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  • Förskolebarns tankar om könsroller 
    Forstén, Elin (2018)
    The purpose of this study is to get an insight into preschool children's thoughts on gender roles. The topic of gender roles is highly relevant in todays' society and an issue that has been brought into focus in early childhood education as well and my aim is to explore how the preschool children of today think about gender roles. Research in the field of early childhood education related to gender roles is being done more and more but it is still a relatively undiscovered field and very few studies have the children's perspective in focus. This study is made up of individual, qualitative interviews and I have interviewed 26 children in total in six separate interviews. Outside of the interviews I have collected material through the children choosing toys from a toy magazine. The interviews started with a discussion about the children's choices of toys and followed with a conversation about different issues regarding the topic of gender roles. One of the most central findings of the study is that children to a certain extent had noticed differences between boys and girls while regarding some other areas did not think there is any difference between the two genders at all. Furthermore it is interesting to notice that even though children pointed out certain differences between boys and girls they were in general very accepting of different types of genderbending and norm breaking tendencies.
  • Högläsning i förskolan : barns upplevelser av högläsningsstunder 
    Minorits, Andrea (2018)
    Read-aloud is a daily activity both in daycare and preschool. It is used for various purposes such as to gather children and introduce them to new topics, although it’s mainly associated with the rest time. Several studies point out the positive effects of read-alouds, among others expanding children’s language skills and encouraging their literacy development. The purpose of my study is to introduce the children’s thoughts and experiences of a read-aloud activity in preschool. My study is a qualitative work and is mainly focused on personal interviews with children. I interviewed eight preschool children in two groups. The main focus of the interviews were the children’s thoughts and opinions about the books preschools use, and the read-aloud experiences in general. The result shows that read-alouds mostly have a positive impact on children. Most of them think of it as a part of the rest time, but also, they consider it a learning opportunity. It’s important to note the role of the books in read-aloud times. The chosen book itself determines whether or not the read-aloud is a fun or a boring experience for the children. The book’s content and language playes an important role in understanding it, and it determines if the children will find it difficult or easy to listen to when it’s read to them.

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