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This study is a continuation on a previous empirical study in the field of religious education and

the development of religious education in Sweden and how the development of teaching religion

has been affected by society. This study intend to examine the teachers perception of the

development of religious education in Swedish schools. The study sets out to ask the teachers

about their own thoughts about their teaching in religious education. The questions are the

following six: 1. Are the teachers experiencing some changes in their teaching due to the years

they’ve been working? 2. Is there some division between the partaking teachers perception of

their teaching in the study? 3. Is there some division between the partaking teachers perception

of how the religious education have transformed during their active time as teachers? 4. Do the

teachers in the study believe that their conditions have changed during their active time as

teachers? 5. Is there some agebased conjuction in the result of the survey? 6. Does the result

from the survey divide from the result from the intervjues in some vital way?

By using both a survey with and then an interview with six participants the study gained more

opinions on different levels wich was one of the main goals with the study. The analyzing

method was choosen based on it’s ability to retell the opinions from the teachers in best possible

way. To interpretative what the teachers said and how they felt, the study could show what the

teachers main concerns and opinions really are with a retelling overview from the author. The

result from the study shows that teachers in religious education in Sweden believes that the

curriculum has to much matter and to little time to educate the students. The teachers also thinks

that some changes in the education has been affected from society, mainly IT development and

integration. The majority of the teachers do believe that the religious education have changed

during their active time teaching and the result from the survey and the interview are very much

alike.