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Values in Nordic Early Childhood Education: Democracy and the Child’s Perspective

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International Handbook of Early Childhood Education

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The aim of this chapter is to outline and discuss the development of Nordic research on democracy in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC). We will show how research over a relatively short time has altered from normative and political arguments for democracy in ECEC via an interest in how to implement and operationalize democratic ideas into practice, leading towards a more critical approach addressing complexity to democracy. Through this process a new concept of democracy connected with shared life and pluralism appears to emerge. Communication becomes important. In turn, ambiguity and even conflicting ideas appears to be accepted as a base for democracy.

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    Two publications also represented Denmark, one publication also represented Finland and another publication represented a ‘pure’ Nordic perspective. For details on the different studies, please see Appendix.

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    Anette Emilson

  2. Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Eva Johansson

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Appendix

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Finland

Alvestad (2010)

 

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Norway

Bae (2004)

 

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Norway

Bae (2009)

 

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Norway

Bae (2010)

 

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Norway

Bae (2012)

 

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Norway

Bartley (2001)

 

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Sweden

Boström (2000)

 

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Sweden

Björk-Willen (2012)

 

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Sweden

Broström (2005)

 

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Broström (2006)

 

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Denmark

Broström (2012)

 

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Dahlberg et al. (2002)

 

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Sweden

Eide et al. (2012)

 

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Eidevald (2009)

 

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Sweden

Einarsdottir (2005)

 

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Iceland

Einarsdottir et al.

 

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Einarsdottir (2010)

 

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Einarsdottir (2011)

 

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Iceland

Ekström (2006)

 

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x

x

 

Sweden

Emilson and Folkesson (2006)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Emilson 2007

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Emilson (2008)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Emilson and Johansson (2009)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Emilson (2011)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Emilson and Johansson (2013)

 

x

 

x

  

Swe/No

Emilson (2014)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Engdahl (2011)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Erman (2006)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Greve (2006)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Grindheim (2011)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Norway

Grindland (2011)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Halldén (2003)

 

x

 

x

 

x

Sweden

Hellman (2010)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Sweden

Hundeide (2003)

 

x

   

x

Norway

Hännikäinen and Rasku-Puttonen (2010)

 

x

 

x

  

Finland

Jansen et al. (2011)

 

x

   

x

Norway

Johansson (1999)

 

x

  

x

 

Sweden

Johansson (2003)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Johansson (2005)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Johansson (2007)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Johansson (2009)

 

x

    

Sweden

Johansson (2011a)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Johansson (2011b)

 

x

 

x

 

x

Sweden

Johansson (2011c)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Johansson (2013)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Johansson and Emilson (2016)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Johansson and Sandberg (2010)

 

x

x

   

Sweden

Karila (2012)

 

x

   

x

Nordic/Fin

Karlsson (2009)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Kjørholt (2005)

 

x

    

Norway

Knudsen et al. (2011)

 

x

    

Norway

Kultti (2012)

 

x

    

Sweden

Lindahl (1996)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Lindahl (2002)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Sweden

Lindahl (2005)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Lindgren and Halldén (2001)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Lindgren (2012)

 

x

    

Sweden

Löfdahl (2006)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Löfdahl and Hägglund (2007)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Løkken 2000)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Løkken et al. (2006)

 

x

    

Norway

Løkken (2008)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Markström and Halldén (2009)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Melin (2013)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Sweden

Michélsen (2005)

 

x

 

x

  

Sweden

Moss (2007)

 

x

   

x

Nordic

Månsson (2000)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Sweden

Palludan (2007)

 

x

 

x

  

Denmark

Pramling (1983)

      

Sweden

Pramling Samuelsson and Sheridan (2003)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Pramling Samuelsson and Pramling (2009)

 

x

    

Sweden

Puroila et al. (2012)

 

x

 

x

  

Finland

Qvarsell (2001)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Qvarsell (2003)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Qvarsell (2005)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Qvarsell 2011

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Rydjord Tholin and Thorsby Jansen (2011)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Sandberg and Eriksson (2008)

 

x

x

 

x

 

Sweden

Seland (2009)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Norway

Sheridan (2001)

x

x

x

 

x

 

Sweden

Sommer (1998)

 

x

   

x

Denmark

Sommer (2003)

 

x

   

x

Denmark

Sommer et al. (2010)

 

x

   

x

Den/Swe/Nor

Tallberg Broman et al. (2002)

 

x

   

x

Sweden

Westlund (2011)

 

x

 

x

x

 

Sweden

Zachrisen (2013)

 

x

 

x

  

Norway

Öberg (2003)

 

x

 

x

  

Finland

Østrem (2007)

 

x

   

x

Norway

Østrem et al. (2009)

 

x

   

x

Norway

Østrem (2012)

 

x

   

x

Norway

Total

1

91

4

41

15

35

D = 6

F = 5

I = 4

N = 21

S = 51

N/S = 2

D/N/S = 1

Nordic = 4

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Emilson, A., Johansson, E. (2018). Values in Nordic Early Childhood Education: Democracy and the Child’s Perspective. In: Fleer, M., van Oers, B. (eds) International Handbook of Early Childhood Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0927-7_48

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