ASSIST Structured inservice training for preschool assistants and preschool teachers

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ASSISTStructured in-service training for
pre-school assistants and pre-school teachers

• - Department of Education and Psychology

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• People are placed at the center.
• Offer high quality education.
• Adequately large for a broad range of course
  offerings.
• and at the same time
• Suitably small to give our students personal
  care.

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• 13 500 students
• 40 degree programmes
• 925 elective courses

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Undergraduate students registered in campus and
distance education courses(numbers calculated
to full-time studies)

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Educational Programme for Pre-school
Teachers(Main structure)
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• Study Programme in Education, Pre-school, as
  total 210 credits
• General Educational Field, 90 credits
• Courses
• Processes of Learning an Aesthetic perspective,
  15 credits
• Perspectives on the Teaching Role, 15 credits
• Leadership and Learning, 15 credits
• Values in a Democratic Society, 15 credits
• Curriculum Studies Epistemology and Research
  Methods, 30 credits

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• Field of studies Multicultural learning in Early
  Years Programme, 90 credits
• Courses
• Cultural encounters I Children's Play, Learning
  and Development, 15 credits, including practice
  placement
• Basic psychological processes, 7.5 credits
• Developmental-, personality and social
  perspectives, 7.5 credits
• Communicative Development and Language
  Acquisition, 7.5 credits
• Curriculum Studies Drama- Culture
  Communication, 7.5 credits

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• Field of studies Multicultural learning in Early
  Years Programme, 90 credits
• Developmental Psychology, 7.5 credits
• Cultural encounters II Children's Play, Learning
  and Development, 7.5 credits
• Curriculum Studies Early Childhood Literacy, 7.5
  credits
• Curriculum Studies Mathematics in Early Years,
  7.5 credits
• Cultural encounters III, Children's Expression
  and Thematic Work, 15 credits

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Graph 1 Number of children enrolled in
pre-schools, family day-care homes and
leisuretime centres 31 December 19751997 and 15
October 19982005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 18
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Table 7 Number of employees in pre-school and
leisure time centres,converted to annual
employees, distributed by education, 15 October
2005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 26
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ABOUT THE CURRICULUM FOR THE PRE-SCHOOL IN
SWEDEN(National Agency of Education)

• - This is the first curriculum for the pre-school
  
• - Since January 1st 1998, the National Agency for
  Education has acted as the supervisory authority
  for the pre-school as well as for other
  pre-school activities and school-age child care.
• - The curriculum is based on a division of
  responsibility where the state determine the
  overall goals and guidelines for the pre-school
  and where the municipalities take responsibility
  for implementation.
• - In its structure the curriculum of the
  pre-school is consistent with the other two
  curricula for the school system.
• - The aim is that the three curricula should link
  into each other and take a common view of
  knowledge, development and learning.

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NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR THE PRE-SCHOOL IN SWEDEN

• Contents
• 1. Fundamental values and tasks of the pre-school
  
• 2. Goals and guidelines
• 2.1 Norms and values
• 2.2 Development and learning
• 2.3 Influence of the child
• 2.4 Pre-school and home
• 2.5 Co-operation between the pre-school class,
  the school and the leisure-time centre

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Challenges Sweden are facing today

• Future staffing needs
• Quality assurance at pre-schools
• Expenditure on childcare

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Our expectations on the ASSIST-project

• To improve our knowledge concerning In-service
  learning
• Results from the ASSIST-project might contribute
  to the research field of Action Learning within
  pre-schools in an European perspective
• Mutual learning with partner organizations within
  the ASSIST-project

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Table 1 Day-care centres/pre-schools, family
day-care homes and leisure time centres. The
proportion of enrolled children as a percentage
of the population in respective age groups 31
December 19751995 and 15 October 20002005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 18
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Table 2 Number of enrolled children according to
age and as proportion () of population in
respective age groups 15 October 20002005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 19
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Table 3 Number of children in subcontracted or
privately runpre-school, family day-care homes
and leisure time centreson 31 December 1995 and
15 October 20002005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 22
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Table 4 Proportion () of children aged 15, 69
and 1012 enrolled in pre-school, leisure time
centres and family day-care homes of the total
number of children in the respective age groups
according to category of municipality 15 October
2005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 24
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Table 5 Number of sections in preschool by
number of children in the section 2005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 24
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Table 6 Number of annual employees in
pre-school, leisure time centres and open
preschool and the number of childminders on 31
December 1990, 1995 and 15 October 20002005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283, p 26
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Diagram 1 Types of childcare and schools for
which the National Agency for Education is
responsible number ofchildren/pupils and
principalorganisers, 15 October 2005
Source Swedish National Agency for Education
report no. 283