<p>On the 1st April 2006 a new legislation came into effect in Sweden; The Prohibiting</p><p>Discrimination and Other Degrading Treatment of Children and Pupils Act (2006:67). The</p><p>Act is applicable to education and other activities referred to in the Education Act</p><p>(1985:1100). This dissertation aims to examine how teachers work to combat</p><p>discrimination, and establishes whether headmasters and teachers have changed their work procedures since the law came into force.</p><p>In order to seek the answers to my questions I have conducted 8 qualitative interviews with headmasters and teachers from two schools in a community outside Karlstad, with both schools comprising of students from pre-school until year 6.</p><p>Discrimination is not a new phenomenon in schools, but neither is the fact that it is the</p><p>schools’ responsibility to work against discrimination. Discrimination is still taking place,</p><p>despite discrimination laws being clearly stated within the Education Act (1985:1100) and</p><p>the school curriculum. The teachers I have interviewed maintain that they are actively</p><p>working in a preventative manner with these issues, but they still believe that much more</p><p>can be done and would like to see an agreed, common work procedure. Despite the new</p><p>legislation, none of the people I have spoken to change the way they work. They are,</p><p>however, feeling positive towards the new legislation and believe as well as hope, that it</p><p>will bring results. Most education workers agree that the school has the primary</p><p>responsibility of preventing discrimination and strongly believe that individual teachers</p><p>have the power to influence their pupils.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:kau-1058 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Lidbäck, Anna |
| Publisher | Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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