Existing research has independently examined teachers' beliefs, emotions, and knowledge related to technology use, but few studies have explored how these components can be combined to form technological integration competency (TIC). This study employed multilevel latent profile analysis (MLPA) to identify TIC profiles at both teacher and school levels and examineed their associations with continuous…

This study examines the effects of a three-year trial where a science-oriented preschool teacher program ran parallel to a regular preschool teacher program. 9–11 years after graduation questionnaires were sent to the former teacher students to assess their views on, and use of, science in preschool.

När förskollärare ska berätta om verksamheten för ledningen i kvalitetsdialoger känner de sig osäkra och vågar inte ta upp problem. Forskaren Marina Karlsson har ett tydligt råd: "Stå på er! Det är ni som äger vad som händer med barnen".

Maria Österlund är professor i litteraturvetenskap vid Åbo Akademi. Hon har bland annat forskat om bildberättande och barnlitteratur. I aktuella boken Rum för läsning medverkar hon med en text om hur förskolan skildras i nordiska bilderböcker.

This paper shares reflections and stories from a collaborative design process between the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab and a global network of community-based educators to develop a creative coding app called OctoStudio, which supports children and families to create and share interactive projects on mobile devices. (pdf)

Dialogic reading is a practical activity for promoting language skills in early childhood. Based on this premise, the current study compares the impact of face-to-face dialogic reading (with and without a face mask) and reading via screen in enhancing preschool children's story comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. (pdf)

This study reports a new domain-specific measure of parental self-efficacy for maths (and reading skills) with 3–4-year-olds. 65 families in the UK were surveyed, and a sub-sample of 40 families also completed a remote child assessment session. (pdf)

Hur dansar en mask eller en elvisp? Det kan barnen på Morkullans förskola i Hjärnarp utanför Ängelholm svara på. Sedan två av deras förskollärare fick delta i ett forskningsprojekt om dans är de vana vid sådana frågor.