”MAN SER DET, MEN JAG TROR ATT MÅNGA BLUNDAR FÖR DET OCKSÅ, DET ÄR SKITJOBBIGT ATT TA DET” : En kvalitativ vinjettstudie om hur lärare på universitetsnivå bemöter socionomstudenter med extrema åsikter

Sammanfattning

The main purpose of the study is to investigate teachers' treatment of students who express extreme beliefs. The study also intends to compare educators' treatment of students with right- and left-wing extreme views based on profession, level of education and possible professional experience. The study has been designed based on a qualitative method in the form of a vignette study. The survey consisted of eight interviews with teachers with different backgrounds from different institutions of higher learning. The collected data was analyzed with a thematic analysis where three themes emerged, teachers' reactions and stance towards the students' extreme views, the value base of the education and differences in the response. The results have been analyzed using previous research and Foucault's power of knowledge and the theory of Biesta's three dimensions of education. The results show that left-wing extremist views are more accepted than right-wing extremists in an academic environment, and that teachers lack clear action planning and guidelines in how they should respond to students who express extreme views. It also emerged that laws and practices serve as a handbook for the students during their education but also as social workers to carry out the work in a legally secure manner. All the teachers feel that the social work program did not have special values that speak about how social work students should relate to attitudes and opinions.