Det store bildet: En kartlegging av faget sal og scene i Norge i 2019

The (elective) school subject sal og scene (stage and scene) was introduced as a multi-aesthetic arts education subject at Norwegian secondary schools in 2012. The main objective of the subject is to create and perform various audiovisual or scenic expressions and productions. The purpose of this article is to provide a picture of what characterizes the subject sal og scene in the Norwegian school in 2019. The data for the article is generated through a nationwide questionnaire survey among subject teachers. The study is designed as a quantitative study in an exploratory design, and the analysis is conducted as descriptive statistical analysis. Results show that 70,3 % of schools in Norway offer the subject as an elective subject, 73,8 % of the pupils participating in the subject are girls, and 61,4 % of the teachers are women. Further results show that the most common forms of scene production in the subject are theatre and musical theatre productions, 77,29 % of the teachers have some form of arts education, and music is the most commonly represented artform in the teachers’ areas of competence. Results also show that the subject has a position of high status in the school’s management, and that 46% of the teachers teach the subject alone, without collaborating with other teachers.