"Det blir liksom inte så roligt för barnen när det bara ska vara lärande och lärande hela tiden" : En vetenskaplig essä om pedagogens roll i barns lärande och synen på undervisning i förskolan

Sammanfattning: This scientific essay begins with three stories that portrays situations where different ways to view and understand the learning process of children in preschool. In the first two stories The Cakegame and Still life the aim is to describe how me, and my colleagues can have different perceptions on our role as preschool teachers. The purpose of the third story Have you done something fun today? is to present how daily interactions with the children’s guardians can create difficulties describing the process of teaching. Considering these differing views, I have, by reflecting, tried to figure out what it is that has brought on these individual perspectives. I have also looked at how the lacking of a common approach in how the teaching is carried out affects the children in questions. In the essay there is a common thread that to a great part is about the practical knowledge but also about the too varying view on children's learning in preschool, things that was revealed to me through my stories. The essay is also about how to compare between how I and other educators choose to support children in their learning through theoretical and practical knowledge but also through our own experiences and approaches. In this essay I will approach the concept of teaching and I will try to unravel what it means especially for myself, but also for other people that will in some way come in contact with the education system. I will compare the forthcoming pre-school curriculum with the current one to see if that will bring any answers to my questions. The theoretical perspectives I have analysed in relation to my own stories is based on concepts on preschool educators competencies described by researches Sonja Sheridan, Anette Sandberg and Pia Williams. A brief analysis about the concept of scaffold play has also been done, which refers to the supportive education while playing. The reflection is divided into two parts and are based on these two questions: How can the educator understand and interpret the learning assignment? as well as How can the educator describe and mediate the learning assignment?