Intressera, aktivera, fascinera : En vetenskaplig essä om att skapa intresse för naturvetenskap och hållbar utveckling

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this scientific essay is to seek answers to how I as a preschool teacher can teach and create conditions for the children to develop an interest in science and sustainable development. Based on the first story where children play in freedom in nature, I wonder what role children's free exploration plays for learning in science and sustainable development. The other stories depict two teaching collection situations, one of which depicts some children who lose interest in the subjects, and the other depicts when my control is partially lost. The question is therefore how I as a preschool teacher can develop my didactic ability where the children's influence and interest is maintained in the activities. I also investigate how I as a preschool teacher can work with the preschool environment and through which activities I can create interest and understanding for sustainable development. The essay's research method is essay writing with reflective text linked to three stories. The reflection part consists of own reflections and with the help of scientific studies in science and sustainable development as well as the preschool curriculum. Theoretical concepts used are free exploration, didactics, children's influence, the importance of play, the role of the preschool teacher, recycling, activities and experiments. The study shows that children's free exploration of nature is important and significant for connecting with it and arousing the desire to explore it, where the feeling of wonder, fascination and reverence can emerge. By interacting with the children and taking their perspective in playful ways where the children are active, I can develop my didactic ability. With that starting point, I can ask didactic questions based on my knowledge and work in small groups. The work with sustainable development in the preschool environment can consist of space for recycling, cultivation boxes, compost and recycling of rainwater and different materials, to do different activities in the business, such as different water experiments and the carbon cycle. Support structure and continuing education are also included in the subject.