”Representation matters: history education through the intersectional lens” is a critical intersectional content analysis based on a qualitative interview study with three grade school teachers and one high school teacher of history. The purpose of the interviews was to chart teachers ́ perspectives on history education and to analyze their history textbooks. The participants’ thoughts were thereafter connected to our pre-constructed theoretical interpretive framework. The result that appeared through the empirical data was that the teachers experience the subject of history as a male dominated arena where women are dedicated minimal attention. Furthermore, the teachers illuminate the fact that Swedish history education is characterized by Eurocentric values, since other cultures and ethnicities remain unattended. In addition, stereotyping is a frequent occurrence. Schools constitutes as childrens’ main social platform and by exposing the pupils to stereotypical illustrations of women and people of color, the children are socialized into normative hierarchical power structures at an early age. The teachers provide testimonies of encounters with children who express hopelessness and exclusion because of deficient representation. This study also shows that the teacher is completely in charge of the pupils’ learning. This means that the teachers own identity and level of interest affect the selection of history which is conveyed to the pupils. Therefore, to rely on the teachers’ good judgement makes education arbitrary and undermines the equivalent school system.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-51157 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Alexandersson, Felicia, Johansson, Stephanie |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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