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Course syllabus - Children's Interplay and Learning in Preschool

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

PEA103

Valid from

Autumn semester 2025

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

School

School of Education, Culture and Communication

Ratified

2021-12-14

Revised

2024-12-10

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2025-07-10
    • Latest update: 2025-07-10

    Björkman, Lotta; Sotevik, Lena

    Normkritiska perspektiv i pedagogisk verksamhet: förskola, fritidshem och skolans tidigare år

    ISBN: 9789144156088

    LIBRIS-ID: xdqlj2hbvm16l1dh

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 385 sidor

    Eriksson Bergström, Sofia

    Rum, barn och pedagoger: om möjligheter och begränsningar för lek, kreativitet och förhandlingar

    ISBN: 9789147112180

    LIBRIS-ID: 19753774

    URL: Link

    1. uppl., Stockholm, Liber, 157 s.

    Fohlin, Lisa; Fohlin, Niclas; Wilson, Jennie

    Kooperativt lärande i förskolan och skolans första år: lärande och utveckling genom samarbete

    ISBN: 9789144133942

    LIBRIS-ID: dqqbgvv1bhkzm5gr

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 162 sidor

    Löfdahl Hultman, Annica

    Kamratkulturer i förskolan: en lek på andras villkor

    ISBN: 9789147114528

    LIBRIS-ID: 15416598

    2., [rev.] uppl., Stockholm, Liber, 120 s.

    Williams, Pia

    När barn lär av varandra: samlärande i praktiken

    ISBN: 9789147140855

    LIBRIS-ID: 9m2l0w2z7rs6mbwd

    Andra upplagan, Stockholm, Liber, 113 sidor

    Aktuell Läroplan för förskolan

    URL: Tillgänglig på Skolverket och på Canvas

    Skolverket,

    Alm, L; Odenbring, Y

    Klassmärkt barndom. En etnografisk studie om social ojämlikhet i förskoleklassen.

    URL: ISSN 2535-5449

    Barn nr 1 2019: 47-62,

    Emilsson, A; Eek Karlsson, L

    Doing belonging in early childhood settings in Sweden

    Early childhood Development and Care,

    Flannigan, C; Dietze, B

    Children, Outdoor Play, and Loose Parts

    URL: DOI:

    Del av: Journal of childhood studies (Prospect Bay),

    Gulløv, E

    Exploring divisions What to be learned from observing young childrens social preferences

    URL: DOI:

    Ethnography and Education 16:3,

    Johansson, E.M

    Personalens blick på barns tillhörighet i förskolan- lika barn leka bäst?

    URL: ISSN:1890-9167

    Nordisk barnehageforskning Vol 19, No 2,

    Åkerblom, A; Harju, A

    The becoming of a Swedish preschool child? Migrant children and everyday nationalism

    URL: DOI:

    CHILDREN’SGEOGRAPHIES, VOL. 19, NO. 5,

    Fridberg, Marie; Thulin, Susanne

    Att arbeta med hållbar utveckling i förskolan

    ISBN: 9789151105420

    LIBRIS-ID: 5jh17lv03m6w3x6v

    Första upplagan, Malmö, Gleerups, 159 sidor

    Corsaro, W

    We´re friends right?: Childrens use of access rituals in a nursery school.

    Language in Society. Vol. 8 No. 3, Cambridge university press,

    Stier, Jonas; Riddersporre, Bim

    Interkulturellt arbete i förskolan: med läroplanen som grund

    ISBN: 9789127822726

    LIBRIS-ID: cnhqmbqq9bm3hcvn

    Första utgåvan, [Stockholm], Natur & Kultur, 160 sidor

    Yuval-Davies, N

    Belonging and the politics of belonging

    Patterns of Prejudice, 40:3,

    Zimmerman, Fredrik

    Klass, etnicitet och kön: en introduktion för lärare

    ISBN: 9789144134581

    LIBRIS-ID: q49q34psncxxsh8v

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 111 sidor

    Litteratur om ca 50 sidor kan tillkomma.

Examination

HEM1, Take-home examination, 5 credits, take-home examination concerning learning outcomes 1, 3 and 5, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
GRU1, Group assignment, 2.5 credits, oral group assignment concerning learning outcomes 2, 4 and 6, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.

Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.

Grade

Three-grade scale