Citizenship Education and Sexual and Reproducttive Health and Rights : Questions of Identity, Values and Participation

This paper takes its departure from an investigation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, SRHR, in teacher education programs throughout Sweden in 2016. It was a research mission from the Public Health Agency of Sweden. A survey of 875 syllabuses from all universities in Sweden was analysed through methods of qualitative textual analysis. The aim was to explore if and in which subject syllabuses SRHR as a knowledge area was visible. The theory behind is that syllabuses are composed according to the theory of constructive alignment. The result shows major differences between various universities regarding the field of knowledge of SRHR in different syllabuses, as well as in different educational programmes and levels. In the quantitative part graphs show a cluster of indicators with a high number of occurrences in the syllabuses. Some of these indicators are; ethics, gender, democracy, norms, norm criticism and core values, convention on the rights of the child, human rights, discrimination and offensive treatment. During the autumn in 2017 a social movement called #metoo, with subgroups, has gotten worldwide attention and has had a great impact in Sweden regarding sexual abuse. In connection to this, demands have been raised that sexuality and relation education must much more visible in compulsory school as well as in teacher education. It is clear that the #metoo movement has contributed to ongoing debate regarding the knowledge area SRHR. We will discuss the controversial issues connected to identity and values among engaged citizens thus touch on the relation between formal and informal learning in connection to the importance of media in citizenship education. KW: identity, compulsory school, SRHR, teacher education, #meto