Browsing by Author "Malmberg, Amelie"

The aim of the study is to find out and demonstrate the thoughts and work of early childhood educators about environmental sustainability. Furthermore, a theoretical link between teachers' own knowledge and approach to environmental sustainability is important, because it is visible through their actions. These actions are noticeable in the activities together with children and affect the children's connection to ecological sustainability. With the purpose of the study as a starting point, the questions therefore are: • How does the team consider environmental sustainability in the learning environment with the children? • What seems to be the attitude towards environmental sustainability among those who participated in the study? • What is discussed and what is left out when teaching environmental sustainability? This bachelor thesis consists of a qualitative hermeneutic analysis of collected data from teams with their thoughts on environmental sustainability in daycare. Based on the data collected, it can be parsed that to a certain extent the teachers take account of ecological sustainability in their activities. However, there is to improve as there is variation in knowledge of environmental sustainability. Rarely or never are there connections to overriding entities such as system of the climate, pollution of land and water, use of land and water, ecosystems, biodiversity. The Study shows that there is interest and a positive attitude towards ecological sustainability.