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1. The ungraded life is not worth living? Criteria compliance in the philosophy classroom
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Following the educational reforms of the 1990s and the focus on measurable results and achievement documentation, teachers and learners in Sweden have increasingly come to embrace an instrumentalist view on knowledge at the cost of lifelong learning. As market discourse and economic interests have gained ground in the educational realm, the democratic and humanist dimensions of learning and knowledge have diminished in size, in discourse as well as empirical practice. READ MORE
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2. Evaluating Swedish Preschool Teachers’ Documentation Practices Since the 2010 Curriculum Review Using Sheridan’s Competency Rubrics A Systematic Literature Review from 2011-2019
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Förskolepedagogisk-didaktisk forskningAbstract : Preschool documentation has been a recent topic in Sweden amongst preschool teachers, preschool managers, education policymakers, and researchers. Interest in this topic is driven in part by the 2010 revision of the Swedish preschool curriculum that introduced requirements concerning the use of documentation in follow-up, evaluation, and development activities in preschool. READ MORE
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3. Reconsidering documentation systems : Examining Polish preschool educators’ reflections upon Polish preschool documentation system, preschool democracy and Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogical documentation from Sweden.
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Praktiknära utbildningsforskning (PUF)Abstract : Sweden and Poland see preschool documentation as a very important practice in Early Childhood Education and Care. Each country, however, conceives of this documentation differently. Reggio Emilia-inspired pedagogical documentation is one of the documentation practices used in Swedish preschools. READ MORE
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4. Cultural diversity in preschool : Development of teachers’ educational tools in multicultural classes
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : Cultural diversity in early education has been taking an important role in schools for decades, but teaching in multicultural classrooms remains a challenge. This systematic review proposed to highlight how preschool teachers make use of cultural diversity to develop educational tools and explore which tools are operationalized to address multicultural education in preschool. READ MORE
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5. “Actually, it could be like this, why it is not?” : Examining early career in-service Polish preschool teachers’ conceptions of preschool children’s contributions to their own education through the lens of the Swedish Preschool Curriculum
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Förskolepedagogisk-didaktisk forskningAbstract : Throughout the world, children's contributions to the preschool education are key for respecting children's rights and establishing the environment of democratic relationships between teachers and children. However, it is unclear how, internationally, given the various cultural contexts and steering documents, teachers conceptualize a child and therefore engage children in their everyday practices at preschools. READ MORE
