1. Morality in preschool interaction: Teacher’s strategies for working with children’s morality Eva Johansson Göteborg University

2. Aim What moral values and norms do teachers encourage children to develop? How do teacher’s attend to the values that children express in their daily interaction with teachers and peers ?

3. Ontology: Guides the investigation and pedagogical practise

4. The life-world: that world that precedes knowledge, of which knowledge always speaks /…/ Merleau-Ponty, 1962, p. ix

5. Morality - a result of intersubjectivity

6. Methods Hermeneutics –Interactions –Interviews –Moral situations –Moral values and norms

7. To understand Others To understand a friend’s emotional feelings To understand connections between actions and emotions To share and support other’s emotions To understand others’ perspectives

8. To learn morally good strategies –To express one’s own - and respect others’ wills –To express a moral message –Negotiate –To compensate –To share –Wait for one’s turn

9. Set limits To prevent and to admonish Consequences - to threaten and to condemn To avoid moral conflicts Preventing children’s morality

10. Children’s morality develops through : –empathy –cognition –sanctions and guilt –understanding others’ perspectives

11. Being a good teacher ?

12. The good child

13. How can teachers help children to extend their moral learning in pre-school?

14. A question of perspectives

15. Responsiveness: Understanding the other’s condition Act for the good of others L. Blum 1994