On the System of the Science of Home Economics Education

Abstract

A teaching method of homemaking education had ever been developed including a role of pedagogy. Indeed we can see this fact by Narita's (1940) and Ishizawa's (1916) books, for example. Meanwhile, a new research to construct a science on the school curriculum started recently and identification of its relative place to the pedagogy and its contents have been discussed. The author comprehend that the science of home economics education is a discipline having an original content which involves both contents of pedagogy and home economics partially. From this point of view, a whole scope of the science of home economics education is suggested and it is the author's opinion that the suggested all courses should become curriculum components for the elementary and secondary teacher training course.