Finkultur Versus Fulkultur : En studie i hur lärare och elever förhåller sig till historiska källor kontra historiebaserad populärkultur

Sammanfattning: History has always been a doctrine with several qualities. Control over historical documentation has long served as a power tool for great men, where the victor wrote history as he or she wanted to. But history has never been exclusive to those who hold power - on the contrary, history is a central part of each individual's life, whether it is true or false. It gives an understanding of why the world looks as it does, gives the identity, related and confirms the origin as well as inspire the epic hero tales that are not always completely true. Within school, the Swedish National Agency for Education instructs that: The subject aims to stimulate students' curiosity and desire to broaden their world in a time dimension. [...] It also aims to develop critical thinking and an analytical approach as a tool to understand and explain society and people's lifestyles. This enhances the ability to be critical both for the historical sources for the texts and other media in our time.[1] Just the question of what is true and invented has always been important to historians, of which the central concept of source criticism. However, the truth has never been the operator of an epic hero story forward - something they often see in Hollywood films and other popular culture where the story adorned and adjusted to best appeal to the audience. That history is the basis for the epic masterpiece, however, nothing that occurred with the birth of Hollywood films. Already during the Middle Ages, the Norwegian King Sverre, who died at the beginning of the 1200's, said that "the lying sagas were the funniest." Sverre was not alone in experiencing the untrue tales as the funniest. Previous research argues that the majorities of the school’s students share his view and would prefer popular culture as an alternative of solid historical documentation. The dilemma with this is that school requires that students must develop critical thinking and create a picture of human history that is correct, which in turn requires one to take on reliable sources, who unfortunately are not always perceived as particularly amusing. Popular culture, however, has no requirement to be historically accurate, something that contributes to the creation of historical myths among some pupils. This study therefore aims to increase the understanding of how teachers and students relate to historical sources and popular culture that uses a historical background to weave fiction.        The study confirms previous research concerning students 'and teachers' approach to history in terms of historical sources and popular culture, historical links. The study also shows that the difference within students and teachers attitudes in many cases can lead to negative results in which students lose interest of history - as well as some students find the teacher's broad historical knowledge stimulating. Finally, the study shows, based on empirical data collected (with support from previous research) why popular culture with historical themes are relevant to history teaching, and how the same popular culture can be implemented in teaching. [1] Translation from Swedish - Skolverkets kursplan för Historia på gymnasiet: (2009-10-03) http://www3.skolverket.se/ki03/front.aspx?sprak=SV&ar=0910&infotyp=8&skolform=21&id=HI&extraId=