Viewpoints of preschool teachers and preschool assistants: Emphases and work division in preschool practice

• Main Authors: Einarsdóttir, Jóhanna, Jónsdóttir, Arna H., Garðarsdóttir, Bryndís
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2016
• Subjects: words preschools; preschool teachers; professionalism; assistants; leikskólar; leikskólakennarar; fagmennska; leiðbeinendur; Handle The; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/2402

Roughly 96% of Icelandic children between the ages of two and five attend preschool, and approximately 28% of them are two years old (Statistics Iceland, 2013). Despite the law that stipulates that educated preschool teachers should account for at least twothirds of the staff that handle the care an...