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Var Är Kvinnorna? Var är kvinnorna? En analys av läromedel i historia ur ett genusperspektiv Hilena Larsson Institutionen för de samhällsvetenskapliga och humanistiska ämnenas didaktik Självständigt arbete, grundnivå, 15hp Ämne: Historiedidaktik Grundlärarprogrammet med inriktning mot grundskolans årskurs 4- 6, 240hp Vårterminen 2020 Handledare: Kristina Lanå Examinator: Maria Wassrin English title: Where are the women? An analysis of teaching aids through a gender perspective Innehållsförteckning Sammanfattning ............................................................................................................................... 3 Inledning ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Bakgrund ............................................................................................................................................ 4 LGR11 .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Granskning av läromedel ........................................................................................................................... 5 Användning av läromedel i undervisning ........................................................................................... 6 Tidigare forskning .......................................................................................................................... 7 Skolverkets granskning ............................................................................................................................... 7 Statens officiella utredningar ................................................................................................................... 8 Läromedel kontra läroplanens värdegrund ....................................................................................... 9 Syfte ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Frågeställningar .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Teoretisk utgångspunkt ............................................................................................................. 10 Kvinnoforskning, jämställdhet och genus ........................................................................................ 10 Jämställdhet ...................................................................................................................... 11 Genus ................................................................................................................................ 11 Genusordning och genussystem ....................................................................................... 12 Genuskontrakt .................................................................................................................. 12 Genustrappan .................................................................................................................... 13 Metod ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Val av metod .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Urval och avgränsning .............................................................................................................................. 14 Presentation av valda läromedel ......................................................................................................... 15 Utkik Historia 4-6 Cirkulationsexemplar, Gleerups 2014 ................................................ 15 Upptäck Historia, Liber 2015 ........................................................................................... 16 Grundbok Historia – från vikingatid till Gustav III, Natur & Kultur 2008 ...................... 16 Genomförande .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Reliabilitet och validitet ........................................................................................................................... 18 Resultat och analys ...................................................................................................................... 18 Antal kvinnor och män i register ......................................................................................................... 19 Vilka kvinnor/män har fått ta plats och hur framställs de? ..................................................... 20 Text i förhållande till läroplanen ......................................................................................................... 26 Diskussion ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Resultatdiskussion ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Metoddiskussion ......................................................................................................................................... 29 Referenser ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Bilagor .............................................................................................................................................. 33 Bilaga 1. Utkik historia 4-6 (Gleerups, 2014) ................................................................................. 33 Bilaga 2. Upptäck historia (Liber, 2015) ........................................................................................... 36 Bilaga 3. Grundbok Historia (Natur & Kultur, 2008) .................................................................. 38 Bilaga 4. Mer statistik ................................................................................................................................ 40 2 Var är kvinnorna? En analys av läromedel i historia ur ett genusperspektiv Hilena Larsson Sammanfattning Skolan har ett uppdrag att jobba mot traditionella könsmönster och verka för jämställdhet och människors lika värde. Läromedel och främst läroböcker har generellt genom tiderna och än idag en stark ställning i undervisningen. Fram till början av 1990-talet granskade staten alla läromedel, men detta ansvar är idag ålagt skolans rektorer och/eller lärare. Många lärare upplever dock att de inte hinner granska läromedlen och det finns därmed en överhängande risk att läromedlen och läroböckerna som används runtom i landet inte når upp till de krav och mål som finns formulerade i läroplaner och kursplaner. Denna undersökning syftar därför till att analysera tre läromedel för årskurs 4-6 i ämnet historia ur ett genus- och jämställdhetsperspektiv. Undersökningen gjordes till största del genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys men även till viss del genom kvantitativ datainsamling. För analysen av textinnehållet och insamlad data användes olika begrepp och analysverktyg från bland annat Yvonne Hirdmans forskning om genusordning och genuskontrakt, samt Mona Edwertz och Lars Lundströms genustrappa. I analysen framkommer det hur många kvinnor respektive män de olika böckerna skildrar, samt hur dessa framställs. Likt den tidigare forskning som presenteras i studien visar resultatet på en underrepresentation av kvinnor i de tre läromedlen som analyserats och det är främst männens historia och liv som skildras. Förutom en ojämn fördelning av antalet kvinnor och män tycks de tre läromedlen som analyserats upprätthålla traditionella genus- och könsmönster. Detta indikerar att inget av de tre läromedlen som analyserats visar på en medvetenhet kring varken genus eller jämställdhet, och det kan således tolkas som att läroböckerna får svårt att möta läroplanens jämställdhetsmål. 3 Inledning I en tid där jämställdheten mellan män och kvinnor är en ständigt närvarande fråga och där kvinnor både ges och tar allt mer utrymme i det offentliga rummet, är det viktigt att påminnas om att det inte alltid har sett ut på detta sätt. Under 2000-talet har vi sett unga, modiga tjejer som Malala Yousafzai och Greta Thunberg ifrågasätta världsledande politiker, uppmärksamma globala problem och väcka ett stort engagemang hos många människor. De har nått ut till en global publik, till barn och unga och till personer i olika samhällsklasser på ett sätt som inte många andra lyckats med. Deras mod och styrka har gjort dem till två förebilder och till två röster som lyssnas på. Att båda två kommer skrivas in i historieböckerna känns odiskutabelt, och jag tänker på vilket intryck dessa två tjejer har gett och kommer att ge till elever framöver. Detta har väckt ett intresse hos mig, och jag har ställt mig själv frågan om vilka kvinnor jag har läst om i historieböckerna under min skolgång. Heliga Birgitta och drottning Kristina i all ära, men det kan väl ändå inte bara ha varit dessa två? Jag tänker och reflekterar men mina tankar står still, jag kan inte dra mig till minnes att jag läst om särskilt många fler kvinnor. Även under mina åtta år som anställd inom grundskolan har jag läst och mött läromedel i historia där kvinnorna tycks lysa med sin frånvaro. Med ett samhälle,
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