Förskolepersonals perspektiv på demokratiarbete i förskolan : En kvalitativ studie om förskolepersonals beskrivningar av upplevelser och syn på demokratiarbetet i förskolan

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to make visible preschool staff's conceptions of how democratic work in preschool can be manifested through play and planned teaching, and to answer this purpose, we have also chosen three questions that are connected to the purpose. We have used qualitative semi-structured interviews as a method where we have interviewed eight different people who are active in the preschool. Through nine different questions they have told us about their conceptions regarding the democracy work in the preschool and how this is manifested through play and planned teaching. In the study, we use the method approach phenomenography. The results show variations in preschool staff's conceptions of the democracy mission, which we describe as child focus, group focus, professional focus and community focus. The results describe both planned teaching and play in the democracy work of preschool staff, but the planned teaching is significantly more prominent than play. The variations of planned teaching that emerged were related to rules and norms, aesthetic expression, children's participation, value base. Regarding play, the variations appeared to be material play and body play.