The fading of a teaching profession? reforms of early childhood teacher education in Sweden |
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| Authors: | Maelis Karlsson Lohmander |
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| Institution: | Department of Education , G?teborg University , Sweden |
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| Abstract: | In Sweden, working with young children in institutions outside the home dates back to the late nineteenth century when public child care provision developed in a context of industrialization, urbanization and democratization. Out of the charitable work of unmarried women in these early institutions, pre‐schools and teacher education programmes developed. Over the years, pre‐school teacher education has undergone major changes, the most recent reform being the move into a system within which the previous eight distinctive teacher education programmes, pre‐school teacher education being one of them, have been replaced by one integrated teaching degree. This article addresses some major features of the development of pre‐school teacher education and concludes with a discussion of the most recent reform and its consequences for the early childhood teaching profession. |
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| Keywords: | Pre‐school teacher Swedish reforms Integrated teacher education |
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