English abstract: This study is to be seen in relation to the intensified ‘assessment culture’ that has evolved in today's educational system. The purpose is to discuss how the dualistic mission of the curriculum is being handled in preschools systematic quality work,  by studying the representation and recognition of ideational and interpersonal knowledge. The study is based on video-observations of preschool teachers’ planning, work and follow up of three educational activities in two different preschools. The theoretical basis consist of a multimodal and design theoretical perspective used in combination with Ludwik Flecks work on thought styles and thought collectives. The analyse shows that the curriculum objectives are handled in contradictory ways. This is visible in interaction patterns that exhibit traces from incompatible thought styles.Samandrag: Denna studie skall ses i relation till den intensifierade ”bedömningskultur” som har utvecklats inom dagens utbildningssystem. Syftet är att diskutera hur det dualistiska uppdraget i läroplanen hanteras i förskolors systematiska kvalitetsarbete, genom att studera vilken innehållslig och relationell kunskap som kommer till uttryck och erkänns. Studien bygger på videoobservationer av förskollärares planering, arbete och uppföljning inom tre arbetsprocesser i två olika förskolor. Det teoretiska ramverket består av ett multimodalt och designteoretiskt perspektiv och används i kombination med Ludwik Flecks arbete om tankestilar och tankekollektiv. Analysen visar att läroplanens mål hanteras på motstridiga sätt och det kommer till uttryck i interaktionsmönster, som uppvisar spår från oförenliga tankestilar.

In recent years, national access to and use of digital tools has increased rapidly in Swedish schools. This article draws upon experiences from a qualitative study conducted in Sweden. This study explored student's use of multimodal texts and how students and their teachers perceive and recognize the multimodal texts produced in project assignments. The empirical material was gathered from six different project assignments at two different secondary schools in Sweden. The data consisted of students' multimodal text productions, participant observation and interviews and the theoretical framework drew on literacy studies and multimodal perspectives on design for learning. Despite the digital tools and the multimodal opportunities provided in the investigated literacy practices, the students mainly used linguistic design for representing knowledge. The students' multimodal texts were shaped by local scopes and educational traditions. The written texts were more recognized by the teachers and students and valued in relation to the practice of assessment and grading. The results reveal a need towards developing teaching and assessment practices so that text production encompasses a pedagogy of multiliteracies.

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