Browsing by Author "Rydberg, Irene"

The purpose of the Bachelor´s Thesis was to get information on students´experiences of optional home economics studies. The topic is current because of the change in the curriculum of primary school education. Since the fall of year 2016 primary schools have been able to offer optional home economics education in Finland. Previous studies have shown that the participation of children and youth in housework in everyday life will strenghten a sustainable basis for their independent life in the future. In previous studies it has also been found that primary school students are suitable for studying home economics. The Bachelor´s Thesis searches the reasons why third-graders have chosen for an optional home economics as a studying subject. The Thesis also clarified answers to the following questions: what are things that third-graders find nice with the home economics studies and how third-graders participate in housework in their everyday life. A theme interview was used as a method for collecting the material of the Thesis. The material of the Thesis was collected at a school in Helsinki by interviewing third-graders studying optional home economics. The interview was attended by 11 students and they were interviewed in groups of 2–3 people. The interviews were recorded with a voice recorder. The recordings were transcribed and the litterates from them were analyzed in a inductive way. The material was theme-based on the main issues. The mentions related to the themes were calculated and they were collected to the bar charts. The results were examined with reference to backround theory. The most common reasons why the third-graders had chosen home economics studies were enthusiasm of friends and intrest in cooking. The third-graders had a lot of positive experiences from home economics lessons for example grocery shopping and eating food. Almost all intervieews participated in homework in their daily lives. Housework which mentioned were for example emptying the dishwasher and cleaning own room. As a conclusion of the Thesis it can be stated that students who have been interviewed have the motivation to study home economics.