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2. 1. Science versus School-science : Multiple models in genetics - The depiction of gene function in upper secondary textbooks and its influence on students' understanding

   Author : Niklas Gericke; Mariana Hagberg; Doris Jorde; Michael Reiss; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conceptual change; genetics; history of science; models; nature of science; students’ understanding; textbooks; upper secondary school; Subject didactics; Ämnesdidaktik; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis I describe a study of how the science of genetics is transformed into school science in upper secondary level textbooks and the impact that this transformation has on students’ understanding. The didactic challenge that we face is to decide which science from the academic disciplines we should bring into schools. READ MORE

4. 2. Taste for Science : How can teaching make a difference for students’ interest in science?

   Author : Per Anderhag; Per-Olof Wickman; Karim Mikael Hamza; Heidi Carlone; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interest in science; taste for science; norms; values; aesthetics; secondary school; home background; teaching; learning; equity; pragmatism; Bourdieu; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : The objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse aspects of home background and teaching that may be important for students’ capability and will to participate in science. The purpose is to make explicit how teaching can support students in developing an interest in science and so counter-balance the restricted opportunities some students may have due to upbringing. READ MORE

5. 3. Don't be late for school again : Essays on education and support for democracy

   Author : Darrel Robinson; Sven Oskarsson; Katrin Uba; Peter Thisted Dinesen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; support for democracy; political knowledge; authoritarianism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : An extensive body of work has found that countries with relatively educated populations are more likely to be democratically governed. Further, a large body of work argues that education is associated with a host of individual-level factors, such as political participation and democratic values, which provides a micro-level mechanism to explain the link between education and democracy. READ MORE

6. 4. Nature's Canon : The Formation and Change of the Science Curriculum in Swedish Compulsory School 1842–2007

   Author : Magnus Hultén; Ingrid Carlgren; Svein Sjøberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Compulsory school; Science education; Curriculum history; Textbook; Primary; Secondary; Ideology; naturkunskap; naturkunnighet; naturorientering; naturvetenskap; folkskola; grundskola; lärmedel; läroböcker; lärobok; läroplansteori; läroplanshistoria; innehåll; ideologi; utbildning; fysik; kemi; biologi; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses the science curriculum in Swedish compulsory school 1842–2007. National curricula, textbooks, textbook adverts, and handbooks are analysed. These all have a strong position in defining the school curricula and their contents, methods and aims, and can therefore be called canonic texts. READ MORE

7. 5. Becomings of Swedish secondary sexuality education : Enactments in natural science subjects and interdisciplinary teaching about pornography

   Author : Sara Planting-Bergloo; Auli Orlander Arvola; Britt Jakobson; EJ Renold; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish sexuality education; practice-based approach; lower and upper secondary school; Karen Barad; Donna Haraway; student participation; material engagements; relationality; pornography education; virginity; contraceptive methods; science education; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

   Abstract : This thesis is about Swedish secondary sexuality education with a particular focus on the becomings of natural science and pornography education. Recent scrutiny of the knowledge area has stressed the need for teaching to include student perspectives, cover more than mere medical and biological knowledge, and be more affirmative. READ MORE