Tolerans eller normkritik? : och en analys av användning av lärarhandledningen Någonstans går gränsen

This study deals with how the Swedish school system handles questions concerning sexuality and normality. It is also an analysis of how the guidance material Någonstans går gränsen from RFSL Stockholm is used and could be used in teaching. The study consists of two parts. The first part is a study of literature that portrays how teaching concerning these issues is performed in schools, what methods that are recommended and what methods are actually used in teaching. The second part consists of interviews with people dealing with these issues in school and in organizations. My results show that schools often use a “pedagogy of tolerance” while the guidance material and the research and theories concerning sexuality and normality advocate a more “queer pedagogy”. The perspectives of queer theory are making their way into the school system by the help of organizations such as the Swedish RFSL and their “school information” (Skolinformation). The study also shows that Någonstans går gränsen is not often used among teachers and therefore I discuss how it could be used and why the school system and teaching might have problems in using materials that use pedagogical methods of criticizing normality