It has long been discussed what place religion should have in the Swedish school systems and the views on this has changed over the years. The purpose of this essay is to investigate the change of religion's place in school in the Swedish parliamentary debate and school curriculum, regarding the years 1962 and 2011. I will also discuss how the debates and curriculums relate to freedom of religion. The purpose will be answered with a qualitative text analysis through ideal types analysis. The ideal types are derived from vital parts of previous research and the secularization theory that landed in the polar opposites Christian Denomination and Non-denomination. The ideal type Christian Denomination stands for subjectivity, Christian values and parents’ rights to freedom of religion regarding their children. In contrary, the ideal type Non-denomination stands for objectivity at all levels, the children’s right to choose their conception of life and freedom of religion. Bringing this research to light concerning how the view of religion’s place in school has changed over time in the parliament and curriculum, will together with the creation of ideal types both be contributing to the field of science. Since the school in Sweden is mandatory, it is important for the society to be aware of how the children are affected by the teachings in the school. The research shows that the debate 1962 is in comparison located nearest to Christian Denomination and the curriculum of 1962 is placed in between the two ideal types. The debate and curriculum of 2011 are located at the same spot close to Non-denomination. In summary, there has been a change in the place of religion in school, both in the parliamentary debate and curriculum. According to the results, religion seems to have a smaller impact in school year 2011 compared to 1962. However, it is possible given the secularization theory that religion appears in new ways.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-352749 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Hedlund, Lina |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| 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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