Abstract
This paper examines the learning materials for time management in high school home economics education. Time management is defined as the plan-do-evaluate process of time use. Home economics education has focused on time management planning or time management design, which appears to be related to time use research. However, time use research has not focused on such topics. The main interest of time use research is to analyze main tendencies in the allocation of time, and also to look at differences in the behavior of subgroups in society. In this paper, the course of study, textbooks and teachers' guide books for high school home economics were examined with regard to how home economics education formally deals with time management or time management planning. After that, books which deal with time management were reviewed and many good points for the development of study materials for time management design were found. The author proposes learning materials for time management design in high school home economics education as follows. (1) Time management design should be viewed as one aspect of short-term life planning. (2) First, students fill the time use sheet. (3) Students plan, do and evaluate their time use. (4) Students identify their goals in conducting time management design. (5) Students think how to implement the plan. (6) It is necessary to relate time management design to family and human relations. (7) Students find the constraints on the implementation of the plan. (8) To evaluate the plan, try to make an evaluation sheet to check the plan from various points of view. (9) A daily plan is better than a weekly plan for use in home economics classes.
