attitudes och values toward play and toys – reflections over time
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Attitudes och Values toward Play and Toys – Reflections over Time. Anette Sandberg and Tuula Vuorinen Mälardalen University Department of Social Science. A Human Being is Always a Product of its´ Time and Enviroment - a sociocultural perspective. Vygotsky (1930; 1990), Säljö (2000). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Attitudes och Values toward Play and Toys – Reflections over Time
Anette Sandberg and Tuula Vuorinen
Mälardalen UniversityDepartment of Social Science
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A Human Being is Always a Product of its´ Time and Enviroment- a sociocultural perspective
Vygotsky (1930; 1990), Säljö (2000)
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The Purpose of this Study is to Describe and Analyze Play through
a Contemporary Historical Perspective.
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This study is based on interviews with 111 female preschoolteachers´and students´.
34 years and younger
35 years and older
Total
Preschool-teachers
25 34 59
Students 31 21 52
Total 56 55 111
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Areas reflected in external conditions of play and /or in play content
• Increased welfare • Women´s entry into working life• Urbanization• Secularization• Increased range of media
Results
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Childrens´ play today were often described from a deficiency perspective e.g. there is a lack of time for play, there is a lack of fantasy and imagination within the play and play is
often seen as to inspired by media.
What opportunities do children have to influence the contents of activities in preschool when preschoolteachers
look upon childrens own cultural activities and values from a deficieny perspective?
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Values and Attitudes towards Childrens´Play Today ?
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Influence of the Child
The pre-school provides the foundations for children to understand what democracy is. /… / The needs and interests which children themselves express in different ways should provide the foundation for shaping the environment and planning pedagogical activities.
The work-team should /…/ • prepare the children for participating in and sharing the responsibilities, rights and obligations that apply in a democratic society.
Curriculum for the pre-school, Lpfö 98, (p.11-12)
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