Jessica Rode och Josefin Rode, Malmö Högskola, Lärarutbildningen. Resan i förskolans livskunskap-en studie baserad på sex pedagogers tankar och erfarenheter av att arbeta med livskunskap i förskolan.Vårt syfte och våra frågeställningar inriktar sig på vilken syn pedagoger ute i verksamheten har och hur de arbetar med livskunskap i förskolans vardag. Sammanfattningen av studiens analys vill vi ska inspirera till diskussioner kring ämnet. Vi ger en teoretisk översikt där teoretiker och forskare som fokuseras bl.a. är Piaget, Kholberg, Lögstrup, D. Mayer & Salovey, Gardner, Vygotskij, Antonovsky, Steinberg samt Dewey. Undersökningen har gjorts med hjälp av sex kvalitativa intervjuer. Vi har intervjuat två stycken pedagoger per förskola, på två olika förskolor, samt en pedagog på en tredje förskola. En intervju gjordes även med Eva Mathiasson Thorbert som har skrivit boken Hjärtestunder - livskunskap i förskolan (2006).Med utgångspunkt från pedagogers uppfattningar om livskunskap i förskolan samt metodboken Hjärtestunder, så har vi konkretiserat och problematiserat begreppet livskunskap. Sammanfattningsvis pekar det som framkommit ur intervjuerna och litteraturen på att begreppet livskunskap inte är helt lätt att definiera. Hur man definierar begreppet beror på vem som tolkar det och vilken situation man befinner sig. Pedagogerna arbetar olika med livskunskap beroende på barngruppens behov och förutsättningar. / Jessica Rode and Josefin Rode, University of Malmö, teatchers education. A journey about lifeknowledge in infant school- a study based on six pedagogues thoughts and experiences about working with lifeknowledge in infant school.Our purpose and our questions is about which experiences and opinions pedagogues have about the work with lifeknowledge in infant school, and which work method the prefer and are using. We want the summary of the studys analysis to inspire to discussions about the subject.We give an theoretical overview which includes theorists och researchers such as Piaget, Kholberg, Lögstrup, D. Mayer & Salovey, Gardner, Vygotskij, Antonovsky, Steinberg and Dewey.The research is based on six qualitative interviews. The interviews has been done with two pedagogues on each infant school, at two infant schools, and one pedagogue at a third infant school. An interview was also made with Eva Mathiasson Thorbert, the author of the book - Hjärtestunder - livskunskap i förskolan (2006).We have concretisiced and reviewed the conception of lifeknowledge, with a starting point from pedagogues understandings about lifeknowledge in infant school and the method book Hjärtestunder.The summary of what has been obvious from the interviews and the literature is that the conception of lifeknowledge is not easy to define. Definitions of the concept are done in different ways depending on which person who makes the interpretation and are related to personal experiences. Pedagogues works diffrent depending on their childrens conditions and needs.

In this study, I examined the impact of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) on the social and emotional functioning and mindful expressions of preschoolers in Head Start preschool programs. Participants were 23 children from two Head Start preschool programs in the southwestern U.S. who qualified for free or reduced lunch and were referred by school personnel for behavioral or academic concerns (18 males, 5 females; ages 3-5, mean age = 3.74). The sample consisted of 1 (4.3%) African American, 5 (21.7%) Caucasian, 14 (60.9%) Latino, and 3 (13%) multiracial children. Participants were randomly assigned to eight weeks of twice-weekly CCPT experimental groups (n = 11) or a waitlist control group (n = 12). Results of the independent samples t-tests revealed statistically significant improvement in preschool children's empathy and responsibility for children who participated in CCPT on the Social Emotional Assets and Resiliency Scale for Preschool. Practically significant findings revealed that CCPT may influence specific mindful expressions including curiosity and openness as well as overall social-emotional competence, emotional knowledge and expression, and empathy and responsibility in Head Start preschool children. Results of this study support the effectiveness of CCPT with disadvantaged preschool children.

This thesis deals with the evaluation of social and emotional competencies in 7 - 10 years old children and with comparison of different techniques of their measurement. The aim of the study is to evaluate these competencies by using Intelligence and Development Scale for Children (IDS) and to compare them with the social and emotional level of the same sample proven in the selected apperception technique (the Child's World of Michal's projective interview evaluated with SCORS technique). It is therefore a question of comparison of performance-based intelligence test and apperception technique. The focus of this study is to identify whether there is a relationship between the social-emotional scales of IDS and the selected scales of SCORS. This comparison is grounded in the assumption that both methods evaluate similar psychological constructs and therefore their results should correspond. The theoretical section deals with the development of emotional and social competencies in children and their specifics in a younger school age, then the introducing of apperception techniques and intelligence development scales with emphasis on the methods chosen for the present study. The empirical section provides analysis of data obtained from both diagnostic methods. Item analysis and reliability estimates...