Governance and Voluntariness for Children in Swedish Leisure-Time Centres: Leisure-Time Teachers Interpreting Their Tasks and Everyday Practice

Autor/in	Hjalmarsson, Maria
Titel	Governance and Voluntariness for Children in Swedish Leisure-Time Centres: Leisure-Time Teachers Interpreting Their Tasks and Everyday Practice
Quelle	In: International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 1 (2013) 1, S.86-95 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2196-3673
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; After School Programs; Leisure Time; School Schedules; Governance; Teacher Attitudes; Child Care; Student Participation; Teacher Role; Student Role; Activities; Young Children; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Freizeit; Schulzeiteinteilung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Lehrerverhalten; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lehrerrolle; Frühe Kindheit; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of this article is to explore and discuss the tension between certain aspects of governance and voluntariness for children in the context of Swedish leisure-time centres meant for younger school children. The data consists of interviews with leisure-time teachers in five settings. The results show that there appears to be a paradox in that not offering children organized activities may be interpreted as childminding while at the same time the leisure-time teachers emphasize the importance of letting the children choose which activities they wish to be involved in. This may be a question of how the leisure-time teachers interpret and understand the concept of leisure and its consequences in everyday practice. In absence of a task to evaluate the learning outcomes of the children, the leisure-time teachers need to find other ways to describe and show the high quality of the activities offered. Working with carrying out quality reports may be such a means. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01