Pedagogisk dokumentation och förskollärares syn på sitt eget arbete

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is toget an understanding of howpreschool teachers think about and work with pedagogical documentation and how they visualizeparticipation of the children. As a theoretical frame,we have used the sociocultural perspective of learning and education that is about progress and learning, which is achieved by interaction and cooperation in a social context. This survey is based on interviews and observations which has been compared in order for us to come to conclusions to see if the pedagogical thoughts is equivalent to the practice. The result of the study shows that all of the preschool teachers agree that the pedagogical documentation is an important way to work in order for the children to declare their thoughts and wonders in the environment of the preschool. The thoughts of the children are important in order to develop the organization. The teachers organize the education in a way to create conditions for the children to be able to affect and change thepreschool. The teachers are well aware of their own way to think and act which affects the children’s ability to participate.