Att undervisa om religion och vetenskap : En inblick i lärares didaktiska val i den svenska gymnasieskolan

Sammanfattning: This study aims to examine how teachers in upper secondary non-compulsory schools in Sweden, didactically approaches and teach religion with a focus on religion and science as mentioned in the curriculum. Since the Swedish school education system is non-confessional, a further aim is to explore how this affects the teachers' teaching and didactic for the subject of religion. The result is based on findings from interviews with eight upper secondary school teachers. The teachers are employed in different regions in Sweden with teaching experience ranging from two to twenty years. The interviews were conducted using digital communications programs, such as Zoom and Google meet, these interviews followed a semi-structured approach allowing the respondent to freely express themselves. The applied theoretical and analytical framework is social constructivism.  According to the findings, teachers agree that Swedish society is influenced by a secularistic world view, which through students is expressed by a lack of understanding of religion. The didactic approaches vary from teacher to teacher, however, they highly value the non-confessional education system and the opportunities of unbiased education it provides.