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Puskás, Tünde, Professor
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Puskás, T. & Andersson, A. (2023). A secular Advent. waiting for Christmas in Swedish preschools. British Journal of Religious Education, 45(2), 100-111
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A secular Advent. waiting for Christmas in Swedish preschools
2023 (English)In: British Journal of Religious Education, ISSN 0141-6200, E-ISSN 1740-7931, Vol. 45, no 2, p. 100-111Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Swedish preschool education is, by law, non-confessional. Yet, it is also an educational context within which most children aged 1-5 encounter traditions that carry Christian connotations. This paper explores how two Swedish preschools maintain a balance between keeping education non-confessional and paying attention to the traditions that are associated with the preparation for and celebration of Christmas - Advent. The data consist of ten videotaped observations from two preschools. The data was thematised with the help of Ninian Smarts dimensions of religious and secular worldviews. This way, we could show that the different traditions the two preschools were engaged in during the four weeks before Christmas contributed to a banal reproduction of a holiday season with roots in Lutheran Christianity. At the same time, the preschools contributed to a (re)production of traditions that evoke a national imaginery. Our results show that Advent in Swedish preschools is characterised as a non-confessional task for the institution. Thus, the principle of non-confessionality lives side by side with a banal national religion. Thereby, the Swedish preschool plays an integral part in the banal reproduction of a Swedishness that includes Lutheran Christianity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge; Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Swedish preschool education; advent; banal religion; banal nationalism; dimensions of worldviews
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-183746 (URN)10.1080/01416200.2022.2035678 (DOI)000763754700001 ()
Note

Funding Agencies|Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research CouncilEuropean Commission [2014-02397]

Available from: 2022-03-23 Created: 2022-03-23 Last updated: 2023-11-09Bibliographically approved
Reimers, E. & Puskás, T. (2023). Everyday nationalism in Swedish preschools: something old, something new and something borrowed. Children's Geographies, 21(5), 914-928
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Everyday nationalism in Swedish preschools: something old, something new and something borrowed
2023 (English)In: Children's Geographies, ISSN 1473-3285, E-ISSN 1473-3277, Vol. 21, no 5, p. 914-928Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper explores everyday nationalism in relation to work with traditions in Swedish preschools, as well as how preschool teachers reflect on these practices. One of the tasks of the Swedish preschools is to transmit and develop a cultural heritage. In Sweden, 95% of children aged 3-5 attend preschool. Approximately one fourth have a foreign background. Moreover, preschool children encounter very different cultural realities depending on where their preschool is located. Sweden is a secular as well as multi-religious country. This makes the cultural heritage that the preschools are supposed to transmit ambiguous and complex. Based on a survey where preschool practitioners answered questions about what traditions they pay attention to and what content they fill these traditions with, the article maps which traditions preschool practitioners actualize in their preschool practices. The data is analyzed and discussed in relation to everyday nationalism and the pedagogy of nation. The results show that the everyday nationalism of Swedish preschools both consolidates and challenges the traditions generally considered as being rooted in Swedish history. At the same time, many preschools integrate new traditions into their repertoire that represent societal changes, both in terms of cultural globalization and in terms of the traditions of religious minorities gaining greater visibility.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023
Keywords
Everyday nationalism; pedagogy of nation; preschool; Sweden; survey; tradition
National Category
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190926 (URN)10.1080/14733285.2022.2159332 (DOI)000902162800001 ()
Note

Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council; [721-2014-2397]

Available from: 2023-01-09 Created: 2023-01-09 Last updated: 2024-02-13Bibliographically approved
Puskás, T. & Andersson, A. (2021). Preschool teachers as keepers of traditions and agents of change. Early years, 41(2-3), 190-201
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Preschool teachers as keepers of traditions and agents of change
2021 (English)In: Early years, ISSN 0957-5146, E-ISSN 1472-4421, Vol. 41, no 2-3, p. 190-201Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

According to the Swedish Preschool Curriculum, one of the tasks of the preschool is to pass on a cultural heritage, its values, traditions and history, language and knowledge, from one generation to the next. The formulation indicates that cultural heritage plays an important role in defining the tasks of preschool teachers as far as the transmission of cultural norms is concerned.

The aim of the overall study was to explore how Swedish preschool teachers implement and reflect on the task of transmitting a cultural heritage. This paper has its focus on how a particular cultural tradition, Easter, is celebrated in two preschools.

The empirical data consists of 227 min video data from two preschools. The video data were analysed through qualitative content analysis with a focus on how different semiotic resources, actions and artefacts are used to perform Easter.

