Open AccessNär sagans problem utmanar och inspirerar - en studie av förskolebarns arbete med tekniska lösningar<br/>When a problem in a fairy tale challenge and inspire - a study of preschool children’s work on technological solutions
Author(s) -
Maria Svensson,
Katharina Dahlbäck,
Ann-Marie von Otter
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nordina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1894-1257
pISSN - 1504-4556
DOI - 10.5617/nordina.3948
Subject(s) - relation (database) , psychology , everyday life , pedagogy , process (computing) , mathematics education , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , database , operating system
The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge about children’s practical work and communication in a technology-related problem solving activity, based on a fairy tale. More research about technology in preschool is needed, especially concerning children’s knowledge in relation to the technology (design) process. The study was conducted in a pre-school with two pre-school teachers. Children’s problem solving activities was documented by video recordings on four occasions. The results showed that the children worked with most parts in the technology process. The fairy tale contextualized the problem, sketches were used to communicate ideas and children’s solutions were inspired by the story as well as their experiences from everyday life. Combining the known (the fairy tale) and the unknown (the technology content) proves to be fruitful when solving a technology-related problem where imagination, knowledge and experience is required.