Teaching nature and nation in the Swedish mobile preschool

Ideas of nature, nation and childhood are intertwined in Nordic early childhood education. We explore in ethnographic data the ways nature is taught in Swedish mobile preschools. We show how everyday nationalism manifests in the teaching practices of ‘good’ pedagogy in nature. We argue that dependin...

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Published inChildhood (Copenhagen, Denmark) Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 13 - 29
Main Authors Ekman Ladru, Danielle, Millei, Zsuzsa, Andersen, Camilla Eline, Gawlicz, Katarzyna, Gustafson, Katarina, Lappalainen, Sirpa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2024
Sage Publications Ltd
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barn- och ungdomsvetenskap
Child and Youth Studies
Childhood
Day care centers
early childhood
Early childhood education
education
Educational Sciences
everyday nationalism
Imagination
Learning
mobile preschools
Nationalism
Nature
Pedagogik
Pedagogy
Samhällsvetenskap
Social Sciences
Statehood
Teaching
Utbildningsvetenskap
Nature
mobile preschools
everyday nationalism
early childhood
education
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Summary:Ideas of nature, nation and childhood are intertwined in Nordic early childhood education. We explore in ethnographic data the ways nature is taught in Swedish mobile preschools. We show how everyday nationalism manifests in the teaching practices of ‘good’ pedagogy in nature. We argue that depending on who is teaching and learning, various constructions of nationhood emerge enabling the re-imagination of a single national imaginary to a plural one.
ISSN:0907-5682
1461-7013
1461-7013
DOI:10.1177/09075682231218805