Det livslånga lärandets förutsättningar: Den kommunala förskolans kompetensförsörjning i tider av förskollärarbrist
(2020) STVM25 20201Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis explores the diverging trend of preschool teacher-child ratio in Swedish municipal preschools and the conditions behind this development. Despite a long tradition of public childcare in Sweden, the government and municipalities report a shortage of preschool teachers, a profession essential for satisfying the pedagogical mission inscribed in the Swedish preschool curricula. In the light of this shortage, firstly a descriptive analysis of the development was conducted, with a result showing that although the majority of municipalities suffers under the shortage of preschool teachers, some municipalities and a category of municipalities increase preschool teacher-child ratio. The study then tries to explain this variation by... (More)
- This thesis explores the diverging trend of preschool teacher-child ratio in Swedish municipal preschools and the conditions behind this development. Despite a long tradition of public childcare in Sweden, the government and municipalities report a shortage of preschool teachers, a profession essential for satisfying the pedagogical mission inscribed in the Swedish preschool curricula. In the light of this shortage, firstly a descriptive analysis of the development was conducted, with a result showing that although the majority of municipalities suffers under the shortage of preschool teachers, some municipalities and a category of municipalities increase preschool teacher-child ratio. The study then tries to explain this variation by means of a standardized multiple regression analysis. The result shows that municipal population growth have some relationship with increased preschool teacher-child ratio, but that this relationship is relatively weak and in turn motivates a qualitative inquiry into other factors behind the development. Even though the result of the interviews suggest that organizational forms, wage levels and general staff-child ratio may have positive effects for the preschool teacher-child ratio, the result is not unequivocal nor generalizable, which calls for further research on the topic and a refinement of theoretical grounds. (Less)
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- author
- Lopez Valdivieso Svensson, David LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM25 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- svenska kommuner, ECEC, förskollärarbrist, preschool teachers
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9009671
- date added to LUP
- 2020-08-14 12:33:50
- date last changed
- 2020-08-14 12:33:50
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abstract = {{This thesis explores the diverging trend of preschool teacher-child ratio in Swedish municipal preschools and the conditions behind this development. Despite a long tradition of public childcare in Sweden, the government and municipalities report a shortage of preschool teachers, a profession essential for satisfying the pedagogical mission inscribed in the Swedish preschool curricula. In the light of this shortage, firstly a descriptive analysis of the development was conducted, with a result showing that although the majority of municipalities suffers under the shortage of preschool teachers, some municipalities and a category of municipalities increase preschool teacher-child ratio. The study then tries to explain this variation by means of a standardized multiple regression analysis. The result shows that municipal population growth have some relationship with increased preschool teacher-child ratio, but that this relationship is relatively weak and in turn motivates a qualitative inquiry into other factors behind the development. Even though the result of the interviews suggest that organizational forms, wage levels and general staff-child ratio may have positive effects for the preschool teacher-child ratio, the result is not unequivocal nor generalizable, which calls for further research on the topic and a refinement of theoretical grounds.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Det livslånga lärandets förutsättningar: Den kommunala förskolans kompetensförsörjning i tider av förskollärarbrist}},
year = {{2020}},
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