Browsing by Author "Ojala, Lauri"

Goals. The goal of the thesis was to find out what kind of a learning environment and a situation of teaching of good manners is classroom catering. In recent years, the media have come up with some examples of how classroom catering has been felt as a more restful eating situation than eating in the canteen. Classroom catering has been felt a functional way to arrange school catering. Educational guidance for school catering is based on law and curriculum, and the Finnish national curriculum requires the organizer of the education to set the educational goals for school catering. This study aimed at studying the teaching of good manners at the levels of class teachers and school system. Methods. The study was a qualitative case study, which interviewed three class teachers and one school catering authority. The case-teacher’s data consists of a themed group interview. The qualitative data was analyzed by theory-based analysis. Results and conclusions. Teaching of good manners involves centrally the consideration of another person and the proper use of cutlery. In the case school, classroom catering turned out to be an inherent way to teach of good manners. The case teachers of this study felt catering in the classroom more restful than catering in the canteen. The case teachers felt that classroom catering was cramped and challenging to keep clean. The school catering expert interviewed in the study, saw the cleanliness and food delivery challenging in classroom catering. The case teachers experienced classroom catering as a pleasant and social environment that naturally included in the discussion and had a good visual contact with the pupils. The study found that earlier research related to teaching of good manners is confined to theses. The teaching of good manners has been a little explored theme, especially in the 21st century.