Lekens betydelse för matematisk begreppsutveckling i förskoleklass : En nanlys av lärares inlägg på sociala medier

Sammanfattning: Mathematics is a subject that contains many different concepts that are ultimately important for students to have knowledge of in order to cope with the subject, but also everyday situations. The teaching of mathematics often means that the students get to meet mathematics by working through the mathematics textbook, where an alternative could be to let the students meet mathematics and its concepts through play. Play is especially important as a teaching method in preschool class, because preschool class is expected to use the playful pedagogy from preschool to prepare students for the school years to come. The purpose of this study is therefore to gain more knowledge in how preschool class teachers can promote students´ concept development in mathematics, by using play as a teaching method. The following research questions are addressed:  ·       What kinds of games are presented by teachers on social media to develop students´ mathematical conceptual ability in mathematics?  ·       What aspects of the teacher´s role are displayed on social media when it comes to students´ mathematical concept development through play? Posts on social media were collected, to see how active teachers in preschool class work with play in the subject of mathematics. The prevailing pandemic that took place at the time the work was written, influenced the choice of method. Social media is a collective name for a number of different platforms and for this work, 4 different platforms were selected to see how teachers use play in their mathematics lessons. To help analyzing the various posts, an analysis protocol was developed with various aspects around, among other things, the teacher´s role in the play. The results show that play in many posts is used in concept development. The results also show that teachers let their students work with different pedagogically materials and play to attach many of all the concepts of mathematics.