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(2023)The aim of this research is to highlight the challenges and opportunities of the two-year pre-primary education trial. To find out how the pedagogy in the trial has been adapted to achieve the goals in the curriculum to further develop early childhood education in Finland. Previous research shows that educators play a central role in children's development and learning. The research also indicates that there are some challenges in early childhood education. It is therefore necessary that this experiment be investigated to see if the idea behind the experiment is really implemented and worked. The research questions that have been highlighted are how the two-year pre-primary education trail is perceived among the pedagogues and how the pedagogy has been adapted to achieve the goals in the curriculum. Eight educators in Swedish Finland working in the pre-primary education where the two-year pre-primary education trial is being carried out participated in the study. In this study, an educator can be a teacher in childhood education, a childcare worker, or a sociologist. This study was done through a qualitative research method through semi-structured interviews with the educators. The results showed that the educators have a positive approach to two-year pre-primary education. The educators see the lack of support from management and staff resources as the biggest challenges with the trial. The educators also highlight many possibilities with the trial. A two-year pre-primary education brings extended opportunities for both children and educators, which creates an equal and qualitative education. The results also reveal that the five-year-olds attending the one-year pre-primary education have very different levels of knowledge, which affects equal education according to the pedagogues. Overall, the educators believe that the trial of two-year pre-school education forms a good whole for the children's development and learning. The results for the second research question indicate that the educators take into account the age differences in the children participating in the trial and that they work in a play-pedagogical way. The informants agree that the trial of the two-year pre-primary education has a positive effect on the children's development and learning.
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(2022)Aim. The aim of the study was to examine teacher’s perceptions of a smooth transition from pre-school to school during the covid-19 pandemic. The aim was also to examine especially how the cooperation between the pre-school and school has been during the pandemic. Previous research has shown that the transition from pre-school to school is a very critical and vulnerable stage in a child’s life. At the same time we know that everyday life has been very different due to the pandemic. In addition, the ecological theory highlights that the surrounding environment is meaningful for the child’s experience of the transition. Previous research about cross-sectoral relationships in turn illustrate the importance of the cooperation and connections between pre-school and school. This study therefore examines teachers perceptions of working towards a smooth transition from pre-school to grade one during the covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the study examines teachers perceptions of the cooperation between the pre-school and school concerning the transition, during the covid-19 pandemic. Methods. The data has been collected with semi structured interviews with five teachers, two pre-school teachers and three classroom teachers. The interviews have been analyzed by a thematic model. Results and conclusions. The perceptions of the transition are many and varying. Some experience that the changes and challenges haven’t been so vast, when others express that the pandemic has had an impact. Five themes were identified as significant for the smoothness of the transition. It appears that the role of the school and the contact with the caregivers have suffered the most due to the pandemic. The teachers however seem to have a more similar view regarding perceptions about the cooperation. Four themes were identified as significant. There has been less cooperation and the physical restrictions have especially had an impact on the joint activities with the children. By using alternative working methods the teachers have tried to compensate the loss. The cooperation between the staff has been quite similar. The results confirms the ecological perspective on transitions. The fact that it is work on many levels that is required for a successful transition has perhaps become clearer during the pandemic, when these different structures have been restricted and challenged in different ways.
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(2020)HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO – HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET – UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI Tiedekunta/Osasto Fakultet/Sektion Faculty Kasvatustieteiden maisteriohjelma Laitos Institution Department Kasvatustiede Tekijä Författare Author Ingela Mollgren-Gustavsson Työn nimi Arbetets titel Title Kielelliset virikkeet varhaiskasvatuksessa ja esiopetuksessa Oppiaine Läroämne Subject Varhaiskasvatus (VAKA) Työn laji Arbetets art Level Aika Datum Month and year Sivumäärä Sidoantal Number of pages Pro gradu-tutkielma Joulukuu 2020 70+14 Tiivistelmä Referat Abstract Tavoitteet. Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteiden mukaan toiminnassa on tuettava lasten kiinnostusta kieliin. Esiopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteissa korostetaan, että kieli on yhä enemmän oppimisen väline, jota käytetään viestinnässä ja ajattelussa. Tutkimukset ja kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus ovat nostaneet esiin varhaiskasvatuksen ja esiopetuksen epätasaisen laadun. Puutteita on esimerkiksi lasten kielellisen kehityksen tukemisessa. Tässä tutkimuksessa halutaan siksi tuoda esiin sitä, kuinka kielelliset virikkeet toteutuvat varhaiskasvatuksessa ja esiopetuksessa. Tutkimuksessa halutaan myös selvittää, onko ”kielellistä kehitystä tukevasta toimintasuunnitelmasta” ollut konkreettista hyötyä yksiköiden kielellisessä työssä tutkimuksen kohteena olevassa kunnassa. Menetelmät. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin kyselyillä. Kyselyt lähetettiin N=47 henkilölle, jotka työskentelivät erään Turunmaan kunnan varhaiskasvatuksessa ja esiopetuksessa. Vastausprosentti oli 70 %, N=33. Kysymyksien vastauksia analysoitiin kvantitatiivisesti sekä kvalitatiivisen sisällönanalyysin avulla. Tulokset ja johtopäätökset. Tutkimuksesta saadut tulokset havainnollistavat, että henkilöstön työskentely kielellisten virikkeiden parissa on monipuolista ja vaihtelevaa. Enemmistö henkilöstöstä tietää, että kirjat ovat erittäin tärkeitä lasten kielellisen kehityksen kannalta ja panostaa kirjojen sisällöstä keskustelemiseen. Yli puolet laulaa lauluja useita kertoja päivässä, kun taas loruja hyödynnetään vähemmän. Yli puolet henkilöstöstä hyödyntää työssään tablettia, pääasiassa kielellisen kehityksen edistämiseen. Suurin osa työntekijöistä on hyvin tietoisia omasta roolistaan kielellisenä esikuvana lapsille. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että ympäristössä voitaisiin panostaa enemmän teksteihin ja kirjaimiin, jotta lapset ymmärtäisivät niiden merkityksen. Lasten kielellisten taitojen dokumentointia tulisi tehostaa. Yli puolet raportoi, että ”kielellistä kehitystä tukeva toimintasuunnitelma” on vaikuttanut yksiköiden konkreettiseen työskentelyyn ja kertoo muuttaneensa laulujen, lorujen ja kirjojen parissa työskentelyä suunnitelman käyttöönoton jälkeen. Avainsanat Nyckelord Keywords varhaiskasvatus, esiopetus, kielelliset virikkeet, kieliympäristö, kieltä tukeva toiminta Säilytyspaikka Förvaringsställe Where deposited Helsingin yliopisto – Helda / E-thesis (opinnäytteet) ethesis.helsinki.fi Muita tietoja Övriga uppgifter Further information Ohjaaja: Solveig Cornèr
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