Lärare i årskurs 4-6, samhällsorienterande ämnen,och deras arbete med jämställdhet

The purpose of the study is to investigate how teachers can work to promote and support thegender equality mission in their teaching practice. To be able to investigate this, two questionswere addressed: the first question is how teachers describe their work to promote genderequality in the classroom, and the second question is how can teachers' different ways ofworking with gender equality be understood? The research in the chosen area claims thatsociety's norms about how boys and girls should be characterize the classroom environmentand have a great impact on students' learning. As a result, teachers may unknowingly havedifferent expectations of boys 'and girls' performance in the classroom. To answer thesequestions, a qualitative study was conducted focusing on semi-structured interviews. Thestudy interviewed a total of 8 experienced licensed primary school teachers. The selection ofschools was that we had three schools in two cities, where both men and women wereinterviewed. The interviews show that all teachers have similar views on gender equality.They mentioned that gender equality is about everyone receiving an equal education and thatthe human gender should not prevent them from reaching their full potential. The resultsreport themes that have been developed through coding and categorization of the teachers'answers. The teachers described their work by explaining their methods and approaches togender equality work in the classroom. The teachers' way of working includes that they workin a democratic way of working, that they work with inclusion where an importantcontributing factor is "Drag the Stick" and to think about the placement of students