Browsing by Author "Wessman, Emilia"

The purpose of this study is to investigate how teachers at kindergarten working in preschool, perceive/ consider educational styles as a part of children’s development and learning. I have investigated how pedagogues perceive and experience different educational styles. The theory chapter gives a background and understanding of the content of the study. The study is qualitative in structure and consists of three interviews with pedagogues from Southern Finland. The pedagogues interviewed works with children in preschool. The result shows that the pedagogues that participated in the study agree that educating children is all about limits with love. An important part of education is consequent advice and support. Education is needed to support children to grow and being a part of the society. The study illustrates challenges in the educational co-operation with parents, which is very important, as well as the different backgrounds that children at preschool brings to kindergarten.