Pedagogisk dokumentation med barn i åldrarna 1–3 år

This qualitative study describes how educators work with the educational documentation in relation to the curriculum's intentions and how the youngest children in pre-school activities are influenced and given involvement in this work. Based on the phenomenological theory of this study, four educators in about 30 minutes have shared their experiences and knowledge of this work during interviews. Because of the general purpose, these questions are answered in the study; 1) How does the educator interpret the educational documentation? 2) How do the educators contribute the children to become involved and influenced by the process of the educational documentation? 3) How shows the educators interpretation of precedence? As well as 4) What child is sought from the perspective of the informants regarding the work with the educational documentation? The outcome of these questions shows that the educators work with the pedagogical documentation includes an attempt to approach children's perspective based on interpretations of children's body language and mimics. This because children without the verbal language can´t express themselves in words in the same way as children with verbal ability. The result also shows that the work involves encouragement and visualization of the "competent child", which may pose a risk as the educators often focus on the children's performance in the documentation. A risk that also could contribute to a deviation from the norm for the introvert, silent and shy children. The idea of ​​the competent child can accordingly lead to consequences in which not every child has the same opportunities for participation and influence, about the children's democratic right, but also a prerequisite for the educational work