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Eriksson, A. (2021). The "first teachers" assignment and position in preschool. In: : . Paper presented at European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Annual Conference, 2021.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The "first teachers" assignment and position in preschool
2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The aim has been to explore how a new category of teachers, “first teacher”, has been implemented and positioned in the preschool organization and what kind of tasks that are included in their assignment. Even though the Career Services for Teachers (CST) reform (Prop. 2012/13:136) that was introduced in the Swedish education system in 2013, did not apply to teachers in preschool, several municipalities did nevertheless choose to introduce assignments for particularly skilled preschool teachers. According to previous research (Alvehus et al, 2019; Alvunger, 2015, 2016; Eriksson & Player-Koro, 2019), the implementation of the CST reform in compulsory schools has proved problematic from several aspects. The analysis of data has been theoretically informed by Bourdieu's (1993) concepts field and capital. Data production was conducted through ethnographic fieldwork (Walford, 2008; Jeffrey & Troman, 2004), over a period of six months at one preschool. Several kinds of meetings in which the “first teachers”, the principal and or other preschool staff, participated was observed and interviews and analysis of policy documents were conducted. All participants gave their informed consent to participate in the study. The findings show that the implementation of first teachers led to a more hierarchical organization in which the first teachers were positioned between the principal and the other preschool staff and their assignment comprised a lot of different tasks such as pedagogical-, leadership- and administrative ones. The findings will have implications for policy and practice and provide insights on how a CST reform are interpreted and implemented into practice. 

Keywords
educational reform, ethnography, policy, preschool, preschool teacher
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26614 (URN)
Conference
European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Annual Conference, 2021
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2021-10-06 Created: 2021-10-06 Last updated: 2021-12-01Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A. (2019). “First teachers” in preschool – an ethnographic investigation of the implementation of a new category of preschool teacher assignment. In: : . Paper presented at The Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, September 9-11, 2019..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>“First teachers” in preschool – an ethnographic investigation of the implementation of a new category of preschool teacher assignment
2019 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22606 (URN)
Conference
The Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, September 9-11, 2019.
Projects
Att tolka, konkretisera och leda - en studie av förskollärarens förändrade uppdrag
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2020-01-20 Created: 2020-01-20 Last updated: 2020-01-22Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A., Svensson, A.-K. & Beach, D. (2019). Förskolepersonals tal om ansvar i relation till den förtydligade ansvarsstrukturen i svensk förskolepolicy.. Educare (3), 87-112
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Förskolepersonals tal om ansvar i relation till den förtydligade ansvarsstrukturen i svensk förskolepolicy.
2019 (Swedish)In: Educare, ISSN 1653-1868, E-ISSN 2004-5190, no 3, p. 87-112Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22604 (URN)10.24834/educare.2019.3.6 (DOI)
Projects
Att tolka, konkretisera och leda - en studie av förskollärarens förändrade uppdrag
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2020-01-23 Created: 2020-01-23 Last updated: 2023-03-28Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A. & Player-Koro, C. (2019). Förstelärare i matematik. En studie av konsekvenser för undervisning och utveckling av matematikundervisning.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Förstelärare i matematik. En studie av konsekvenser för undervisning och utveckling av matematikundervisning
2019 (Swedish)Report (Refereed)
Publisher
p. 85
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22603 (URN)
Funder
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
Available from: 2020-01-23 Created: 2020-01-23 Last updated: 2020-01-23Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A., Svensson, A.-K. & Beach, D. (2019). Kommunal förvaltning som politisk aktör: Ett perspektiv på policy och förändring inom förskollärarprofessionen.. Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, 24(2), 5-28
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kommunal förvaltning som politisk aktör: Ett perspektiv på policy och förändring inom förskollärarprofessionen.
