the aim of this thesis is to describe how the contexts are taken into account in ESD in Guadeloupe. Our premise consists in identifying contextual particularities, or more precisely what we call ″objects of context″, which have been defined by actors in sustainable development, in order to highlight contextual dimensions of the teaching of sustainable development on the one hand and pupils’ conceptions on the other hand.The conceptions of local actors of sustainable developments enable us to identify what we call ″objects of context″. This term, which appeared during the analysis of their interviews, evokes characteristics, features, things evokes characteristics, features, things specific to a given territory..The pupils have a contextualized design of the SD, which they understand more in their social than in their school practices. They perceive the local issues of the SD and are able to distinguish them from those of mainland France. In this sense, they have some knowledge of Guadeloupe they build by the observation of their concrete environment, from different criterions to those of the school. Their answers show the weak impact of teaching related to SD on their knowledge of environmental phenomena and even on the level of ecology.As a conclusion, and surprisingly, the objects of context appear in a strong and close way in the conceptions of social actors and those of students. However, if the educational system seems to grab those objects, particularly through SD projects, the effect on the construction of knowledge, linked to SD issues, based on the contexts of Guadeloupe, seems to be small.

Le traitement des maladies chroniques passe par plusieurs axes. L’un est technique et indispensable, issu de « l’évidence base médecine », il est biomédical et largement enseigné dans les facultés de médecine. L’autre est plus récent, moins présent dans les enseignements, et issu du « share decision making ». Ce dernier semble mieux considérer les valeurs du patient mais reste assujettie aux preuves biomédicales et investigations cliniques. L’abord du patient nécessite une interdépendance de ces deux approches et donc une part liée à l’éducation. La relation au patient se trouve modifiée par cette approche thérapeutique et impose au soignant un positionnement professionnel différent et requérant de nouvelles compétences. Il est intéressant de questionner au travers d’une étude menée dans deux milieux socio-culturels différents la possibilité d’un abord didactique des ateliers d’ETP. Cette approche, est menée dans un premier temps, par l’étude comparée des conceptions des patients et des soignants au cours de laquelle nous avons relevé des différences de conceptions non pas liées au macrocontexte mais plutôt au microcontexte et entre les soignants et les patients. Dans un deuxième temps, l’utilisation de concepts didactiques issus de la didactique des sciences, des travaux de Gérard Sensévy et de la littératie en santé va nous permettre de dégager des indicateurs et paramètres pouvant classer les différents types d’ateliers d’ETP et guider les soignants-formateurs au cours de leurs interventions éducatives. / Chronic illnesses can be treated along several axes.One of these is technical and indispensable, coming for the "evidence base medecine". It is biomedical and largely taught in medical schools. The other is more recent, less commonly taught and coming from "share decision making." The latter better considers the values of the patient but remains dependent on biomedical proof and chemical investigation. The patient approach requires an interdependence of the two approaches and is therefore, in part linked to education .The relation to the patient is modified by this therapeutic approach and requires and the caretaker to have a different professional position and requires new skills. It is interesting to question through a study lead in two different socio-cultural backgrounds the possibility of a didactic approach of the ETP workshops.Firstly, this approach, by the comparative study of conceptions of patients and caretakers during which we noticed different conceptions not only linked to the macro context but rather to the micro context between the two former.Secondly, the use of didactic concepts coming from the teaching of science from the works of Gérard Sensévy and the health literacy that allows us to identify the indicators and parameters.Allowing us to classify different types of ETP workshops and guide the care professionnal along their educational interventions.

