Research project Home Economics is a small school subject with few teaching hours but high ambitions concerning sustainable development and cooking skills. Despite this, it is relatively sparsely researched. Currently, there are no studies on grades and assessment, how students view group work, and what challenges they encounter while cooking. There is also no research on how to create and implement alternative lesson formats with a focus on cooking method practice.
The project aims to explore how teaching in Home Economics is done and how it is experienced by teachers and students. The research questions below are addressed.
The project aims to answer the following questions:
In this project, we use qualitative methods and includes interviews with teachers and students, observations in classrooms, and implementations of alternative lesson formats. Participants are recruited within each substudy, but data from one substudy can be used in another one to get a broader basis for analysis. In this way, the use of the fieldwork is maximized.
