Bemötandet av barn frågor i ämnet biologi : En studie om hur pedagogerna bemöter barns frågor vid en biologiaktivitet

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study was to study how the educators communicate with children by finding out how they respond to the children's questions in an activity that contains the subject of biology. But also to get a deeper understanding of how the educators think when dealing with the children's issues in the activity and whether there are any connections between how the educators think and act when interacting with the children. The study was carried out in two different preschools with four different educators during four different activities in the subject of biology. In the activities, between 3-5 children aged 3-5 years were present. I have used structured observation and a supplementary semi-structured interview after the observation with each educator. The result of my study shows that the way educators respond to the children's issues in the activities varies, but the fellow researching way of asking counter-questions to the children is the treatment that dominated the responses. The result showed that all educators felt it was important to start from the children's interest when conducting the activity. Differences can be seen in the result of how the educator addresses the child in practice and how they think about their own way of interacting with the children.