En quoi les conceptions individuelles des jeunes peuvent-elles avoir une incidence sur la prévention du VIH/SIDA ? Telle est la question de recherche à laquelle tente de répondre cette thèse. L’objectif visé est d’appréhender le sens de la non transformation des connaissances sur le VIH/SIDA en pratiques préventives chez les jeunes, dans la perspective d’orienter les stratégies d’éducation au VIH. Une enquête par entretiens semi-dirigés a permis de recueillir des données auprès de 17 jeunes élèves et étudiants Béninois sélectionnés sur la base d’un échantillonnage théorique. Les résultats de l’analyse des données par théorisation enracinée montrent un décalage entre les conceptions individuelles des jeunes et les connaissances sur le VIH. Les jeunes ont une conception égocentrée et magico-religieuse de la prévention du VIH ; ils ont un locus of control externe qui entrave la prévention et leur procure un sentiment d’impuissance et parfois d’invulnérabilité face au virus etc. La compréhension du phénomène à l’étude conduit à la théorie suivante : les conceptions individuelles des jeunes sont fondées sur des représentations sociales, des expériences, des pratiques et un contexte social et culturel qui empêchent l’intégration des connaissances sur le VIH et entrainent par conséquent des obstacles à la mise en œuvre des dispositifs de prévention existants. La prise en compte des conceptions individuelles et des représentations sociales se révèle donc comme un élément central dans l’élaboration des dispositifs de prévention pertinents. Une augmentation du Locus of control interne des jeunes par une éducation axée sur l’empowerment, une prévention orientée vers la réduction des risques sexuels et le développement de la littératie en santé sont des stratégies qui pourraient être pertinentes et adaptées au contexte béninois au vu des conceptions individuelles des jeunes. / How the individual conceptions of young people can influence HIV prevention? That is the research question which this thesis is trying to answer. The aim of the research is to understand the reasons why young people do not translate knowledge on HIV into preventive practices.Data obtained by a survey of 17 young students from Benin were collected in individual interviews and analyzed by the method of the grounded theory.Results show a mismatch between individual conceptions of the young people and the knowledge on HIV. The young people have a self-centered conception and a magico-religious conception of the HIV prevention. They have an external locus of control which influences the prevention and gets them feeling powerless and sometimes invulnerable in front of the virus etc.The theory developed through the data analysis is the following one: individual conceptions of young people are based on social representations, experiences, practices, social and cultural context which influence the integration of the knowledge on HIV and train as a result barriers to implementing prevention devices against AIDS.Mainstreaming of the individual conceptions and social representations is therefore essential in the development of theoretical models of intervention and relevant prevention devices. An increase of the internal locus of control of young people through education focused on empowerment, a prevention oriented on risk reduction and the development of health literacy are strategies that may be relevant and adapted to the Beninese context.

This study attempts to discern if geologic time is a threshold concept for student understanding of evolutionary theory. A threshold concept enables the learner to unpack other concepts because of its importance in thought construction. In this study three teachers and ten sections of biology were investigated from the same high school. Each teacher used the same activities, in the same sequence, and with identical evaluation methods. Students in the treatment group covered a unit on geologic time prior to completing course work on evolutionary theory. Student misconceptions in both control and treatment groups were assessed using a composite concept inventory administered post and prior to the study. Statistical analysis conducted revealed no statistical evidence to support the contention that the treatment method was more effective than traditional methods of teaching evolution. It was found that students agreed significantly more with evolution post study in both treatment and control groups.

Un vocabulaire riche favorise le développement des habiletés de communication, d’expression et de l’esprit critique. Afin d’aider les élèves à croitre, il est crucial de dispenser un enseignement lexical efficace. Cependant, les enseignants auraient peu recours aux pratiques recommandées par la recherche, celles de l’enseignement direct du vocabulaire. Les mots enseignés devraient être expliqués dans un contexte authentique, rencontrés fréquemment et réinvestis lors d’activités ludiques, ce qui n’est pas toujours fait. Peu de formations portant sur le vocabulaire sont offertes aux enseignants. Les objectifs de notre recherche sont d’élaborer une formation sur l’enseignement direct du vocabulaire, d’expérimenter et documenter sa mise en place et de déterminer son efficacité. Pour élaborer notre formation, nous nous sommes basés sur les recherches portant sur l’efficacité des dispositifs de formation continue. Nous avons mis sur pied une formation distribuée dans le temps, dans laquelle les enseignants participent activement avec leurs collègues de cycle. Six enseignants du primaire ont participé à la formation. Trois entrevues ont été menées avec les participants avant la formation, immédiatement après celle-ci et deux mois plus tard sur leurs conceptions et leurs pratiques relatives au vocabulaire. La mise en place et le déroulement de la formation ont été documentés. Des analyses thématiques ont permis d’identifier les forces externes, centrales et structurelles ainsi que les éléments propres à la formation qui ont influé sur sa mise en place. Les résultats d’analyses qualitatives longitudinales sur les entretiens suggèrent que les conceptions et, dans une moindre mesure, les pratiques des enseignants ont évolué à la suite de la formation. / A rich vocabulary supports the development of communication, expression and critical thinking skills. To help students grow, effective lexical instruction is crucial. However, teachers reportedly make little use of the research-recommended practice of direct vocabulary instruction. The words taught should be clearly explained in an authentic context, frequently encountered and reused in playful activities, which is not always done. Little training ob vocabulary is offered to teachers. The objectives of our research are to develop a training course on robust vocabulary instruction, to experiment and document its implementation and to determine its effectiveness. In developing our training, we drew on research on the effectiveness of professional development schemes. We set up a time-distributed professional development training course in which teachers actively participate with their cycle colleagues. Six primary school teachers participated in the training. Three interviews were conducted with the participants before the training, immediately after the training, and two months later on their conceptions and practices regarding vocabulary. The set-up and conduct of the training were documented. Thematic analyses were used to identify external, central and structural forces as well as elements specific to the training that influenced its implementation. The results of longitudinal qualitative analyses of the interviews suggest that teachers' conceptions and, to a lesser extent, practices evolved with the training.

