Preschool Teachers as Keepers of Traditions and Agents of Change

Autor/inn/en	Puskás, Tünde; Andersson, Anita
Titel	Preschool Teachers as Keepers of Traditions and Agents of Change
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 41 (2021) 2-3, S.190-201 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Puskás, Tünde)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2018.1515892
Schlagwörter	Preschool Teachers; Preschool Education; Educational Change; Video Technology; Teaching Methods; Semiotics; Preschool Curriculum; Change Agents; Cultural Maintenance; Language Maintenance; Educational Objectives; Teacher Attitudes; Holidays; Socialization; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Bildungsreform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Semiotik; Sprachpflege; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lehrerverhalten; Holiday; Feiertag; Ferien; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	According to the Swedish Preschool Curriculum, one of the tasks of the preschool is to pass on a cultural heritage, its values, traditions and history, language and knowledge, from one generation to the next. The formulation indicates that cultural heritage plays an important role in defining the tasks of preschool teachers as far as the transmission of cultural norms is concerned. The aim of the overall study was to explore how Swedish preschool teachers implement and reflect on the task of transmitting a cultural heritage. This paper has its focus on how a particular cultural tradition, Easter, is celebrated in two preschools. The empirical data consists of 227 min video data from two preschools. The video data were analysed through qualitative content analysis with a focus on how different semiotic resources, actions and artefacts are used to perform Easter. The different modes of enacting traditions are used as instruments of socialisation into a cultural heritage as well as means of actualisation of a preschool pedagogy. While preschool teachers can be seen as agents of change who challenge some of the ways of celebrating a tradition, they are also agents of national reproduction. Thus, the teachers both enact the curriculum and build a bricolage of elements, some of which represent continuity, while others represent change. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01