The different modes of enacting traditions are used as instruments of socialisation into a cultural heritage as well as means of actualisation of a preschool pedagogy. While preschool teachers can be seen as agents of change who challenge some of the ways of celebrating a tradition, they are also agents of national reproduction. Thus, the teachers both enact the curriculum and build a bricolage of elements, some of which represent continuity, while others represent change.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2021
Keywords
Cultural heritage, preschool teachers, bricolage, intertextuality, Easter traditions
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-154487 (URN)10.1080/09575146.2018.1515892 (DOI)000673004100007 ()
Note

Funding: Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research CouncilEuropean Commission [721-2014-2397]

Available from: 2019-02-15 Created: 2019-02-15 Last updated: 2022-03-14Bibliographically approved
Andersson, A. & Puskás, T. (2020). Att undervisa om kulturarv med hjälp av dialogiskt berättande. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 81-97). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 81-97
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att undervisa om kulturarv med hjälp av dialogiskt berättande
2020 (English)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 81-97, p. 81-97Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Religionspedagogik, Muntligt berättande, Traditioner
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179224 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Andersson, A. & Puskás, T. (2020). Att undervisa om religion i den icke-konfessionella förskolan. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 65-79). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 65-79
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att undervisa om religion i den icke-konfessionella förskolan
2020 (English)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 65-79, p. 65-79Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Religionspedagogik
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179225 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Andersson, A. & Puskás, T. (2020). Från självklarhet till frånvaro: religiösa berättelser i förskolan. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 43-64). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 43-64
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Från självklarhet till frånvaro: religiösa berättelser i förskolan
2020 (Swedish)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 43-64, p. 43-64Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Traditioner, Högtidsseder, Religionspedagogik
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179226 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Puskás, T. & Andersson, A. (2020). Riternas makt. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 99-116). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 99-116
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Riternas makt
2020 (Swedish)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 99-116, p. 99-116Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Religionspedagogik, Traditioner, Riter, Adventsseder
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179228 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Reimers, E. & Puskás, T. (2020). Traditioner som ingår i det kulturarv som överförs i förskolan. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 23-41). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 23-41
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Traditioner som ingår i det kulturarv som överförs i förskolan
2020 (English)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 23-41, p. 23-41Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Traditioner, Högtider
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179231 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2021-12-23Bibliographically approved
Puskás, T. & Andersson, A. (2020). Traditionernas didaktik i förskolan. In: Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (Ed.), Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan (pp. 151-159). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, sidorna 151-159
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Traditionernas didaktik i förskolan
2020 (Swedish)In: Traditionernas didaktik: religion och kulturarv i förskolan / [ed] Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020, Vol. sidorna 151-159, p. 151-159Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
Keywords
Förskolan, Religionspedagogik, Kulturarv, Mångfald i förskolan, Traditioner
National Category
Didactics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179229 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-14 Created: 2021-09-14 Last updated: 2022-04-05Bibliographically approved
Puskás, T. & Andersson, A. (Eds.). (2020). Traditionernas didaktik: Religion och kulturarv i förskolan. Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Traditionernas didaktik: Religion och kulturarv i förskolan
2020 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

dag uppmärksammas en rad traditioner i den svenska förskolan: halloween, lucia, jul, alla hjärtans dag och många andra. Hela tiden utmanas de rådande traditionerna av nya och de nya lever sida vid sida med de mer etablerade. 

Enligt läroplanen ska förskolan överföra och utveckla ett kulturarv som handlar om värden, traditioner, historia, språk och kunskap. I de traditioner som anses vara äldre svenska traditioner ingår även religion. När barn i förskolan undervisas i och om traditioner skapas det därmed också möjligheter att ge barnen kunskaper om och av religion. Läroplanen ger dock ingen vägledning exakt om vad som ska förmedlas när det gäller exempelvis traditioner. Så hur kan man göra?

I Traditionernas didaktik ger författarna flera konkreta och inspirerande exempel på hur förskolepedagogerna kan uppfylla uppdraget att ge kunskap till och utveckla barns intresse för vad som pågår i det samhälle de växer upp i. Boken ger en inblick i vilka traditioner som uppmärksammas; vilka högtider som firas, samt hur relationen mellan kulturarv, tradition och religion hanteras i den svenska förskolan.

Bokens redaktörer är Tünde Puskás, biträdande professor i pedagogiskt arbete och Anita Andersson, lektor i samhälle och kultur i ett skolperspektiv, samt. Båda vid Linköpings universitet.Övriga författare är Polly Björk-Willén, biträdande professor emerita i pedagogiskt arbete vid Linköpings universitet och Eva Reimers, professor i pedagogiskt arbete vid Göteborgs universitet. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020
National Category
Social Sciences Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-174505 (URN)9789151103082 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 721-2014-2397
Available from: 2021-03-22 Created: 2021-03-22 Last updated: 2022-01-18Bibliographically approved
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