Det sociala lärandet på folkhögskolan : En kvalitativ studie om det sociala lärandet på en svensk folkhögskola

Sammanfattning: This study focuses on how students at a folk high school in southern Sweden experience social learning and how their identity is affected. The study is qualitative with a hermeneutic approach and the data was collected through semi-structured individual interviews with a total of eight students studying general courses. The results are analyzed using Honneth’s theory recognition, Vygotskijs theory on thinking & speech and Moscovici’s theory social representation. The results showed that the students expressed improvement in views of their own identity and self-esteem and it’s likely that the social learning in classes is responsible for the improvement among students where the teacher enables social learning and responsibility in the classroom. Lastly, our study showed that many students indicated that social factors had more importance than academic gain.