Förskollärares föreställningar och förhållningssätt till barns fria lek i förskolan

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this survey is to examine preschool teachers’ perceptions and approach to children’s free play and with which intentions they are participating. This study also aims to examine preschool teachers’ perception of didactic consequences of participation around the free play. This study is analyzed from a phenomenological- and a self-psychological perspective. This survey is based on three qualitative, semi-structed interviews with three graduated preschool teachers. The intention is to get knowledge about their perceptions and approach around the free play in early education. From these preschool teachers’ reasoning in the interviews, my understanding is that the free play is regulated and limited. They described a perception that they participate in the free play to support the children but also to teach them the social interaction. They told me that they could steer away the play if it goes outside the society norms. They said that if that’s the case, they helped the youngsters and sometimes the older children to start a new and approved activity.