Rasten ur ett fritidshemsperspektiv : En kvalitativ studie om fritidspedagogers syn på rasten och elevers sociala samspel i olika rastverksamheter

Sammanfattning: The recess is a place where many students meet and social context becomes a big part of their day. The recess offers opportunities for students to practice social interaction, which is also a large part of the leisure-time centre's mission. The study is based on the socio-cultural perspective and the investigation is based on qualitative methods such as interviews and observations. The purpose of the study is to find out more about how student’s interaction is emphasized during the recess through free play, controlled and student-led activities. Through the interviews, we want to investigate how educators view their role and the opportunity to influence students' social learning. Finally, we want to draw attention to similarities in the social learning that takes place through play and participation in activities at the recess and the learning that takes place at the leisure-time centre.  The results of the study show that the different recess activities contribute in different ways to the students' social learning. The educators see both the pros and the cons of the different forms of recess activities and the conclusion is that a variety of break activities are needed to create social contexts for all students. The social interaction that takes place during the recess is largely reminiscent of what happens in the leisure-time centre's activities.