23.10.2020
Patricia Segura Valdes and Jórunn Elídóttir
“I would invite her to play with me” Fostering respect, care and participation in a preschool: An action research project

This article reports an action research project on how democratic values implemented in teaching promote the awareness and sensitivity of social values. The research aimed to awaken children´s awareness of democratic values and to observe effective ways of teaching them. The findings showed, among other things, that children´s awareness of democratic values grew with the use of value-based literature. The study provides important insights into organized preschool activities in children´s daily lives.