Halvtidsseminarium - Tina Yngvesson

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Titel: 
Parent engagement in the Swedish preschool - an interview study from the parent perspective

Sammanfattning:
The focus of the research is to produce knowledge about the relationship between the non-private preschool- and home in Sweden, and to explore how these relationships are articulated in the curriculum for preschool and subsequently implemented, interpreted, transformed, and executed in the context of early childhood education in Sweden. The study will do this through interviews from a parent perspective, and central in this study is the parent’s view on partnerships and participation. In parallel with the concept of participation, this research study also departs in the understanding that the engagement between relevant social agents that are necessary to maintain the democratic right of the child. This conception of children’s right to be heard- and to be informed, states that it is the duty of the parents and community to provide appropriate direction and guidance to the developing child, with the aim of evolving his or her capacities. From this we may learn two things: 1) Parents need to be involved, somehow, and act in a way that give them authority as parents and 2) the state is deciding over parenthood leaving the state as the main parent or caretaker, since parents cannot decide over the state. Overall, the research advocate that parents have the competence to participate in the pedagogical activities of their children’s lives provided they are given forum to do so. Through the concepts of the importance of parents in children’s early childhood education, the study aims to illuminate opportunities and challenges of engagement in early childhood education practices and policies.

Zoom: https://hb-se.zoom.us/j/6084810360