scholarly journals «Her var det to sauer» Om barnehagelæreres matematikkfokuserte kompetanse

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Einar Sæbbe

Barnehagelærernes kompetanse blir ofte trukket fram som barnehagens viktigste ressurs, men likevel har norsk barnehageforskning i liten grad undersøkt hva barnehagelærerne i barnehagen gjør og hvilken kompetanse de bruker når de jobber med matematikk. Det blir ofte tatt for gitt at det er sammenheng mellom lærerens kompetanse og barnas læring, men få studier har undersøkt hvorfor og hvordan disse sammenhengene viser seg i praksis. Forskningen har i all hovedsak konsentrert seg om hvilken kompetanse lærerne har eller trenger – uten å undersøke empirisk hvilken kompetanse de bruker i sin profesjonelle praksis. Den økende satsingen på realfag i barnehagen aktualiserer behovet for forskning som kan bidra til å utvikle ny kunnskap om hvordan matematikkarbeid i barnehagen gjennomføres og hvilke kompetansekrav dette stiller til barnehagelærerne. Slik forskningsbasert kunnskap kan bidra til mer bevisst arbeid med matematikk i barnehagen, og til å utvikle innholdet i matematikkundervisningen i barnehagelærerutdanningen til bedre å møte de kravene norsk barnehage stiller til barnehagelærernes kompetanse. Resultatene fra en kvalitativ casestudie av fem barnehagelærere indikerer og bekrefter at barnehagelærernes kompetanse i matematikk består av fagkompetanse og didaktisk kompetanse. I tillegg ser det ut til at barnehagelærernes kompetanse til å skape felles oppmerksomhet er essensiell for arbeidet med matematikk i barnehagen. I den nordiske barnehagetradisjonen, der arbeidet preges av lek og hverdagsaktiviteter, skal det i alle barnehager arbeides målrettet med matematikk. Rammeplan for barnehagens innhold og oppgaver gir barnehagelærerne ansvaret for dette arbeidet og kaller fagområdet for Antall, rom og form.Nøkkelord: barnehagelærere, matematisk kompetanse, matematikkundervisning"There are two sheep here"On kindergarten teachers' mathematical competenceAbstractKindergarten teachers’ competence is often considered to be the most important asset of kindergarten, but Norwegian early childhood education researchers have still paid little attention to investigating what kindergarten teachers are doing and what competence they use when working with mathematics in kindergarten. It is often taken for granted that there is a connection between teachers’ competence and children’s learning, but few studies attempt to understand why and how these connections appear in practice. Research has primarily concentrated on what competence teachers have or need – without empirically examining what competence they use in their professional practice. The increasing focus on mathematics and science in kindergarten highlights the need for research that might contribute to generating new knowledge about how mathematical work is implemented in kindergarten and what competence demands this poses for the kindergarten teachers. This kind of research based knowledge might lead to more intentional mathematical work in kindergarten, and to development of the content of mathematics teaching in kindergarten teacher education in order to better face the demands that Norwegian kindergarten poses in terms of kindergarten teachers’ competence. The results from a qualitative case study of five kindergarten teachers indicate that kindergarten teachers’ competence in mathematics consists of content knowledge as well as didactical competence in mathematics. In addition, it appears that kindergarten teachers’ competence in reaching joint attention is essential to the work of teaching mathematics in kindergarten. In the Nordic kindergarten tradition, where the main focus is on play and everyday activities, every kindergarten is still required to carry out intentional mathematical work. The national framework for kindergarten places the responsibility for this work with the kindergarten teachers — in the framework, this learning area is called Quantities, spaces and shapes.Keywords: kindergarten teachers, mathematical competence, mathematics teaching

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401773934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Solehuddin ◽  
Vina Adriany

