This study aims to investigate to what extent the implementation of concept cards in Religious and Geography education promotes a conversation that contributes to the understanding of subject-specific concepts.  The aim theory is the socio-cultural perspective and the theoretical concepts are: collaborative learning and collaborative support. It is a qualitative method that has been implemented that consists of interviews, observations, and tests. Two different schools are involved in this study and six lessons are observed. There are also a total of 8 pupils who are interviewed twice, which corresponds to a total of 16 interviews in both schools. To investigate the purpose of the study there will be a couple of questions that must be answered before answering the main question: ‘’How do pupils expiernce working with subject-specific concepts in Religious and Geography education?’’, ‘’How do pupils experience working with concept cards in Religious and Geography education?’’, ‘’How do the conversations with concept cards work based on the observations in Religious and Geography education?’’ and ‘’How is the pupils’ understanding of concepts change through the course of the intervention in Religious and Geography education?’’.  After these questions have been answered, it will be possible to also answer the main question of the study: ‘’To what extent do concept card discussions in Religious and Geography education promote pupils' understanding of subject-specific concepts?’’   The results of this study show that all pupils describe a similar experience of the teaching, that developing conceptual understanding does not permeate the teaching. Pupils learn concepts by reading concept definitions in the textbooks or listening to classmates' or teachers' definitions. In this way, the pupils may not get the opportunity to develop their understanding of concepts, which is also made visible in the pre-tests. The results of the study point to, with the help of the pupils' interviews, the test results, and what has been noticed during the observations, that the majority of the pupils are given the opportunity to be able to develop their understanding of concepts to a great extent by conversing in groups. The results of the study indicate that concept card discussions promote that many pupils’ develop a developed understanding of subject-specific concepts in Religious and Geography education.

Denna studie undersöker hur lärare arbetar med kartor i skolan och hur elever uppfattar användandet av kartor, både i skolan och i vardagslivet. Hur lärare uppfattar förändringen i mötet med kartan genom bytet från Lpo 94 och Lgr 11 kommer också att belysas. För att få svar på dessa frågor har åtta stycken intervjuer av lärare på högstadiet samt fyra fokusgrupper innehållande fyra elever styck genomförts. I intervjuerna uppger lärarna att det idag finns en bristfällig helhetssyn gällande kartan hos eleverna, fokus ligger ofta på ett litet område. Lärarna anser att denna utveckling inom ungdomars kartuppfattning påverkas av dagens teknik, som till exempel GPS där fokus ligger på start- och slutpunkten. Både papperskartor och digitala kartor är nödvändiga för att skapa en strukturerad världsbild där fokus ligger både på det lilla och på det stora menar lärarna. Fem av de intervjuade lärarna anser att de behöver mer kompetens gällande IT för att kunna använda sig mer av digitala kartor. I fokusgrupperna ansåg först de flesta eleverna att de inte mötte kartan överhuvudtaget i vardagslivet, men efter diskussion framgick det att de möter någon form av karta varje dag, som till exempel i dator/Tv-spel, checkar in på ett ställe med Facebook eller söker reda på en adress med hjälp av Google Maps. Bland de 16 elever som var med i fokusgrupperna ansåg 12 stycken att både papperskartan och den digitala kartan behövdes i undervisningen. De ansåg att den digitala kartan, då framförallt Google Earth, var ett roligare verktyg och gjorde lektionstillfällena mer intressanta, men de menade på att en papperskarta ger en bättre helhetsbild av området man skulle undersöka. / This study examines how teachers use the map as an educational aid in school and how students perceive the use of maps, both in school and their every-day life. How do the teachers perceive that the use of maps have changed with the update of the curriculum, from Lpo 94 to Lgr 11 is also going to be elucidated. To answer these questions, eight interviews with junior high school teachers and four focus groups consisting of four students each were done. During the interviews, the teachers stated that students today have a flawed/inadequate/deficient comprehensive view of the map, where focus often lies on a small area. The teachers regard this development of students’ perception of the map as a product of today’s technology, for example GPS where focus lies on finding the starting and ending points. Both paper and digital maps are essential when creating a structured view of the world where focus is both on the small and the big, according to the teachers. Five of the interviewed teachers stated that they need more knowledge about the technology to be able to use digital maps more. In the focus groups, most of the students primarily stated that they did not meet the map at all in their every-day life, but after discussion it was made clear that they meet some kind of map every day, for example in computer/video games, checking in somewhere on Facebook or finding an address with the help of Google Maps. Among the 16 students that participated in the focus groups, 12 stated that both the paper map and the digital map were needed in the education. They think that the digital map, especially Google Earth, is a funnier tool and make the lessons more interesting, but they stated that a paper map provides a better comprehensive picture of the designated area.