Traditions and Trends: Two Icelandic Preschool Teachers' Practices, Goals, and Beliefs About Early Childhood Education
Einarsdottir, Johanna
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Description
Title
Traditions and Trends: Two Icelandic Preschool Teachers' Practices, Goals, and Beliefs About Early Childhood Education
Author(s)
Einarsdottir, Johanna
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Spodek, Bernard
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Early Childhood
Language
eng
Abstract
The study shows that, in general, Helga and Kristin's methods, goals, and beliefs are in many ways similar. They emphasize social skills, play, child-initiated activities, happiness, body-contact, nourishment, well-being, and environmental awareness. This reflects a romantic view of children and child rearing, a view that the traditional Icelandic view of raising children shares. Their pedagogical work differs in other ways, with Helga underscoring more content oriented goals, focusing on preparation for school, on language, and on literacy development. Her methods and goals are more in line with the ideology presented in the contemporary literature on early childhood education, especially coming from the United States. Kristin's goals, on the other hand, are more global and related to the Scandinavian and Icelandic preschool tradition, focusing on freedom and creativity, and on less structured and more informal methods.
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