The aim of the study is to investigate teachers' perceptions of teaching source criticism in upper secondary school's social education course 1b in order to understand how the curriculum is translated into practice. The areas of interest in the teachers’ statements on source criticism concern the content they associate it with, what kind of difficulties they face in their teaching, and what strategies for critical thinking that can be made visible in their statements. The study exhibits diversity in the teaching practices, although a relatively cohesive picture stands. As a result, it can be said that the teachers’ flexibility and scope for interpretation in school stands out, but there also appears to be a mutual agreement of a silent discourse in the teaching of source criticism. Through this study it can be proved that the teachers’ free space in the interpretation of the steering documents may have different implications for the structure of the teaching. Furthermore, source criticism is emphasized as an important part of teaching in social sciences.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-64596 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Nilsson, Marcus |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| 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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