<p>Den här rapporten undersöker vilken uppfattning och kunskap lärarna i förskolan har om naturvetenskap och hur den införlivas i praktiken enligt förskolans läroplan och lokala styrdokument. Syftet med den här undersökningen är att ta reda på: (i) Vad är naturvetenskap för lärarna i förskolan? (ii) Vilka mekanismer styr lärarnas planering och realisering av naturvetenskapen i det pedagogiska vardagsarbetet?</p><p>Material och data till undersökningen har samlats ihop genom kvalitativa intervjuer med sju lärare i förskolan.</p><p>Rapporten visar att övervägande delen av lärarna i förskolan ser naturvetenskapen som att vistas i skog och mark. Vad det gäller faktorer som påverkar planering och realisering av naturvetenskapen framkom det genom intervjumaterialet att det är: (i) Kompetens, (ii) förståelse av naturvetenskapen och dess innehåll och (iii) insikten av de styrdokument som förskolan lyder under.</p><p>Utifrån gällanden styrdokument i förskolan är naturvetenskapen ett kunskapsområde som bör lyftas och synliggöras i den pedagogiska vardagen. För att uppfylla dessa krav bör lärarna i förskolan öka sin kunskap inom denna vetenskapsgren.</p> / <p>This report investigates the perception and knowledge of natural science amongst pre-school teachers and how natural science is currently incorporated into the pre-school curriculum. The aims of these investigations are in particular to: (i) Establish what natural science means (and implicates) to pre-school teachers. (ii) Identify factors that influence planning and implementation of natural science in the pre-school curriculum.</p><p>Material and data for the abovementioned investigations have been gathered through qualitative interviews with seven active pre-school teachers.</p><p>The report finds that a majority of the interviewees only have a very basic understanding of natural science and therefore often fail to adequately incorporate natural science in the daily pre-school curriculum. The report furthermore finds that amongst the interviewees the factors that influence planning and implementation of natural science in the pre-school curriculum are: (i) competence, (ii) perception and knowledge of natural science and (iii) interpretation of the pre-school curriculum guidelines.</p><p>Current pre-school curriculum guidelines stresses the importance of natural science and encourages pre-school teachers to increase the awareness of natural science by incorporating it in the daily curriculum. This report argues that in order to increase the awareness of natural science the knowledge and perception of natural science amongst pre-school teachers must first be improved.</p>

Den här rapporten undersöker vilken uppfattning och kunskap lärarna i förskolan har om naturvetenskap och hur den införlivas i praktiken enligt förskolans läroplan och lokala styrdokument. Syftet med den här undersökningen är att ta reda på: (i) Vad är naturvetenskap för lärarna i förskolan? (ii) Vilka mekanismer styr lärarnas planering och realisering av naturvetenskapen i det pedagogiska vardagsarbetet? Material och data till undersökningen har samlats ihop genom kvalitativa intervjuer med sju lärare i förskolan. Rapporten visar att övervägande delen av lärarna i förskolan ser naturvetenskapen som att vistas i skog och mark. Vad det gäller faktorer som påverkar planering och realisering av naturvetenskapen framkom det genom intervjumaterialet att det är: (i) Kompetens, (ii) förståelse av naturvetenskapen och dess innehåll och (iii) insikten av de styrdokument som förskolan lyder under. Utifrån gällanden styrdokument i förskolan är naturvetenskapen ett kunskapsområde som bör lyftas och synliggöras i den pedagogiska vardagen. För att uppfylla dessa krav bör lärarna i förskolan öka sin kunskap inom denna vetenskapsgren. / This report investigates the perception and knowledge of natural science amongst pre-school teachers and how natural science is currently incorporated into the pre-school curriculum. The aims of these investigations are in particular to: (i) Establish what natural science means (and implicates) to pre-school teachers. (ii) Identify factors that influence planning and implementation of natural science in the pre-school curriculum. Material and data for the abovementioned investigations have been gathered through qualitative interviews with seven active pre-school teachers. The report finds that a majority of the interviewees only have a very basic understanding of natural science and therefore often fail to adequately incorporate natural science in the daily pre-school curriculum. The report furthermore finds that amongst the interviewees the factors that influence planning and implementation of natural science in the pre-school curriculum are: (i) competence, (ii) perception and knowledge of natural science and (iii) interpretation of the pre-school curriculum guidelines. Current pre-school curriculum guidelines stresses the importance of natural science and encourages pre-school teachers to increase the awareness of natural science by incorporating it in the daily curriculum. This report argues that in order to increase the awareness of natural science the knowledge and perception of natural science amongst pre-school teachers must first be improved.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz de Oliveira Abuchaim.pdf: 20766521 bytes, checksum: c6d4cd300bdb59c4fc9f0f12aa213966 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Considering the huge increase in Early Childhood Education (ECE) coverage in Brazil in the last few decades, it has become very important for Brazilian researchers to study the quality of this education. That is, to describe which are the social and learning opportunities available for children in ECE institutions. Many studies have shown that educational practices quality is strongly related to a well-structured curriculum and good pedagogical planning, which responds to curriculum prescriptions and also to children s interests. Having said that, this research aimed to study how the curriculum is transposed into a pedagogical planning and then into everyday life in a pre-school. Two ECE institutions were investigated in São Paulo, using the case study methodology. Data were collected by means of interviews with teachers, supervisors and directors. Observations were made to describe the everyday life of preschool groups. The following documents were analyzed: municipal curriculum, ECE institution curriculum and pedagogical planning of the classrooms observed. The results indicate that teachers play a crucial role to implement the curriculum in everyday life. In their work, they usually try to compose a practice based on children´s interests, conceptions of the curriculum and their own conceptions about Education. In this process, the activity of planning is considered important in order to provide moments for teachers to think over their practices, once they have time to: write about the past and project the future; debate with the team about daily events and do research to support their work / Dada a grande expansão de matrículas na educação infantil no país, torna-se necessário estudar como essa educação está sendo construída, ou seja, que oportunidades de desenvolvimento, sociabilidade e aprendizagem realmente vêm sendo oferecidas às crianças. Inúmeros estudos têm mostrado que a qualidade das práticas educacionais está intrinsecamente relacionada a um currículo bem construído e a um planejamento consistente das atividades, que atenda tanto as prescrições curriculares quanto os interesses das crianças. Por tudo isso, esta pesquisa objetivou investigar como se dá a transposição do prescrito no currículo para o planejamento e deste para o cotidiano de instituições de Educação Infantil, mais especificamente de pré-escolas. Para tanto, foram realizados estudos de caso em duas instituições públicas de educação infantil do município de São Paulo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas com a supervisora da Diretoria Regional de Educação, professores, diretores e coordenadores pedagógicos. Foram realizadas observações do cotidiano de grupos de pré-escola e foram analisados os seguintes documentos: orientações curriculares municipais, projetos pedagógicos das unidades e planos dos professores. Os resultados indicam que a mediação do professor é fundamental para transpor o que está no currículo para o cotidiano, procurando integrar os interesses das crianças, concepções do projeto pedagógico da instituição e suas próprias intenções educativas. Nesse processo, o planejamento tem um papel importante no sentido de propiciar momentos de reflexão ao professor sobre sua prática, envolvendo a escrita sobre o que aconteceu e o registro do que está por vir, o debate com a equipe sobre o cotidiano e a pesquisa para subsidiar o seu trabalho

