Fritidshemsbarnens lek – en studie om uppfattningar, engagemang och rum för lek på fritidshemmet

Sammanfattning: This study treats with The significance and meaning of playing among children in the leisure centers. An overview presents some of the research concerning childrens play in schoolyards. Usual questions among researchers in the field: how does the schoolyard function as a room for play? What role does the staff play? Should you monitor free play, stimulate / initiate or participate yourself? How should the educator handle problems with exclusion and bullying? The study also contains an interview with three groups of children at a leisure center outside Stockholm. The children were between eight and eleven years old. The questions were semistructered and open. Following questions was asked to the children: What do the children play at the leisure center? How do the children perceive the staff's commitment? How does the schoolyard function as a room for play? The children gave a two-part view of the role ofthe educator.  The study finally discusses the requirement that you as a staff must evaluate the importance of playing, which places demands on planning and commitment at the same time as the educator must find his role as both supervisor and participant.