The current Swedish curriculum for the compulsory school came in 2022 and replaced the one from 2011. The curriculum and the subject Physical education and health (PEH) have been through multiple changes historically regarding the name of the subject, the text, content and objectives. Something that is relevant today is the diversity in Swedish schools where there are many different students with different backgrounds, experiences and expressions. Because of this it is interesting to compare and explore how inclusion is visible in the current curriculum and the previous ones. The study aimed to compare curriculum from the years 1969, 1994 and 2022 in PEH for grades 7-9. The purpose is also to examine the thoughts and goals behind the changes in the curricula and relate them to an inclusion perspective. The study was a qualitative literature study which analyzes the curriculum, syllabus and their commentary material through a qualitative content analysis. Curriculum theory was used as a theoretical framework. In the results both similarities and differences were found from an inclusion perspective between the curricula and five categories were created. For example the results showed differences regarding the content of PEH where it goes from a content focused on competition and performance in specific sports while the latter two curricula was about movement and could include more various activities and interests. Differences in the language between the curricula was shown through concepts and words that have different consequences on inclusion. The study concluded that there are many similarities between the curricula where there is an inclusive way of thinking in PEH even in the older curricula, especially with regard to their time and context. However inclusion increased through the curriculum changes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-100155 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Hallqvist, Sara |
| Publisher | Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013) |
| 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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