Abstract
To clarify the change of the role of fathers, the father presented in the course of study and textbooks of home economics were studied from the comparison with the father presented in the Monthly Journal of the Ministry of Education. The Monthly Journal of the Ministry of Education pointed out the importance of the father's role with regard to the policy of socializing youngsters. Both home economics education and the Monthly Journal of the Ministry of Education indicated that fathers should have direct involvement in the raising of their children. Home economics education has presented fathers as active participants in housework since 1977. The Monthly Journal of the Ministry of Education began to recommend the father's role in housework after the introduction of policy of gender equality. However, in contrast to home economics education, which is not gender-specific, the Monthly Journal of the Ministry of Education still maintains a difference between the role of the father and that of the mother.
