This study explores children’s meaning-making based on observations of teacher-led activities within Swedish School-Age EduCare (SAEC). SAEC exists in a tension between discourses of voluntariness and governance.

This study aims to investigate, analyze, and explain how the indoor physical learning environment constitutes opportunities and constraints from the pupils’ perspectives. (pdf).

The objective of this study is to contribute with knowledge regarding specific teaching activities in fostering comprehension of the concept "forgiveness" within the context of the school-age Educare. (pdf)

En ny vetenskaplig artikel bidrar med kunskap om hur barn upplever tre rutinsituationer som tidigare har utgjort en central omsorgsverksamhet i fritidshemmet, men som nu framstår som oerhört rationell och rutiniserad (pdf).

This article aims to delve into perspectives on freedom and conversation within the realm of leisure pedagogy. Furthermore, the project will investigate whether there exist unique paradoxical conditions within a freedom-oriented approach in the context of leisure pedagogy. (pdf)

This study examines pupils’ experiences of activities in Swedish school-age educare (SAEC) by exploring the identified tension between mandatory and free activities in relation to participation. (pdf)

This position paper highlights children’s perspectives and childhood(s) in school-age educare (SAEC). (pdf)

This article investigates children’s practices of hesitation in and across pedagogical organising and explores hesitation as performances of the affective navigations that children scruffle with in their everyday educational lives. (pdf)

Denna essä ger perspektiv på hur fritidshemmet som utbildningsinstitution och fritidspedagogisk undervisning kan kopplas till begreppet måluppfyllelse. Kritiska perspektiv på sådana kopplingar synliggörs i essän, följt av en analys av villkor som ändå framhåller fritidshemmets potential i detta avseende.

Vill barnen mest ha ”fri lek” på fritidshemmet? Eller vill de att vuxna styr upp verksamheten? De vill ha både och, visar ett forskarteam från Linnéuniversitetet som tagit in synpunkter från ett 40-tal barn. Så här kan man hitta balansen mellan fritt och styrt, enligt forskarna.