This report describes a comparative study of the current pre-school curricula in Sweden and Poland and their practical application on a pre-school situated in each of the respective countries. The objective is to analyze and compare the curricular content in terms of knowledge development and to investigate how each curriculum is made visible in a practical context with the intention of uncovering differences between the pre-schools. The theoretical base of this study is rooted in the framework factor theory and the epistemological foundations of Vygotskij and Piaget.

The investigation is qualitative and the main research methods are participant observations and conversation interviews.

The frame factors that were considered in the investigation of the scopes of practice are planning, division of work, density of personnel, group structures, preferred way to work and judgment.

The conclusion is that these factors also proved to be very diverse in the two pre-schools.   The curriculums and pre-scholar scopes of practice were clearly based on different epistemological traditions. Although the conclusion is not entirely univocal, the investigation indicates that the Polish pre-school is strongly influenced by Piaget, while its Swedish counterpart is influenced by Vygotskij.