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Historiemedvetandets utveckling genom högläsning av skönlitteratur, boksamtal och att skriva berättelser.
Historical consciousnessSocial backgroundCultural capitalMotivationIntermediate schoolHistoriemedvetandeSocial bakgrundKulturellt kapitalMotivationMellanstadiet
Abstract:According to the curriculum of the Swedish school the pupils should develop their historical consciousness. The aim of this study was to find out which pupils develop this consciousness by listing to an historical novel, talking about that book and writing stories. The study went on for four weeks and the subject of the teaching was the Middle Ages. 28 pupils took part and a variety of methods were used: 1: questionnaire about the lives of the pupils, 2: Making observations of their attitude to the teaching and 3: story writing. The results show that the social background does not influence the development of an historical consciousness. Pupils who wrote diaries, spoke many languages and were interested in history, they had already or could more easily develop one. It is not sure that this depends on the cultural capital, which includes many different parts. Therefore there could still be a connection, this, however, has not been confirmed in this study. It is also shown that pupils who lived in the countryside already had an historical consciousness or could more easily develop one. It is difficult to explain the reasons for this influence.