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This study aims to show pre-school children's conceptions on combustion and their thoughts on the conditions the process include. The data collection method this study used is through interviews. All of the children interviewed attend pre-school. All children who participated in the study are six years old. The interviews touched on different issues of fire, such as, how to start a fire, how to maintain a fire and how to extinguish a fire. Previous research about children’s conceptions and children and fire is the basis of the survey. The survey has shown that the children's explanations cannot be compared with the scientifically accepted theories even if the children seem to have some understanding about the conditions that are needed in the chemical process of fire. The children has mentioned fuel and heat as the main conditions for fire, while many has an uncertainty against oxygen. One of the children has shown a greater understanding of the purpose of oxygen. The children's knowledge about this subject mainly comes from experiences in an environment where caregivers is present. Suggestions for what preschool teachers can work with within the occupation has been show. / Denna studie har som syfte att visa på förskolebarns föreställningar om förbränning och deras tankar om de förutsättningar processen innefattar. Datainsamlingsmetoden som studien har använt sig av är intervjuer. Alla barnen som intervjuades går i förskolan. Alla barnen som deltagit i studien är sex år gamla. Intervjuerna berörde frågor om eld, så som, hur man startar en eld, hur man upprätthåller en eld och hur man släcker en eld. Tidigare forskning om barns föreställningar och barn och eld ligger till grund för undersökningen. Undersökningen har visat att barnens förklaringar inte kan jämföras med vetenskapligt vedertagna teorier även om barnen verkar ha en viss förståelse om vilka villkor som behövs i den kemiska processen eld. Barnen har nämnt bränsle och värme som de viktigaste förutsättningarna för en eld, medan många har visat en osäkerhet kring syre. Ett av barnen har visat en större förståelse för syrets betydelse. Barnens kunskap inom detta ämne kommer främst från upplevelser i en miljö där vårdnadshavare är närvarande. Förslag för vad förskollärare kan arbeta med i verksamheten har påvisats.

Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med kunskap kring pedagogers föreställningar om barns inflytande i förskolan. För att undersöka detta har jag använt mig av en fokusgrupp på fem pedagoger som genom ett gruppsamtal har fått fördjupa sig i ämnet barns inflytande. Samtalet var ostrukturerat för att deltagarnas åsikter och tankar i ämnet skulle få komma till uttryck. Resultatet av studien visar att barns inflytande i förskolan villkoras av pedagogernas olika sätt att se på inflytande. För att alla barn ska få ökade möjligheter till inflytande behöver pedagogerna anta ett mer relationellt perspektiv och se till varje barns behov och förutsättningar. / The aim of this study is to provide knowledge about the teatcher´s conceptions of children´s influence in preschool. To examine this, I have used a focus group of five teachers. Through a group conversation the participants have deepened into the subject children´s influence. It was an unstructured interview so that the participants´ opinions and thoughts could be expressed. The result of the study shows that the children´s influence in preschool is conditional by the teacher´s different ways of looking at influence. For all children to get possibilities to influence the teachers needs to adopt a more relational perspective and see to each children´s needs and preconditions.