Analysing genomgång: a Swedish mathematics teaching lesson event

Authors

Paul Andrews
Niclas Larson

Abstract

In this paper, drawing on group interviews focused on Swedish upper secondary students’ perspectives on school mathematics, we analyse participants’ use of the noun genomgång. Loosely translated as a ”whole class event during which the teacher goes through something” and for which there is no English equivalent, the word was used by both interviewers and interviewees even when referring to different forms of whole class activity. Analyses identified four broad categories of genomgång based on their form and function. With respect to form, genomgångs were either transmissive or participative. With respect to function they were either instructional or problem solving.

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2024-11-19

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Andrews, P., & Larson, N. (2024). Analysing genomgång: a Swedish mathematics teaching lesson event. NOMAD Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 22(3), 85–105. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/NOMAD/article/view/148907