The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-schooler teachers interpretation and preception of building and construction in technology together with the children. The preschool curriculum states that preschoolers should stive for each child to ''develop their ability to build and construct using differnt techniques, materials and tools'' (Skolverket, 2016, p. 10). To meet answer this purpose, the follwing questions have been the starting point: How do educators interpret the curriculum goal regarding building and construction? And how can the goal be concretized in the activities of the educators? In order to answer the question, interviews have been held at two different preschools with six different legitimized preschool teachers. The results of these interviews show how the pre-schoolers teachers reflected what building and construction were in their activities and what individual preschool teachers perceive is building and construction, how they see their role in involvement in activities is building and construction and the approach to the curriculum goals. The result also takes up the pre-school teachers' thoughts on continuing education on technology in the preschool. / Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka förskollärares tolkning och uppfattning av att bygga och konsturera i teknik tillsammans med barngruppen. Förskolans läroplan skriver att verksamheten ska sträva efter varje barn ska '' utveckla sin förmåga att bygga och konstruera med hjälp av olika tekniker, material och redskap '' (Skolverket, 2016 s.10). För att nå detta syftet har följade frågeställningar varit utgångspunkten: Hur tolkar pedagogerna läroplansmålet rörande, bygg och konsturera? Och hur kan målet konkritiseras i verksamheten enligt pedagogerna? För att besvara frågeställningen har intervjuer skett på två olika förskolor med sex olika legitimerade förskollärare. Resultatet av dessa intervjuer visar hur förskollärarna refelkterar över vad bygg och konstruktion var i deras verksamhet och vad enskilda förskollärare upplever är bygg och konstruktion, hur förskollärarna ser på sin roll vid involveringen under aktiviteter vid bygg och konstruktion samt förhållningsättet till läroplanens mål. Resultatet tar även upp förskollärarnas tankar kring fortutbildning gällande teknik i verksamheten.

The goal of the study was to determine whether there would be a significant improvement in preschool children’s emotional intelligence when a Gestalt intervention programme was implemented. The research was conducted according to the quantitative approach with a pre-test/post-test design. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (2nd edition) was completed and returned by a sample of 30 parents (N=30) from a crèche in the Gauteng area. The Joseph Picture Self-Concept Scale was used to test a sample of 30 preschool children (N=30) from the same crèche. The representative sample of preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years was divided into an experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. A Gestalt play therapy intervention programme, the Wise child programme, was conducted with the experimental group. The results indicated that there was a significant improvement of the preschool children’s emotional intelligence in terms of intra- and interpersonal skills after the implementation of a Gestalt intervention programme. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

The goal of the study was to determine whether there would be a significant improvement in preschool children’s emotional intelligence when a Gestalt intervention programme was implemented. The research was conducted according to the quantitative approach with a pre-test/post-test design. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (2nd edition) was completed and returned by a sample of 30 parents (N=30) from a crèche in the Gauteng area. The Joseph Picture Self-Concept Scale was used to test a sample of 30 preschool children (N=30) from the same crèche. The representative sample of preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years was divided into an experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. A Gestalt play therapy intervention programme, the Wise child programme, was conducted with the experimental group. The results indicated that there was a significant improvement of the preschool children’s emotional intelligence in terms of intra- and interpersonal skills after the implementation of a Gestalt intervention programme. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)