Daniel BlixtPhD student

About me

My background is mainly in upper secondary education where I taught 2003 - 2021, a position that I from 2020 combined with teaching on the teacher programmes at the Department of Education (IPD). During this time I also completed my master's programme at IPD and in the spring of 2023 I held a position as a lecturer at the department.

My research area is young people's reading where I investigate primary school pupils‘ stories about reading with the aim of increasing knowledge about the pupils’ perceptions of themselves as readers. The empirical material of the thesis consists of focus group interviews with pupils in grade nine where they talk about their experiences and perceptions of reading. The theoretical framework consists of the ‘small stories’ approach within narrative theory and method.

The motive of the thesis is to problematise the alleged decline in reading interest among children and young people and, by extension, the prevailing perception of a reading crisis. The scientific interest is that this hitherto unexplored approach to investigating children's and young people's relationship to reading can provide additional perspectives on their alleged disinterest in reading.