Health education in Swedish schools - what's on offer?

The aim of this paper is to identify the dominant discourses of health and wellbeing that are offered in health education in Swedish schools. Issues of health and wellbeing are covered mainly in four school subjects in Sweden: physical education and health, home and consumer studies, biology, and so...

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Vydáno v:Scandinavian journal of educational research Ročník 69; číslo 4; s. 871 - 883
Hlavní autoři: Varea, V., Caldeborg, A., Barker, D., Quennerstedt, M.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Routledge 07.06.2025
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ISSN:0031-3831, 1470-1170, 1470-1170
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Shrnutí:The aim of this paper is to identify the dominant discourses of health and wellbeing that are offered in health education in Swedish schools. Issues of health and wellbeing are covered mainly in four school subjects in Sweden: physical education and health, home and consumer studies, biology, and social studies, and therefore, we interviewed teachers from those subjects to generate data. Six interrelated health discourses were identified from the data. All discourses were, however, also embedded within a health discourse with a comprehensive description of health as physical, psychological and social wellbeing. Results suggest that schools offer a Western and White discourse of health and that some content is overemphasised, and some is missing in relation to other non-dominant discourses of health and wellbeing.
ISSN:0031-3831
1470-1170
1470-1170
DOI:10.1080/00313831.2024.2360905