The study examines teacher-child interaction in the early childhood classroom using improvisation as an analytic tool to locate pedagogical moments of spontaneous play and sustained shared thinking. The goal was to contribute to the understanding of the interactional mechanisms that occur when creativity is distributed throughout the group. Research of play interaction is fundamental in the context of early childhood education. More precise theoretical formulations of what happens during the play-based interaction between an adult and children are yet rare. One of the reasons is that play as a research phenomenon is complex and hard to operationalize in a systematic way. This study explains, by the means of in-depth case study findings, h...
This is an ethnographic case study of the creation and emergence of a playworld – a pedagogical appr...
Abstract The study aimed at researching collaboration in a group of children under school age, its...
Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkin musiikillista improvisointia eri näkökulmista. Työ koostuu viidestä its...
The purpose of this study is to determine the benovelent social initiatives under three years of kin...
Abstract This study investigates the relationship between play and child development. This work is ...
The aim of this study is to describe the interaction between children and adults in a kindergarten's...
Objectives. In this study, the aim is to examine whether teacher's sensitivity has an influence on c...
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, millaista varhaiskasvattajan vuorovaikutuksellinen ja pedagogi...
A new curriculum for basic education was introduced in Finland in the autumn term of 2016. The new c...
In a recent pedagogical debate the animation is seen as a result of a child-oriented education. It i...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how and for what purposes play is used in teaching in p...
The phenomenon of play is constantly raising many questions for researchers and practitioners. Why ...
Aims. This research is based on the sociocultural background, which sees learning as an interactive ...
Abstract The study focuses on performances of joy in children’s relations in everyday life situatio...
Objectives. The academic relevance of this study is to increase knowledge of the factors that improv...
This is an ethnographic case study of the creation and emergence of a playworld – a pedagogical appr...
Abstract The study aimed at researching collaboration in a group of children under school age, its...
Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkin musiikillista improvisointia eri näkökulmista. Työ koostuu viidestä its...
The purpose of this study is to determine the benovelent social initiatives under three years of kin...
Abstract This study investigates the relationship between play and child development. This work is ...
The aim of this study is to describe the interaction between children and adults in a kindergarten's...
Objectives. In this study, the aim is to examine whether teacher's sensitivity has an influence on c...
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, millaista varhaiskasvattajan vuorovaikutuksellinen ja pedagogi...
A new curriculum for basic education was introduced in Finland in the autumn term of 2016. The new c...
In a recent pedagogical debate the animation is seen as a result of a child-oriented education. It i...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how and for what purposes play is used in teaching in p...
The phenomenon of play is constantly raising many questions for researchers and practitioners. Why ...
Aims. This research is based on the sociocultural background, which sees learning as an interactive ...
Abstract The study focuses on performances of joy in children’s relations in everyday life situatio...
Objectives. The academic relevance of this study is to increase knowledge of the factors that improv...
This is an ethnographic case study of the creation and emergence of a playworld – a pedagogical appr...
Abstract The study aimed at researching collaboration in a group of children under school age, its...
Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkin musiikillista improvisointia eri näkökulmista. Työ koostuu viidestä its...