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This study investigates controversial topics in Swedish history education and strategies to handle them. Skolinspektionens report indicates that 21 out of 30 schools need to reconsider their work with these subjects. To work with controversial issues in schools is fundamental for developing democratic thinking and being able to have an active role in society. To conduct this study, data was collected through mixed methods, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Six teachers were interviewed. Prior to the interviews, they were asked to rank nine topics from the core content of Swedish history education in terms of controversy, inspired by Woodley's study. The interviews were based on the teachers' rankings. During the interviews, the teachers elaborated on their reasons and their strategies on how to handle controversial topics. The informants were also asked to rate themselves on a ten-point scale, referred to as the risk-taking scale, inspired by Kitson and McCully's research.  The results of our study indicate that several topics can be considered controversial, influenced by significant factors such as present student groups and connections to current social issues and conflicts. Some strategies were common among teachers, such as never ignoring controversial discussions. One of the most important factors for containing a civil discussion is to have a good relationship with your students. These factors have a meaningful role in the develop our future democratic citizens. However, there were variations in strategies employed.Through our analysis, we can identify why certain topics may become controversial, as well as which strategies are effective in managing conflicts and strong opinions in the classroom.

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Denna empiriska studie har som syfte att belysa lågstadieelevers motivation till ämnet matematik ur ett genusperspektiv. Studiens empiri baseras på observationer, elevenkät och elevintervjuer i tre olika klasser. Studien skrivs fram ur ett elevperspektiv där elever själva har fått berätta kring deras upplevelser till matematikämnet. Flickor och pojkars motivation förklaras vara generellt hög i åldrarna på lågstadiet. Däremot framkommer det att elevers egen uppfattning kring deras matematikkunskaper påverkar motivationen till ämnet. Studiens resultat visar även att en yttre faktor i form av beröm är viktig för samtliga elever som deltagit i studien, samt att majoriteten av eleverna ser nyttan av att kunna matematik, inte bara under skoltiden utan även i vuxen ålder.

This study aimed to map how much space is given to the five world religions in two textbooks used to teach history 1b at high school in Sweden, as well as how these are presented based on Jackson's theoretical perspective of representation. Part of the questions discussed had a descriptive nature and were used to investigated how much space was given to religions in the study material. With a deductive approach, Jackson's model describing concepts of religious tradition, group, individual, bounded systems of belief and personal and flexible model was used to see similarities and differences in how different religions were presented in the textbooks. Through a qualitative content analysis, the material was analyzed based on the categories controlling and developing, which had been derived from the coded material based on an inductive working method. The results show that there is little variation in the context in which the religions are presented, and that there is an imbalance in how much space is given to them. Comparing the results against the background of Jackson's theoretical perspective of representation, the results further shows that it is only Christianity that is presented based on all of Jackson’s three levels (religious tradition, group and individual). The overall picture of how the five largest world religions are presented in the material therefore, cannot be understood based on a personal flexible model for teaching.

<p>Sammandrag</p><p>Examensarbete av Cecilia Inez Riveros Boström, vt-05</p><p>Handledare: Magnus Lindh</p><p>”Hur omsätts i praktiken den förändrade medborgarrollen i skolan idag?</p><p>De senaste decennierna har begreppet globalisering tydligt fokuserats. Det talas om att medborgarrollen förändras i globaliseringens tidevarv. I den nya medborgarrollen ingår begreppen rättigheter, deltagande, ansvar, och identitet som enskilda företeelser som har stor inverkan på medborgarrollen. Det handlar om en ny medborgarroll som är följden av en process som intensifierar relationer och beroendeförhållanden över hela världen.</p><p>Studiens utgångspunkt kretsar kring problematiken om den nya medborgarrollen som råder i samhället, och hur lärarnas sätt att arbeta i undervisningssituationen påverkas av detta. Syftet med studien ligger i att ta reda på i vilken grad sådant har skett.</p><p>Undersökningen på Herrgårdsgymnasiet i Säffle visar att lärarna påverkas av globaliseringen och den nya medborgarrollen som därmed leder till en förändrad lärarroll. Detta sker genom att lärarna använder sig av andra metoder, såsom t ex. att uppmuntra eleverna till att söka information som sedan förvandlas till kunskap. Detta görs på olika sätt, genom bl.a. Internet och andra källor som kritiskt granskas. Lärarna visar med olika exempel att eleverna är tvungna att aktivt delta i undervisningen för att kunna visa sina färdigheter. Lärarna är också eniga om att det krävs större engagemang från deras sida för att hos eleverna kunna väcka intresse, deltagande, ansvar och för att stärka deras identitet. Därför är katederundervisning inte det enda sättet att bedriva undervisning på.</p>