1. - Department of Education and Psychology
ASSIST Structured in-service training for pre-school assistants and pre-school teachers
- Department of Education and Psychology

2. People are placed at the center. Offer high quality education.
Adequately large for a broad range of course offerings.
and at the same time…
Suitably small to give our students personal care.
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3. students
40 degree programmes
925 elective courses
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4. Undergraduate students registered in campus and distance education courses (numbers calculated to full-time studies)
2004
2005
2006
Distance education enrollment
1 817
1 855
2 024
Campus education enrollment
4 566
4 342
4 102
Total
6 383
6 197
6 126
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5. Educational Programme for Pre-school Teachers (Main structure)
credits, including field of study 60 or 90 credits
Year
Autumn
Spring 1
General educational field
Field of study 2 3
Specialization 4
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6. Study Programme in Education, Pre-school, as total 210 credits
General Educational Field, 90 credits
Courses:
Processes of Learning— an Aesthetic perspective, 15 credits
Perspectives on the Teaching Role, 15 credits
Leadership and Learning, 15 credits
Values in a Democratic Society, 15 credits
Curriculum Studies: Epistemology and Research Methods, 30 credits
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7. Field of studies: Multicultural learning in Early Years Programme, 90 credits
Courses:
Cultural encounters I: Children's Play, Learning and Development, 15 credits, including practice placement
Basic psychological processes, 7.5 credits
Developmental-, personality and social perspectives, 7.5 credits
Communicative Development and Language Acquisition, 7.5 credits
Curriculum Studies: Drama- Culture – Communication, 7.5 credits
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8. Field of studies: Multicultural learning in Early Years Programme, 90 credits
Developmental Psychology, 7.5 credits
Cultural encounters II: Children's Play, Learning and Development, 7.5 credits
Curriculum Studies: Early Childhood Literacy, 7.5 credits
Curriculum Studies: Mathematics in Early Years, 7.5 credits
Cultural encounters III:, Children's Expression and Thematic Work, 15 credits
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9. Graph 1: Number of children enrolled in pre-schools, family day-care homes and leisuretime centres 31 December 1975–1997 and 15 October 1998–2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 18

10. Table 7: Number of employees in pre-school and leisure time centres, converted to annual employees, distributed by education, 15 October 2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 26

11. ABOUT THE CURRICULUM FOR THE PRE-SCHOOL IN SWEDEN (National Agency of Education)
- This is the first curriculum for the pre-school
- Since January 1st 1998, the National Agency for Education has acted as the supervisory authority for the pre-school as well as for other pre-school activities and school-age child care.
- The curriculum is based on a division of responsibility where the state determine the overall goals and guidelines for the pre-school and where the municipalities take responsibility for implementation.
- In its structure the curriculum of the pre-school is consistent with the other two curricula for the school system.
- The aim is that the three curricula should link into each other and take a common view of knowledge, development and learning.
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12. NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR THE PRE-SCHOOL IN SWEDEN
Contents
1. Fundamental values and tasks of the pre-school
2. Goals and guidelines
2.1 Norms and values
2.2 Development and learning
2.3 Influence of the child
2.4 Pre-school and home
2.5 Co-operation between the pre-school class, the school and the leisure-time centre
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13. Challenges Sweden are facing today
Future staffing needs
Quality assurance at pre-schools
Expenditure on childcare
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14. Our expectations on the ASSIST-project
To improve our knowledge concerning In-service learning
Results from the ASSIST-project might contribute to the research field of Action Learning within pre-schools in an European perspective
Mutual learning with partner organizations within the ASSIST-project
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15. Table 1: Day-care centres/pre-schools, family day-care homes and leisure time centres. The proportion of enrolled children as a percentage of the population in respective age groups 31 December 1975–1995 and 15 October 2000–2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 18

16. Table 2: Number of enrolled children according to age and as proportion (%) of population in respective age groups 15 October 2000–2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 19

17. Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 22
Table 3: Number of children in subcontracted or privately run pre-school, family day-care homes and leisure time centres on 31 December 1995 and 15 October 2000–2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 22

18. Table 4: Proportion (%) of children aged 1–5, 6–9 and 10–12 enrolled in pre-school, leisure time centres and family day-care homes of the total number of children in the respective age groups according to category of municipality 15 October 2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 24

19. Table 5: Number of sections in preschool by number of children in the section 2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 24

20. Table 6: Number of annual employees in pre-school, leisure time centres and open preschool and the number of childminders on 31 December 1990, 1995 and 15 October 2000–2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283, p 26

21. Diagram 1: Types of childcare and schools for which the National Agency for Education is responsible – number of children/pupils and principal organisers, 15 October 2005
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Source: Swedish National Agency for Education report no. 283