Lapsen ”liikkumavara" varhaiskasvatuksen eetosten ristivedossa
Keywords:
Early childhood education and care, documentation, arts educationAbstract
This study restructures the Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) and preschool practice by discussing three different compositions of data. We were interested in the question of what kind of space is left for children in ECEC. The data were document collections of an individual child; a group of toddlers in a kindergarten; and a development project, which was carried out in ten kindergartens and preschools. Those document collections were in this study exposed through the societal, normative, and individual ethos. The data were analyzed by using qualitative methods. As a conclusion it is suggested that finding a balance between the societal, normative and individual ethos creates an educational area, which is described as children’s latitude in ECEC. Discussing the document collections critically opened questions about the need of developing ECEC and the education of ECEC practitioners.
