Estetiken i skolpolitiken En jämförande analys av forskning om estetiska ämnens betydelse för lärande, deras roll i gymnasiereformen Gy11 samt i läroplanen Lgy 11

Abstract

The artistic subjects disappeared from the obligatory curriculum of the Swedish secondary school in 2011. The purpose of this work is to analyze to which extent the new curriculum Lgy11 is based on scientific results when it comes to the role the aesthetics were given. This paper analyzes the documents that preceded the reform, such as Government Reports and Interpellation Debates, for a start. It continues with an analysis of an interdisciplinary group of researchers, whose scientific work include research of impacts of art and art education in ordinary education and learning in a more holistic perspective. Finally an analysis of the curriculum itself is made. Our methods of analysis can be described as belonging to a structuralistic and hermeneutic paradigm, which is embraced by the Curriculum Theory. We have made the conclusion that the curriculum Lgy11 of the Swedish secondary school only to a small extent is based on scientific results concerning the role aesthetics are given. The curriculum lacks important formulations concerning the aesthetics´ role for democratic values, science, the ability to valuate, to feel good, to play and laugh.