Browsing by Author "Niittylä, Saara"

Aims. The purpose of this study is to investigate how home economic teachers implemented distance teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. The research data was collected by interviewing home economic teachers. The theoretical framework for the research is based on previous research in distance education, the basic curriculum for the home economics and the research on home economics education. The research questions are: 1. How did home economic teachers implement distance teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic? 2. How was communication technology used to teach the home economic skills? 3. How did teaching home economics at distance affect the evaluation? Methods. The material of the study was collected by interviewing six home economic teachers. The interviews were conducted as individual interviews in accordance with the principles of the thematic interview. Research material was analyzed using a qualitative content analysis method. Results and conclusion. The experiences of the home economics teachers were relatively similar. Differences were found in the communication technologies adopted during teaching and partly also in the tasks planned for the students. Experiences in regards to the level of support provided by the school also varied. In terms of evaluation, the assessment of cooperation and interaction skills was found to be challenging during distance teaching.