Browsing by Author "Puska, Eveliina"

In this research evaluation has been considered because evaluation it is not a simple task. During evaluation there must be considered several things for example, when evaluation is done, what is the target of evaluation, who evaluates and what are the goals of evaluation. First, evaluation is concerned in general, next more precisely evaluation of craft learning in comprehensive school. The research questions are: Which are the evaluation methods mentioned in research material considering the craft processes different phases? How are the evaluation methods described? There are plenty of evaluation methods and each of them has its pros and cons, but which methods are most suitable for different phases of craft process? The research was executed by systematic literature review and content analysis. The literature consisted of eight articles or works. The mentions of evaluation methods were searched and tabulated. The research is mainly qualitative, but the quantities of the mentions were also observed. The mentions were classified according to which phase of the craft process those were best suitable. The findings were not surprising, for the material was up-to-date and thus described evaluation methods that are trendy at present, such as e-portfolio and documentation. On the other hand, there were astonishingly few mentions about evaluation methods even though material was dealing with craft evaluation. Most mentions were discovered considering self-evaluation and peer review. Documentation was also mentioned multiple times. Although e-portfolio was mentioned only in two articles it was covered most comprehensively. Based on material, there are mostly mentions about evaluation methods for finished product compared to other phases of craft process. There were a couple of mentions for early stage and execution phases of craft process. There were no separate methods for creation and planning phases but the evaluation methods concerning them covered also other phases of process. In addition to evaluation methods for finished product, there were several mentions of evaluation methods that are suitable for craft process as a whole.