2019 (Swedish)In: Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, ISSN 1401-6788, E-ISSN 2001-3345, Vol. 24, no 2, p. 5-28Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22605 (URN)10.15626/pfs24.02.01 (DOI)
Projects
Att tolka,konkretisera och leda - en studie av förskollärarens förändrade uppdrag
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2020-01-23 Created: 2020-01-23 Last updated: 2020-01-23Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A. & Player-Koro, C. (2018). First-teachers in Mathematics - A study of the implementation and identification of specifically skilled mathematics teachers. In: : . Paper presented at Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Oslo, March 8-10, 2018.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>First-teachers in Mathematics - A study of the implementation and identification of specifically skilled mathematics teachers
2018 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Keywords
First-teachers, mathematics, career servises for teachers reform, implementation, identification
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-15523 (URN)
Conference
Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Oslo, March 8-10, 2018
Projects
IFAU-projekt
Funder
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
Available from: 2018-12-19 Created: 2018-12-19 Last updated: 2019-01-10Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A., Svensson, A.-K. & Beach, D. (2018). Reformimplemantering i förskolepraktik: Ett exempel på hur förskollärarens ansvar har tolkats och omsatts av förskolechefer och arbetslag. Nordisk tidskrift för allmän didaktik, 4(2), 59-75
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reformimplemantering i förskolepraktik: Ett exempel på hur förskollärarens ansvar har tolkats och omsatts av förskolechefer och arbetslag
2018 (Swedish)In: Nordisk tidskrift för allmän didaktik, ISSN 2002-1534, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 59-75Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article focuses on how responsibilities and tasks have been allocated between preschool teachers and child-care workers some years after the revision of the Swedish National Education Act and the preschool curriculum in 2010, in which the preschool staffs responsibility was clarified. The revision intended to strengthen the educational quality in preschool by providing preschool teachers with an increased responsibility for the educational activities carried out by preschool teams. Our overall aim was to investigate whether the revision has led to a redistribution of responsibilities and/or tasks in the everyday preschool practice carried through by preschool teams consisting of preschool teachers and child-care workers. The investigation is grounded through observations of the daily work of four mixed teams and analyses of local documents, field conversations and interviews with the team members and their heads. Due to the results there has been some redistribution of responsibilities and tasks. For instance, all the heads have made organizational changes in order to enable preschool teachers to take greater responsibility for educational activities and their quality, which in turn resulted in a more hierarchical organization. The article discusses the complexity associated with the interpretation and implementation of an educational reform and its effects.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet, 2018
Keywords
division of labour, education reform, ethnography, policy, preschool teacher, responsibility
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13267 (URN)
Projects
Att tolka, konkretisera och leda - en studie av förskollärarens förändrade uppdrag
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Available from: 2018-12-27 Created: 2018-12-27 Last updated: 2019-01-14Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A. & Player-Koro, C. (2018). The Re-forming of Teachers Professional Knowledge through the Swedish Career Services for Teachers  Reform. In: : . Paper presented at Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Bolzano, Septemer 4-7, 2018..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Re-forming of Teachers Professional Knowledge through the Swedish Career Services for Teachers  Reform
2018 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Keywords
teacher, professional knowledge, Career Services for Teachers Reform
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-15522 (URN)
Conference
Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational research (ECER), Bolzano, Septemer 4-7, 2018.
Projects
IFAU-projekt
Funder
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
Available from: 2018-12-19 Created: 2018-12-19 Last updated: 2019-01-10Bibliographically approved
Richards, T., Erikson, M. G., Eriksson, A., Nagy, A. & Johnson, E. (2017). A conceptual model of how research can influence student development. In: : . Paper presented at Connecting Higher Education: International perspectives on research-based education, London, 26-28 June, 2017.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A conceptual model of how research can influence student development
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2017 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12581 (URN)
Conference
Connecting Higher Education: International perspectives on research-based education, London, 26-28 June, 2017
Available from: 2017-09-18 Created: 2017-09-18 Last updated: 2017-09-19Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, A. & Player-Koro, C. (2017). A policy ethnographic approach on what constitutes ’first teachers’ professional skills in policy and educational practice.. In: Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford: . Paper presented at Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford, 11-13 September, 2017..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A policy ethnographic approach on what constitutes ’first teachers’ professional skills in policy and educational practice.
2017 (English)In: Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford, 2017Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Keywords
Career step reform, Education, Ethnography, First teachers, Policy reform
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Teacher Education and Education Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26701 (URN)
Conference
Oxford Ethnography Conference (OEC), Oxford, 11-13 September, 2017.
Available from: 2021-10-11 Created: 2021-10-11 Last updated: 2022-01-21Bibliographically approved
Organisations
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