International research has shown that several countries have adopted a cautious attitude towards ... more International research has shown that several countries have adopted a cautious attitude towards physical touch between educators and children. Physical touch in preschool is a sensitive and diffic ...
Many studies have reported that there has been a change over time in the physical contact between... more Many studies have reported that there has been a change over time in the physical contact betweeneducators and children. The purpose of this study is to investigate how experienced preschool teachers describe the historical changes that have taken place during their professional lives in terms of the view of physical contact between educators and children. The empirical material consists of semi-structured interviews with 30 qualified preschool teachers. The material has been analyzed on the basis of Beck’s theory of risk society and the concepts “becoming” and “being”. The results show that the participants express that the view has changed within four different areas, which in turn affects how physical contact between educators and children is perceived. These four areas are the view of the child, of the role of preschool teachers, of male educators, and of nudity. It is well known that the view of the preschool teaching profession, as well as the view of children, have changed an...
Preschool teacher students talk about children : a story about femininities and masculinities?
Preschool teacher students talk about children : a story about femininities and masculinities?
Fallet med de störande manliga studenterna. : En situation tolkad utifrån fyra förklaringsmodeller
Fallet med de storande manliga studenterna. : En situation tolkad utifran fyra forklaringsmodeller
Preschool-teacher and man : Handling gender-specific expectations
Jämställdhet som didaktisk utmaning inom lärarutbildningen
The Glass Funnel: A Tool to Analyse the Gender Regime of Healthcare Education and Work
The concepts glass escalator and glass ceiling have been widely used in studies of gender and org... more The concepts glass escalator and glass ceiling have been widely used in studies of gender and organisations. In this paper we propose a novel metaphor to describe and analyse gender segregation and...
Beröring i förskolan – omsorg eller fara?
Teaching gender in teacher education : Challenging common sense
The construction of girls and science in Swedish school politics
Talet om fler män till förskolan: att teoretisera praktisk kunskap om genus
Touch in preschool - care or risk? : Paperpresentation
Man och förskollärare – att positioneras som ”annorlunda”
Preschool directors speak about how they handle parents' suspicions towards men Caring for childr... more Preschool directors speak about how they handle parents' suspicions towards men Caring for children and teaching the youngest students has a strong historical connection to women and femininity. The few men working within ECEC have an ambivalent position. On the one hand, they often receive a positive reception in preschools, and on the other hand, they are also met with mistrust and suspicion. The suspicion often comes from parents, and their views have come to bear increasing importance. Preschool directors who have men on their staff thus have a dilemma to manage: they must listen to parents' views at the same time as they have a personnel responsibility towards all their employees. The purpose of the present study is to describe and analyse how preschool directors reason about the parental suspicion and concern that male educators can encounter because they are men. The empirical material consists of interviews with ten preschool directors, of which five are women and five are men. The study shows that preschool directors experience that parents want male personnel to refrain from performing certain tasks at the preschool. Some of the directors take a principle-based approach and emphasise that men and women should carry out the same work duties. Other directors maintain a dialogue-based approach, focusing on conducting a dialogue with concerned parents.
The preschool teacher is a profession that is highly associated with femininity, and a very large... more The preschool teacher is a profession that is highly associated with femininity, and a very large majority of staff in preschools are women. Due to the current high recruitment needs in Swedish pre ...
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