The notion of social justice has often been overlooked in the field of early childhood education because many teachers think that it is too early to introduce the concept to young children. Using multicultural theories, this article attempts to explore kindergarten teachers’ perceptions on the issue of social justice. The method adopted in this research is case study. Thirteen kindergarten teachers from five different schools in three different cities in West Java, Indonesia, are selected as participants. Data are collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed using a grounded approach. Findings of this study highlight the extent to which kindergarten teachers understand issues of social justice in terms of equality of treatment. The findings also illuminate complexities faced by the teachers in negotiating social justice in their teaching. The findings also indicate the need to reform curriculum for teacher training programs to include matters like social justice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazizah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Noor Ashikin Mohd Yusop ◽  
Sopia Md Yassin ◽  
Zainiah@Zaniah Mohamed Isa

 The mastery of science subjects among students in Malaysia is still at an incredible level, this has been proven as a result of the results in Mathematics and Science subjects through the study of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 where even though the country's results are increasing compared to 2011 but ranking of Malaysian students is still lagging among Southeast Asian countries. Hence, this study is conducted for the purpose of exploring the skills of the science process through project activities at the early stage of early childhood education. In addition, this study was conducted in a qualitative study using a holistic case study design involving Compact Fertilizer Case, and Chocolate Gallery on a kindergarten in the state of Perak. The participants involved in this study were two focus groups consisting of 20 children and two educators. In fact, the involvement of participants in this study is through a framework known as Framework for Responsive Participatory Research Method. The survey data is obtained through triangulation results from unstructured interviews, observations and documents. Overall, the findings show that the most dominant science process skills dominated by the children are the observation skills followed by inference and predicting. In addition, the findings show that children also achieve the integrated science skills while conducting investigations among them is to build hypotheses and experiments. Therefore, project activity is an alternative approach in imposing a child's mind towards scientific thinking by 2050.


2019 ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Toby Long

This paper discusses the evolution of the early childhood education system from excluding children with disabilities to fully including them in a manner emphasizing full participation.  Evidence indicates meaningful participation in everyday activities is necessary for development to occur. The essential elements needed to bring about participation will be presented as well as specific evidence-based strategies used to promote inclusion and participation.


Author(s):  
Susan EVANS

This case study explores the strategic business opportunities, for Lane Crawford, an iconic luxury department store, to transition in a circular economy towards sustainability. A new experimentation framework was developed and conducted among cross departmental employees, during a Design Lab, with intention to co-create novel Circular Economy business concepts towards a new vision: the later was a reframe of the old system based on the principles of sustainability; to move beyond a linear operational model towards a circular economy that can contribute to a regenerative society. This work draws on both academic and professional experience and was conducted through professional practice. It was found that innovative co-created concepts, output from the Design Lab, can create radical change in a circular economy that is holistically beneficial and financially viable; looking forward to extract greater value a)Internal organization requires remodeling to transform towards a circular economy; b)Requirement for more horizonal teams across departments vs solely vertical; c)New language and relationships are required to be able to transition towards a circular economy; d)Some form of physical and virtual space requirements, for cross-disciplinary teams to come together to co-create; e)Ability to iterate, learn and evolve requires agency across the business


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-428
Author(s):  
Özgün Ünver ◽  
Ides Nicaise

This article tackles the relationship between Turkish-Belgian families with the Flemish society, within the specific context of their experiences with early childhood education and care (ECEC) system in Flanders. Our findings are based on a focus group with mothers in the town of Beringen. The intercultural dimension of the relationships between these families and ECEC services is discussed using the Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM). The acculturation patterns are discussed under three main headlines: language acquisition, social interaction and maternal employment. Within the context of IAM, our findings point to some degree of separationism of Turkish-Belgian families, while they perceive the Flemish majority to have an assimilationist attitude. This combination suggests a conflictual type of interaction. However, both parties also display some traits of integrationism, which points to the domain-specificity of interactive acculturation.


Author(s):  
Somboon Watana, Ph.D.

