Many hours of everyday preschool life take place in the hallway, but the environment has long received limited attention in research. In her dissertation, Jessica Samsioe examines how getting dressed and undressed, moving around, and encounters in large preschool halls are organized, as well as what significance they have for children's learning and development.
How can reading aloud contribute to children's language development and learning? In the new book From Reading Aloud to Learning: Focusing on Children's Multimodal Communication, researchers and practicing preschool teachers describe how children's literature can be used as a resource in preschool teaching.
How children encounter and learn about animals in preschool can affect their view on sustainability and biodiversity. This is shown in a new systematic research review by Isabelle Letellier and Emilie Moberg, who examined 35 international studies on teaching about, with, and for animals in preschool.
What does it mean to be a devoted fan? In her research, Kaly Halkawt has been following young fans of queer pop culture, from enchantment to disenchantment. In her dissertation, she shows how fan culture can create community, joy, comfort, and rest in young people's everyday lives.
The PhD student and psychologist John Kaneko’s dissertation Curiosity for Learning in Early Childhood Education and Care presents quantitative and qualitative studies regarding curiosity-driven learning in preschool children.
How are young people's lives, knowledge, and dreams for the future shaped by the place they grow up? Research in child and youth studies at Stockholm University shows that the image of rural youth, especially those interested in EPA tractors, is much more complex than what is often presented in public debate.
The research initiation funded by the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences: “Intimate Connections in Europe – Transnational perspectives on the history of school sex education” was held as a 3-day workshop in Stockholm (April 8–10), with 12 teaching researchers from five European countries: Germany, Sweden, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland participating.
Anna Günther-Hanssen's teaching and research involve, among other things, science, technology, mathematics, and gender in preschool. Interest in STEAM is now increasing with the government's new STEM strategy, and lectures about the project have been requested by several preschools and preschool areas.
A new study shows that Swedish sex education, despite its reputation for being liberal and sex-positive, has long been built on a strong focus on health and risk.
"Borderline Cases: Privacy as a Social Practice in Children’s Everyday Life in Preschool" is a new doctoral thesis by Josefin Forsberg Koel that explores how children experience and practice privacy in preschool settings.
How can preschools best support the language development of the very youngest children? This question is at the heart of a new development project conducted through a ULF agreement and led by Associate Professor Anna Palmer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies.
Many people feel threatened by AI and choose to simply shut it out, but what can AI actually help us with? Can AI free up time from purely administrative, time‑consuming tasks and instead allow us humans to focus on what we do best – human connections, care, judgement, presence, and the love for our work – preschool education.
