The purpose of the study is to investigate how social studies teachers in Sweden’s upper secondary school view the democratic challenges we face today in Sweden, as well as how they integrate these into their teaching with connections to what appears in the curriculum. These challenges come in the form of antidemocratic values, threats to the democratic conversation and democratic exclusion. The study is based on a qualitative interview study. The material that forms the basis for the work is the social studies teachers in Sweden’s upper secondary school based in Southern Sweden and from the Swedish curriculum for the upper secondary school and the syllabus for social science. Human rights, gender equality and people’s equal value are some of the fundamental values that counter democratic challenges. On the other hand, the so-called democracy mission faces challenges, as the school has doubled missions. The results have then been analyzed through Robert Dahl’s democracy model. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the previous challenges to democracy still exist, while increasing at lower ages.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129849 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Alritzson, Tuva |
| 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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