Möten med historia : En intervjustudie om hur åtta elever ur årskurs nio möter historia i sin vardag utanför skolan

Sammanfattning: The main purpose of this paper is to examine how students in school year nine in the Swedish school come in contact with history outside of the school context. The paper also focuses on, if and how the students consider the contact with history as something different than, or similar to the history education that takes place during school hours, the student´s interest in history will also be examined. To gather the student’s opinions on these subjects, I have done interviews with eight students divided into two groups, with one group consisting of four girls and one group with two boys and two girls. The interviews took place at the students school located in a smaller city in Värmlands län, Sweden. The research prior to this paper shows that students are relatively interested in history, but that they tend to see history as just a school matter.My results shows that the student´s contact with history outside the school context coincides with their hobbies, watching movies and reading books, but they also talk about history with their older relatives. The students say that most of the time their contact with history outside the school context coincides with the history education. My results also show that the students are relatively interested in history.