Svenskämnet och demokratiuppdraget : Lärares syn på litteraturundervisning som demokratiarbete

This article focuses on the possibility of integrating citizenship education in Swedish language coursesafter the reform of Swedish upper secondary school in 2011. The studyis based on qualitative interviews with eight Swedish language teachers.All subjects answered questions about their views on literature educationin connection to citizenship education. The study shows that teachers canuse their interpretation of the written curriculum as a way of appropriating, refusing or negotiating with the governing policies. In several cases,teachers choose to downplay the relevance of the written curriculumand base their pedagogical choices on their own experience as teachersinstead. The study also examines the teachers’ views on democracy andentrepreneurship in education, and shows how tests and administrativeduties can influence the teachers’ pedagogical choices.Alternative title: Citizenship and Swedish class. Teachers’ views on democraticaspects of literature education