ECEC Sweden by Kathryn Hartnett https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds en-us 2016-03-02 15:09:27 UTC 2016-04-22 20:44:26 UTC hello@padlet.com hartnettka14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104319730 2016-04-06 10:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104319730 obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320541 2016-04-06 10:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320541 hartnettka14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320743 2016-04-06 10:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320743 hartnettka14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320809 2016-04-06 10:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320809 hartnettka14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320977 2016-04-06 10:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104320977 hartnettka14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321867 2016-04-06 11:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321867 obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321871 2016-04-06 11:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321871 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321967 2016-04-06 11:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104321967 obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322097 2016-04-06 11:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322097 obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322636 2016-04-06 11:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322636  In Sweden, preschool is open to all children aged 1-5 years. Preschool is part of the educational system and has a national curriculum that is linked to the curricula for other school forms within the system of education (Swedish National Agency of Education, 2006). The preschool curriculum both embraces fundamental values and a variety of learning gaols to strive for. The question is, has Sweden, at a societal level, reached its gaols concerning family reforms and preschool quality? From an international perspective, the Swedish preschool quality is highly valued (OECD, 2001). Its high quality is also confirmed by two cross-cultural studies with regard to differences in preschool quality. One is a cross-cultural study between Swedish and German preschools conducted in 1997 and followed up in 1999 (Sheridan & Schüster, 2001). The other study is a cross-cultural study of preschool quality in South Korea and Sweden (Sheridan, Giota, Han, & Kwon, 2009a). The results show that there are some differences in preschool quality that might be interpreted as being related to each country’s national welfare system. Observed differences were that the staff-child ratio was higher in Sweden than in Germany and South Korea. This gave the Swedish teachers greater opportunities to interact and communicate with the children, which resulted in a higher preschool quality. The Swedish group organisation of toddlers (1–3 years of age) and siblings (1–5 years of age) also made it possible to organise the children into smaller groups according to each child’s experiences, skills and competences, resulting in an expanded variety of learning opportunities. There was a balance between teacherand child-initiated activities. In the German preschools, the schedule was often child-initiated, while the South Korean preschools had a more rigid teacher-planned schedule. The focus of the South Korean preschools was mainly on the development of children’s academic skills in areas such a sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322768 2016-04-06 11:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322768 obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322990 2016-04-06 11:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104322990 It is evident that national policy and support are not only important for individual children’s learning and wellbeing but also for society itself. It is stated that preschool has the highest long-term effects on the public budget. Having a high quality ECEC for all children requires political commitment. In Sweden there has been a family policy for several generations in which the state and the family share responsibility for children’s upbringing and education from early years. As pointed out earlier, this has not happened by itself. Women have advocated strongly for their right to both equality and equity, while fathers have been encouraged to share the responsibility and take an active part in young children’s lives from birth (Pramling Samuelsson & Sheridan, 2009). Sweden may be one of the countries in the world that is spending most money on ECEC. In Sweden the GDP allocated to ECEC is 1.4%. Compare this with Britain, where less than 0.4% is used for the same purpose. Most Swedish preschools have similar conditions in terms of financial inputs, regulations from society, and the number of children, but nevertheless they differ in quality sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104323836 2016-04-06 11:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104323836 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104324701 2016-04-06 11:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104324701 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104325954 2016-04-06 11:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104325954 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104327129 2016-04-06 11:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/104327129 Contents of presentation  obrienre14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/105167713 1. Routine : Kate 
2. enviroment - family/ school/society - Sonali 
3. Curriculum : Rebecca 
4. Food : P 
5. Governments role in ecec effect on child : Sonali 
6. Play : Kate 
7. Parental involvement  Rebecca
8. Teacher i.e qualifications P 
9. How does policy affect encouraging independence . organisation, social skills, emotional readiness and communication skills. ]]> 2016-04-11 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/105167713 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/105198201 2016-04-11 23:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/105198201 sonaliro14 https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/107327789 Found this video interesting.]]> 2016-04-22 20:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hartnettka14/d5oq2sou8xds/wish/107327789