Samverkan mellan förskola och hem : En fenomenografisk studie om personalens frånvaro i förskolan och dess inverkan på samverkan

Sammanfattning: The aim of the study is to use a phenomenographic approach to highlight how educators in preschool perceive that their absence can affect the phenomenon of collaboration between guardians and educators. The research questions that have been the starting point of the investigation are about how the educators describe their perception of collaboration between preschool and home, how the educators describe their perception of absence among the educators in preschool and how they describe their experience of absence in relation to collaboration. Through a qualitative approach, the survey was conducted in the form of ten individual semi-structured interviews based on a flexible interview guide. The informants consisted of principals, preschool teachers and other educators who work in preschools. The phenomenographic analysis resulted in six categories of description which then form two outcome spaces. The outcome spaces were Educators absence can affect collaboration and Educators absence does not have to have an impact on collaboration. The categories of description and the outcome spaces together highlight the educators perceptions of how the educator's absence can affect the collaboration between preschool and guardians. The result shows a variety of perceptions where the outcome space The absence of educators can affect collaboration summarized into three factors for a non-functioning collaboration, which are absent educators, lack of conditions and insecure relationships. The outcome space Educators absence does not have to have an impact on collaboration was also summarized into three factors for a well-functioning collaboration, which were educators present, good conditions and secure relationships. The conclusion was that the educator's absence in preschool is a contributing factor to the fact that cooperation with guardians is affected. On the other hand, there are clear success factors which mean that absence does not have to affect cooperation.