An individualistic turn

Citizenship in Swedish history and social studies syllabi, 1970–2017

Bibliographic Data

ID21409541
AuthorsHenrik Åström Elmersjö (0000-0003-4500-5502, Umeå University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume50
Issue2
Pages220-239
Publication date2021-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-760X • E-ISSN: 1464-5130
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0046760x.2020.1826052
OpenAlexW3101285929
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This article explores representations of problems regarding citizenship in changes to the syllabi of social studies and history in Swedish secondary schools between 1970 and 2017. Previous research has shown that the general educational discourse changed from an emphasis on the societal needs of committed citizens to an emphasis on the individual’s ability to cope in a rapidly changing society in the end of the twentieth century. This study contributes to this research by exploring the impact of these discursive changes on individual school subjects. The study shows that changes in social studies and history syllabi even preceded changes previously seen in overall educational discourse regarding individualisation. While changes to the social studies syllabi have developed very closely to the overarching educational discourse in changing socialisation to be more suitable for an individualised society, changes to the history syllabi appear to have been more geared towards subjectification

Citizenship · Individualism · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Social history (medicine) · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · Subjectification · Syllabus · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Religious Education and Schools

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