Klassrumssamtal där alla får bli hörda : En studie om deliberativa samtal i klassrummet

Sammanfattning: Can you find any traces of deliberative conversations in today's high school classrooms? The purposeof the study is to shed light on and understand how deliberative conversations are expressed in somehigh school classrooms today, as well as what experiences the teachers in said classrooms have ofdeliberative conversations in the classroom situation. The study is based on a pragmatic perspectivewhere it is believed that the school should create the conditions for deliberative conversations in theclassroom to prepare the students to be part of the deliberative society. Two questions were asked:What criteria for deliberative conversations in classroom situations can be found in today's highschools and how do they work out? What experiences do the elementary school teachers in theobserved classrooms have of deliberative conversations in different classrooms, both as teachers andas students? The selection was made using the one-stage cluster sampling type, where seven out oftwenty-five classes at a junior high school made up the sample. Methodologically, systematicobservation of the first degree was used when the classroom conversations were observed, andqualitative interviews with teachers where the observations were followed up to clarify the underlyingfactors. The material was then analyzed in relation to previous research, guiding documents andcriteria for deliberative conversations. The results show that certain criteria for deliberativeconversations can be traced, while others are more difficult to find. The results also show that the teachers in the observed classrooms have little experience of deliberative conversations, both fromtheir own schooling and in their role as teachers.