Fostering practical Abilities Through Practice Teaching in Home Economics : A Consciousness of Teaching Students in Home Economics

Abstract

In order to clarify the idea on the structure of practical abilities for home economics teaching fostered during practice teaching as well as factors and issues for its development, the researcher have carried out an inquiry through a questionnaire for practice teaching students. As indicators of lesson practical abilities, 42 items were selected and the students were requested to assess how each item was learned during the teaching session in five degrees. Through factor analysis, the result could be explained by four factors. Among the factors, the "strategies for teaching" was ranked to be the best learned, followed by "control of teaching and learning" and "fostering of pupil's learning" in decreasing order. The last one on "considerations for pupils" was rated to be the factor that was learned the least. Furthermore, the recognition of teaching profession to control practical abilities and formation of interrelations between subjects were found out to be insufficient, thus, the researcher is recommending reform of the current university education. The students argued that it was necessary to be prepared for teaching before undergoing actual practice teaching, and they also requested for a longer period of practice teaching.