Hur kan barn spela sådana spel… : ”En diskursanalytisk studie om förskolepedagogersföreställningar om digital spelkultur i förskolan

Sammanfattning: Video games have been proven by research to be of high interest among children as well as witnessed by the author of this study during preschool visits. It thus begs the question how much understanding and engagement that preschool teachers in turn have regarding the video game culture that children partake in. The preschool curriculum states that teachers must ensure that the children’s education is shaped in correspondence to their interests. This study sought to see whether children’s video game culture could be applied for this, by hearing what kinds of notions that a small selection of teachers had regarding said culture. From a discourse perspective, various assertions regarding the culture were stated. Dominant amongst the interviewed teachers were how video games are deemed inappropriate through the encouragement of violent acts, language, and extensive gameplay. Games deemed appropriate orientated in the school’s core curriculum and acquisition of knowledge therein. The study revealed that some teachers deemed certain games and game aspects differently from their peers, and ideas were presented on how certain games, previously deemed inappropriate, could be used in educational situations. It is therefore recommended that more research needs to be conducted regarding said ideas, with a broader selection of respondents in general.