Free play is recognized in early childhood education and care (ECEC) as a crucial form of learning, and children’s disposition to engage in play is termed playfulness. This study explores the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between the roles that teachers adopt during free play and the playfulness of children in ECEC.

This qualitative study focuses on the ways kindergarten teachers used metaphors as a professional coping strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sol, värme, kyla och regn spelar roll för hur aktiva förskolebarn är under dagen. Det visar en ny studie från Karolinska Institutet, publicerad i tidskriften Environmental Research, där forskare har kopplat barns rörelsemönster till vardagens väder.

– La folk forme tjenestene, sier forsker. Han mener at gode offentlige tjenester må formes av folkene som faktisk inngår i dem.

One important factor for preschool children’s well-being and development is the relationship with their teachers. This study aims to explore perceived changes in preschool educators and children after participating in ICDP.

Early social competence is strongly related to children's well-being and academic achievement. This study investigated the link between ECEC quality and the social competence of Norwegian three-year olds.

This article examines everyday encounters between preschool educators and guardians with migrant backgrounds in Swedish preschools, focusing on how resistance, adaptation, and emergent practices are articulated in the in-between space where they meet.

This article focuses on one preschool teacher student, Wilma, in order to investigate how her identity development is shaped through experiences in preschool teacher education and other relevant social practices. Drawing on the concepts of social practice and figured worlds, the article examines the complexity of becoming a preschool teacher. 

Over several decades, research has examined how structural conditions shape preschool quality and influence how preschool teachers organise children’s groups and everyday activities. This study investigates how structural conditions in Swedish preschools interact with teachers’ organisation of children’s groups and activities, with particular attention to the positions teachers adopt and the relationships that develop between…

Swedish preschools are mandated to three interconnected roles: to provide care for young children’s needs, to support their learning and development, and to foster socialization into cultural norms and values. However, these roles are not necessarily valued equally by those entering the profession.

Sustainability education is mandatory in Swedish preschools, yet young children often experience sustainability issues as frightening, complex and beyond their influence. This study explores how preschool children (ages 3–5) can exercise agency and influence in teaching activities focused on sustainable consumption. 

Over 600 ansatte har deltatt i et prosjekt for å bli bedre til jobbe med språk. "Vi ønsket å finne ut av om utvikling av profesjonsfellesskapet kunne ha effekt på barnas språkutvikling", sier professor Veslemøy Rydland.