Communicative Tools and Modes in Thematic Preschool Work

Autor/inn/en	Ahlskog-Björkman, Eva; Björklund, Camilla
Titel	Communicative Tools and Modes in Thematic Preschool Work
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 186 (2016) 8, S.1243-1258 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2015.1085863
Schlagwörter	Preschool Teachers; Preschool Education; Communication Strategies; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Early Childhood Education; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Verbal Communication; Aesthetics; Visual Stimuli; Nonverbal Communication; Finland; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kommunikationsstrategie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Ästhetik; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Finnland; Schweden
Abstract	This study focuses on teachers' ways of mediating meaning through communicative tools and modes in preschool thematic work. A socio-cultural perspective is used for analysis on how tools and modes are provided for children to make use of for communicative purposes. The research questions are: (1) what communicative tools do teachers use in their pedagogical work, and for what purposes; (2) how are different modes for communication established and challenged. In-depth interviews with six preschool teachers and documentation from their preschool practices are analysed to answer the questions. The results show that teachers are using multiple tools to communicate meaning and to provide children with opportunities to make sense of tools and modes for communication. Different modes presume skills for using specific tools for communication, which is discussed through three cases that provide a basis for explaining how children are afforded opportunities to establish and challenge socio-culturally mediated modes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01