Stress i förskolan - ökade krav, ökade sjukskrivningar : En textanalys av C-uppsaster om stress i förskolan

Sammanfattning: The purpose with this qualitative text analysis is to study entire written C-essays in Sweden,about stress published between 2017 and 2022. The essay is gathered from DIVA using thekeywords “stress + förskola” and “förskollärare + stress” and includes 26 essays.The result indicates that stress preschool staff experience is connected to, the high workload, thegroup size of children, the high demands on pedagogical documentation, staff loss, high noiselevel, untrained substitutes, lack of substitutes and poor organization. In order to reduce stress,the documents show that fewer children in the children's groups are required or increased staffdensity and an organization that is responsive and strives towards a common goal.The study indicates a connection between stress and increased demands on preschool teachers inthe revised curriculum in 2016 and onwards. The increased number of long-term sick leave dueto stress in recent years among preschool teachers, might be a consequence.