Historiekunskap i årskurs 9. Nationella utvärderingen av grundskolan 2003 (NU 2003)

In English This report is part of the National evaluation of the Swedish compulsory school. The evaluation was conducted by the National Board of Education in 2003. The present report deals with pupils' attitudes to History as a subject and to history education in the 9th grade. We have also made an evaluation of pupils' knowledge of history. The survey shows that a majority of the pupils have positive views of history education and that they rgard historical knowledge as important. The report highlights the importance of the teacher in the educational process.