While research has investigated risk-taking in play for children from the age of four years upwards, less is known of risky play with children under four years. A small-scale observational study with children from five ...

Children’s play and exploration involves risk and a possibility for being injured. Early childhood and care institutions (ECECs) should provide children with physical challenges in a safe environment. Over the past years, ...

Global warming and a decline in pollinating insects are among the most crucial challenges today and a sufficient degree of scientific literacy is required for citizens in order to understand these issues and take action ...

Norwegian Kindergartens are seen as one of the most important social infrastructures for all children below five years. Kindergarten attendance is a legal right for children from the age of one year in Norway, and consequently ...

I denne artikkelen gjøres det en sammenligning mellom styringsdokumenter for barnehagen fra henholdsvis Norge og OECD. Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i OECD-rapporten Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care. ...

The basis for my article is how, and if, a collaborative land art project can provide opportunities for such co-creating as suggested in the national framework plan for preschools, which explicitly states the child as a ...

Artikkelen diskuterer det teoretiske grunnlaget for å relatere begrepene ledelse og læring til hverandre i en barnehagesammenheng, og presenterer noen sentrale funn fra forskningsprosjektet Ledelse for læring – utfordringer ...

Artikkelforfatteren tar opp ulike innfallsvinkler til kunstnerisk forskning med utgangspunkt i sitt eget kunstneriske forskningsprosjekt. Prosjektet handler om å utvikle teater for de aller minste, der barna gis rom for ...

This article employs a sociomaterial perspective and explores how material artefacts take part in the enactment of social norms by analysing empirical examples from two different childhood studies projects in Norway. Drawing ...