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Home economics 2030 – from the now to the new

Research project The purpose of this research project is to examine the conditions for teaching in home and consumer studies, how the instruction is conducted and can be conducted by teachers, as well as how it is experienced by both students and teachers.

The project aims to investigate how teaching and assessment in home and consumer studies can be improved by 1) maximizing the advantages and minimizing the disadvantages of group work, 2) focusing on exploration of sensory experiences through structured student reflections, and 3) making assessment and grading more relevant and legally secure.

Head of project

Ingela Bohm Associate professor
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+46 90 786 91 27
Cecilia Lindblom Associate professor
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+46 90 786 63 96
Linda Berggren Associate professor
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+46 90 786 80 53

Project overview

Project period:

Start date: 2022-01-01

Participating departments and units at Umeå University

Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science

Research area

Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science

Project description

Through classroom observations, interviews with teachers and students, and the implementation of new lesson designs, the substudies aim to answer the following research questions:

  • How do teachers work with grading and assessment?
  • How do students experience grading and assessment?
  • How do teachers use teaching materials, such as recipes, in their instruction?
  • How do students perceive these teaching materials?
  • How do teachers facilitate group work during practical lessons?
  • How do students experience group work during practical lessons?
  • How do teachers approach instruction for newly arrived students?
  • How do newly arrived students experience the instruction?
  • How are time management, the position of home and consumer studies in the school, the inclusion of cultural perspectives, and sustainability perspectives affected by alternative teaching approaches in the form of an intervention?
  • How do teachers and students experience these alternative teaching approaches in terms of time management, the position of home and consumer studies in the school, cultural perspectives, and sustainability perspectives?
Latest update: 2025-02-17