Representation av hinduism och buddhism : En innehållsanalys av två läromedel

Sammanfattning: One of the criteriums for the course Religionskunskap 1 in upper secondary school is that the religious education should highlight how world religions express themselves for individuals and groups in the present, in Sweden and abroad. This study aimed to examine how two teaching textbooks that are used in religious education achieve this criterium. The representation and portraying of Hinduism and Buddhism in the textbooks has been analyzed in relation to the previously mentioned criteria. The theoretic framework for the study has been Robert Jackson and his interpretive approach. The study shows that the two textbooks are not enough to fulfill the criteria. Therefor teachers need to look beyond the textbooks to fulfill this specific criterium and use diverse and different teaching tools.