Municipal Intentions to Promote Preschool Children's Capabilities and Health: A Descriptive Study of 25 Swedish Municipalities

Autor/inn/en	Guldbrandsson, Karin; Bremberg, Sven
Titel	Municipal Intentions to Promote Preschool Children's Capabilities and Health: A Descriptive Study of 25 Swedish Municipalities
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 33 (2005) 1, S.31-38 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-005-0021-7
Schlagwörter	Municipalities; Intention; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; School Activities; Socioeconomic Status; Emotional Development; Social Development; Intellectual Development; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magistrat; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Gefühlsbildung; Soziale Entwicklung; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Preschools are environments where children are given opportunities to develop emotional, social and intellectual capabilities, characteristics that by recent research have been revealed as health protecting. The objectives of this study were to examine the intentions of 25 Swedish municipalities to develop such capabilities through activities in preschool and to relate these intentions to municipal socioeconomic conditions. Indicators on municipal intentions to promote preschool children's emotional, social and intellectual capabilities were rather frequently utilised by the 25 municipalities in this study. However, promotion of physical activity, parent support, and children's influence in preschool were not prioritised. The extent of intended preschool activities was not determined by municipal wealth, which might be due to a national system for equalizing municipal resources. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10