The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. This qualitative case-based study examined one of Finland's most culturally diverse regions. (pdf) 

Systematic quality work, SQW, has become a large part of principals’ work in preschools. This study investigates principals’ priorities in SQW in preschools and identifies measures they implement to reach quality and improvement goals.

Naturbarnehagar har fått aukande popularitet både i Norden og internasjonalt. I denne artikkelen blir vilkår for danning i naturbarnehagen undersøkt. Danning har fått aukande fokus i barnehagen sitt mandat og kan knytast til barns utvikling som sjølvstendige borgarar i demokratiske fellesskap (pdf).

Hur väl personalen förstår en förälders tankar och känslor kring att barnet ska börja på förskolan kan spela en viktig roll för inskolningen, visar Martina Andersson Søe i sin avhandling. "Men för att det ska lyckas måste arbetsplatsen även ha en bra struktur", säger hon.

Based on individual interviews with six representatives of kindergarten owners, the author describes the owners’ reflections on increased investment in master-educated kindergarten teachers and how they work to accommodate this investment.

The study in this paper aims to contribute knowledge about what characterizes STREAM didaktik in preschool based on a theory-informed teaching arrangement in an ULF network. The study is guided by the question: What can characterize STREAM didaktik in preschool with a focus on literac/y/(ies) in what and who/whichquestions?

This study explores the factors influencing the adoption of Digital Educational Resources (DER) among Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers in Spain. (pdf)

The purpose of this article is to build knowledge of what can characterize the “didaktik-where” question in theory-informed preschool teaching arrangements trialed in an ULF network. (pdf).

This article explores preschool teachers’ experiences of conducting analysis of their own and each other’s spontaneously arising teaching situations. (pdf).

Using children’s literature in different formats is a well-established pedagogical approach for discussing existential questions with young children. This study analyses two books: Goodbye, Mr. Muffin and The Visit from Little Death. The linguistic and visual analyses shed light on the narrative structures, participant roles, and various semiotic elements in these books.

The aim is to investigate what challenges preschool staff may face when they put preschool inclusion into practice and to locate, present and synthesise recommended evidence-based ways of overcoming these challenges. 

This study investigates young children’s embodied, emplaced, and experienced learning in the context of sacred spaces. In the study, a group of 5–7-year-old Finnish preschoolers participated in four site visits to churches and mosques.