Thai Buddhist meditation practice tradition has its long history since the Sukhothai Kingdom about 18th B.E., until the present day at 26th B.E. in the Kingdom of Thailand. In history there were many well-known Buddhist meditation master teachers, i.e., SomdejPhraBhudhajaraya (To Bhramarangsi), Phraajarn Mun Puritatto, Luang Phor Sodh Chantasalo, PhramahaChodok Yanasitthi, and Buddhadasabhikkhu, etc. Buddhist meditation practice is generally regarded by Thai Buddhists to be a higher state of doing a good deed than doing a good deed by offering things to Buddhist monks even to the Buddha. Thai Buddhists believe that practicing Buddhist meditation can help them to have mindfulness, peacefulness in their own lives and to finally obtain Nibbana that is the ultimate goal of Buddhism. The present article aims to briefly review history, and movement of Thai Buddhist Meditation Practice Tradition and to take a case study of students’ Buddhist meditation practice research at the university level as an example of the movement of Buddhist meditation practice tradition in Thailand in the present.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Lisna Sulinar Sari

Abstrak: Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini yaitu dari jumlah lembaga PAUD yang ada diKota Banjarmasin belum semuanya memiliki perencanaan khususnya pada analisispeningkatan legalitas kelembagaan PAUD dan analisis kebutuhan pendidikan untuk anak usiadini (AUD). Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan studi kasus dengan analisis data deskrtifkuantitatif dan kualitataif. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa: i) Disdik Kota Banjarmasin danLembaga PAUD sampel tidak melakukan perencanaan yang baik untuk pendataan analisiskebutuhan pendidikan AUD; ii) Belum semua lembaga PAUD sampel memiliki izinoperasional dikarenakan adanya persyaratan yang belum dapat dipenuhi karena memerlukanbiaya yang cukup besar seperti, pembuatan akta notaris; iii) Belum semua lembaga PAUDmemiliki sarpras sesuai dengan pedoman sarana dan prasarana dari pusat; iv) untuk membantuketersediaan sarpras, Disdik Kota Banjarmasin sudah mengalokasikan dana APBD II berupabantuan RKB, rehab kelas rusak ringan dan berat, serta bantuan APE Dalam dan Luar berupabarang. Abstract: The problem in this study is from the number of early childhood institutions in thecity of Banjarmasin not all have plans in particular to the analysis of institutional legalityincrease early childhood education and educational needs analysis for early childhood (AUD).This study uses a case study approach to data analysis of quantitative and qualitative deskrtif.The study shows that: i) Disdik Banjarmasin and Institutions ECD sample is not doing betterplanning for data analysis AUD educational needs; ii) Not all the samples of early childhoodinstitutions have an operating permit because of the requirements can not be met because itrequires significant costs such as notary deed; iii) Not all early childhood institutions haveinfrastructure accordance with the guidelines of the central infrastructure; iv) to assist theavailability infrastructure, Disdik Banjarmasin already allocated budget II in the form ofclassroom assistance, rehabilitation of damaged light and heavy classes, as well as the In andOut APE assistance in the form of goods.


2020 ◽  
pp. 002216782098214
Author(s):  
Tami Gavron

This article describes the significance of an art-based psychosocial intervention with a group of 9 head kindergarten teachers in Japan after the 2011 tsunami, as co-constructed by Japanese therapists and an Israeli arts therapist. Six core themes emerged from the analysis of a group case study: (1) mutual playfulness and joy, (2) rejuvenation and regaining control, (3) containment of a multiplicity of feelings, (4) encouragement of verbal sharing, (5) mutual closeness and support, and (6) the need to support cultural expression. These findings suggest that art making can enable coping with the aftermath of natural disasters. The co-construction underscores the value of integrating the local Japanese culture when implementing Western arts therapy approaches. It is suggested that art-based psychosocial interventions can elicit and nurture coping and resilience in a specific cultural context and that the arts and creativity can serve as a powerful humanistic form of posttraumatic care.


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