Browsing by Author "Rantanen, Mirjami"

Aims. The purpose of this study is to find out how e-learning can promote learning in the context of home economics education. This study focuses on students learning home economics at Kolin koulu in Eastern Finland studied home economics by means of ‘Kulkuri School of Distance Education’. The main research questions are as follows: 1. How e-learning can activate students to learn? 2. In what ways e-learning can promote the development of core skills in home economics education? Methods. The data were collected as using individual interviews together with a stimulated recall method. The research involved five students in Koli and three professionals of education. The data were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Results and conclusion. From the interviewees point of view collaboration, inclusion and interaction helped their activation process on e-learning. Technical problems, challenges using e-learning platform and lack of instructions were the main reasons to inactive student’s learning processes. It seems to be possible to obtain the targets of national curriculum together with aspects of social-constructivist learning aspects via e-learning. Despite the advantages of e-learning it cannot be seen as the only learning environment for practicing the core skills in home economics.