Kampen om faget - eit forskinsoversyn med vekt på lærarane si rolle
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Nordidactica - Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education. 2023, (2), 28-48.Abstract
Subject matter didactics is concerned with all aspects of a school
subject. However, this literature is strikingly uninterested in what influences and
may influence the subject matter itself. Didactically competent, critical teachers
ought to understand how the subject is influenced by many actors, and that they
themselves may take part in this process. To exercise such critical thinking, the
teacher profession needs a widely defined subject matter didactics as part of their
knowledge basis. The subject may be influenced from many levels, transnational,
national and local. Considering increasing emphasis on Norwegian teachers as
reflective professional practitioners, we would expect them to make a major
difference at several of these levels. If not, professionalism is rather weak.
Research about what influences the social studies subject has to start from a
review of existing research, and this article is a review of research about what
has influenced and shaped the Norwegian social studies subject. The conclusion
is that the matter is not much explored, but the sparse research that do exist
suggests that the teachers are not a driving force in the development of the
subject.