Genus i historieundervisning : En intervjustudie från ett lärarperspektiv

Sammanfattning: This study focuses on teachers' statements about gender perspectives in history teaching. The result of the study is that a gender perspective is perceived by the teachings as additional history. In the teachers' statements, it appears that modern history dominates the teaching. The gender perspective is obscured. The reasons for this are that the challenges are many. There is not enough time to teach about gender perspectives. Another challenge is that students have a traditional view of gender roles based in the home. Another challenge is that history is perceived as masculine. Another challenge is that the school's teaching materials contain a male perspective, as war leaders, dictators as Hitler and Stalin, and male revolutions leaders as Napoleon. The teachers focusing more on modern history because of its close to our time. Teachers perceive a gender perspective as feminine and not a perspective that both men and women are part of. According to the teachers, the curriculum for the school subject history needs a more clearly guidelines on how the gender perspective shall be applied in school teaching.