Teaching in Different Spaces – How Professionals Work Together in All-Day Schools in Switzerland and in Leisure Time Centres in Sweden

Schuler, Patricia; Elvstrand, Helene; Kappler, Christa; Lago, Lina; Jansson, Magnus; Chiapparini, Emanuela (2019). Teaching in Different Spaces – How Professionals Work Together in All-Day Schools in Switzerland and in Leisure Time Centres in Sweden In: Schüpbach, Marianne; Lilla, Nanine (eds.) Extended Education from an International Comparative Point of View (pp. 85-99). Wiesbaden: Springer 10.1007/978-3-658-27172-5_7

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Professionals in all-day schools and in leisure time centres strive to purposefully extend the curriculum in the classroom with extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities are more or less organized activities outside of the traditional teaching lessons during a regular school day and include supervised games, free play, and structured lessons organized before and after lunchtime. These activities are held at the school building. Such activities are added to children’s school days, making them more integrated to maximize social and cognitive learning for students and to enhance educational development. Education at school is extended in time and space, taught by professionals. The multi-professional cooperation among classroom teachers and extracurricular activities teachers is seen as powerful but can be rife with tension as professional boundaries are crossed. Data from interviews with classroom teachers and extracurricular activities teachers focusing on the meaning of extended education in newly organized all-day schools in urban Switzerland (n=32) and in Sweden (n=18) is analyzed using Grounded Theory Methods and viewed as a field for negotiating professional responsibilities. Despite different traditions in all day schooling, a lack of understanding of the other profession is a hindering factor for a symmetrical professional cooperation in both countries.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Social Work > Social Intervention focus area School of Social Work > S Teaching School of Social Work
Name:	Schuler, Patricia; Elvstrand, Helene; Kappler, Christa; Lago, Lina; Jansson, Magnus; Chiapparini, Emanuela0000-0002-1796-088X; Schüpbach, Marianne and Lilla, Nanine
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
ISBN:	978-3-658-27171-8
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Emanuela Chiapparini
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2019 09:44
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2022 21:45
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-658-27172-5_7
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-3-658-27172-5 (online)
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.9038
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/9038