Browsing by Author "Österberg, Pekka"

The research task of this thesis is to determine whether the change in self-efficacy in learn-ing handcraft methods is different in relation to teaching methods or underlying factors and whether the underlying factors are linked to the change in self-efficacy. The study compares the differences between teaching through educational video, traditional demonstration teach-ing and background factors in task-related self-efficacy. In addition, the study examines the link between the underlying factors and the task-related change in self-efficacy. The theory of the research is based on the sources of crafts science, educational science, and media education, which examines self-efficacy, educational videos, demonstration teaching, and patterns of handcraft skill acquisition. This study was of the nature of an intervention study, where data was collected through a questionnaire in a quasi-experimental study design and was analysed using quantitative methods. The study data consisted of 210 responses. The study was carried out using vid-eo-based learning material to teach handcraft methods in test groups and traditional demon-strations in control groups. Subjects’ self-efficacy related to chosen handcraft methods was measured before and after the intervention. The study examined two handcraft methods, soldering and stitch application. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences between teaching methods in soldering. Self-efficacy of subjects who received demonstration teaching in-creased by 14.3 %, while the corresponding figure for subjects who received video instruc-tion was 1.4 %. There were no statistically significant differences between subjects who re-ceived video and demonstration instructions in stitch application. A hobby in electronic hand-crafts and competence in handcraft school subject had a negative correlation to the task-related change in self-efficacy. The results show that the educational video is well suited to learning handcraft methods under certain conditions, but at the same time provides a new learning environment and a way to learn.