Civics and Civics Teaching

Present day society is analysed in terms of political and sociological concepts. Students relate subject content to education and teaching by planning and problematising lessons based on their experiences and subject-specific education research. The course comprises the following components: - description, analysis and discussion of Swedish society with a focus on young people's situations - description, analysis and discussion of communities at loca, national, international and global levels with a focus on young people's situations - analysis of young people's conditions in terms of the concepts individual, identity, gender and diversity - application of subject-specific teaching theories and issues to content and their teaching.