Bilderboken- En väg till kunskap : En kvalitativ studie om pedagogers arbete med bilderböcker inom en traditionell förskola respektive en Reggio Emilia - inspirerad förskola.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to compare differences and similarities that can be found when working with picture books in a preschool inspired by Reggio Emilia versus a traditional preschool. The purpose also includes studying these different preschools views of the picture book as a tool for stimulating children’s language development and other skills the children may gain from using picture books. Qualitative interviews were conducted with four different preschool teachers as a method to obtain the teachers own opinions and approach of working with picture books. The result shows that the picture book played a central role in both kinds of preschools. The picture book is considered to stimulate the children’s language development, fantasy, subject knowledge and giving the children an opportunity to rest for a moment. The result also yielded that the preschools pedagogical orientation is affected by the individual teachers’ attitude. The teachers’ attitude and way of working with the picture book differs depending on how they think children obtains knowledge. Because of this it has been proved difficult to demonstrate any general differences in how the preschools work with the picture book since the individual teacher’s attitude is so important for the children’s meeting with pictures and text.