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Children Under the Age of Three in Norwegian Childcare: Searching for Qualities

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Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education

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Abstract

The research project Searching for Qualities (2012–2018) has studied the quality in Norwegian kindergartens for children under the age of three years. Through a variety of methods, the complex concept of quality is elaborated. The results from the research conducted challenge the reputation of high quality in Nordic kindergartens and offer suggestions for how to enhance multiple qualities in Norwegian kindergartens. The findings indicate a need for greater knowledge about toddlers in kindergartens, and increased competence regarding educational content for toddlers in group settings. Further, structural aspects, such as staff-to-child ratio and group size, seem to affect the quality in toddler care. From a Nordic perspective, future joint research efforts could contribute to the exploration and development of qualities in Nordic kindergartens.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    In this chapter, “toddler age” refers to children between one and three years.

  2. 2.

    In Norwegian: Blikk for Barn – kvalitet i barnehagen for barn under 3 år. Lek-læring-estetikk-relasjoner.

  3. 3.

    Information of size of the centres and the groups is not included in the article.

  4. 4.

    In this chapter, the core sub-projects participating in Searching for Qualities are included (see the appendix for an overview). In addition, Searching for Qualities consisted of PhD projects, master projects and associated projects conducted by colleagues. These are not presented in the current chapter.

  5. 5.

    See also https://blogg.hioa.no/blikkforbarn/aktuelle-publikasjoner/

  6. 6.

    This part of the project was conducted in cooperation with the Norwegian project Better Provision for Norway’s Children in ECEC (BePro).

  7. 7.

    For further information about the measurement, participants, procedures and sampling process, see Bjørnestad and Os (2018).

  8. 8.

    For further information about the measurement, participants, procedures and sampling process, see Os and Bjørnestad (in progress) and Bjørnestad et al. (accepted for publication).

  9. 9.

    For further information about this sub-project, see Eide, Winger, Dahle, and Wolf (2017) and Eide, Winger, Wolf, and Dahle (2017).

  10. 10.

    For further information about this sub-project, see (Myrstad & Sverdrup, 2016, 2019).

  11. 11.

    This took effect on August 1, 2018. Previously, only the child-to-teacher ratio was regulated by law.

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The Sub-Projects in Searching for Qualities

Project 1 Ellen Os (in cooperation with Elisabeth Bjørnestad, BePro)

Quality through the lenses of ITERS-R and the CIP scales

Project 2 Brit Eide, Nina Winger, Kristin Danielsen Wolf and Hanne Fehn Dahle

Young children’s everyday life in childcare: Participation, belonging and dignity

Project 3 Ellen Os and Anne Trine Kjørholt

Where have all the toys gone?

Project 4 Anne Myrstad and Toril Sverdrup

Ethnography to foot with the youngest children

Project 5 Torill Vist

The aesthetic interview

Project 6 Tona Gulpinar and Leif Hernes

Aesthetic learning

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