Boksamtal och genus : En studie om hur lärare använder boksamtal för att belysa genus i årskurs F–3

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to analyse how booktalk can be used at the school´s lower grades in order to make visible and challenge the notions of gender, and which opportunities and difficulties teachers can have with that. The empirical data consist of five qualitative interview. The teachers who participated in the interview are teachers in the lower grades at two different schools. The study is based on the sociocultural perspective and the theory of gender. The result of the study is that reading and booktalk are common in teaching. It is used in teaching to make visible and challenging the notions of gender among the younger students, but in varying degrees. The study shows that it is complex for younger students to talk about deeper subjects. The difficulty arises when the questions in the booktalk not are concrete. Another difficulties is the students who are silent, those who do not want or dare to speak. Furthermore, the study shows that teachers usually have book conversations in full class, but everyone feels that those students who not dare to express themselves come out when the conversations are conducted in smaller groups.