Democracy and care: values education in Nordic preschools

Ole Henrik Hansen; Anders Skriver Jensen; Stig Broström

Democracy and care: values education in Nordic preschools

Ole Henrik Hansen, Anders Skriver Jensen, Stig Broström

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This chapter deals with caring and democratic values expressed in interactions between practitioners and children in Nordic preschool settings for children aged one to five. Caring values are expressed when the practitioner shows a specific emotional attitude, openness, and sensitivity in striving to understand the child’s perspective and, with reference to Tomasello, when the practitioner creates zones of joint attention. Democratic values are analyzed with reference to Biesta’s concepts of normal and sporadic democracy. Interactions between children and practitioners build on a complexity of values; research shows a concurrent prevalence of caring, disciplinary, and democratic values. In this chapter, we focus on caring and democratic values, exploring the following research question: How are caring and democratic values communicated in interactions between children and practitioners? Our research shows that caring, disciplinary, and democratic values often overlap and are expressed simultaneously. In addition, it is both possible and necessary to establish a number of value subcategories in order to create an intentional and goal-oriented values education. To this end, we also categorize and conceptualize these subcategories.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development : concepts, approaches and practices
Editors	Eva Johansson, Anette Emilson, Anna-Maija Puroila
Number of pages	12
Place of publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	15 May 2018
Pages	215-230
Chapter	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319755588
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-75559-5
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2018

Series	Intenational perspectives on early childhood eduation and development
Volume	23
ISSN	2468-8746

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Hansen, Ole Henrik ; Skriver Jensen, Anders ; Broström, Stig. / Democracy and care : values education in Nordic preschools. International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development: concepts, approaches and practices. editor / Eva Johansson ; Anette Emilson ; Anna-Maija Puroila. Cham : Springer, 2018. pp. 215-230 (Intenational perspectives on early childhood eduation and development , Vol. 23).

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Democracy and care: values education in Nordic preschools. / Hansen, Ole Henrik; Skriver Jensen, Anders; Broström, Stig.
International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development: concepts, approaches and practices. ed. / Eva Johansson; Anette Emilson; Anna-Maija Puroila. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 215-230 (Intenational perspectives on early childhood eduation and development , Vol. 23).

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Hansen OH, Skriver Jensen A, Broström S. Democracy and care: values education in Nordic preschools. In Johansson E, Emilson A, Puroila AM, editors, International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development: concepts, approaches and practices. Cham: Springer. 2018. p. 215-230. (Intenational perspectives on early childhood eduation and development , Vol. 23).

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