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Tímarit um menntarannsóknir, 2. árgangur 2005
Abstract
How do playschool teachers talk about
playschool education?
The purpose of the study was to explore
Icelandic preschool directors’ discourses
on preschool and their views on children
and childhood. Data were collected in 2001-
2003 through interviews with 60 preschool
directors in different municipalities in Iceland.
In analyzing the data Bertram and Pascal’s
definitions of effective learners and Lilian
Katz’s classification of learning goals were
used. The results of the study illustrate how
Icelandic preschool teachers talk about the
role and the aims of preschool education. Their
views were to some extent consistent with
the National Curriculum Guidelines. They
emphasized socialization, informal teaching
through play and creative activities. Two views
of the child were evident, on one hand the child
as innocent, enjoying childhood and needing
protection and care, and on the other hand the
child as a competent, independent individual
who is capable of reconstructing knowledge in
cooperation with other children and adults.
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