Abstract
We saw a noteworthy curriculum development of Home Economics education in the United States of America in the 1960's. In early 1960's the Home Economics Education Branch of the U.S.Office of Education, which had not been concerned with development before started a curriculum development project at the national level. Workshops supported by the Branch were held between 1961 and 1964 at the various parts of the States and the result was published in 1967 by the A.H.E.A., entitled Concepts and Generalizations: Their Place in High School Home Economics Curriculum Development. This Study examines the origin and development of the U.S. project and analyses its characteristics and successful results. The results are as follows; The characteristic of the curriculum development was found in "concept approach", trying to structure the course contents in Home Economics. Thus, the concrete contribution of the national project in early days was to identify and develop basic concepts and broad generalizations as an outline in the various fields of Home Economics. In establishing these outlines, each area made a trial and error for a common procedure, but developed and employed the different procedure through the workshops. In developing the curriculum for secondary schools, these concepts and generalizations ought to be further reorganized from an independent theory of education. It should be highly evaluated that "concept approach" made it possible to structure the more discipline-centered course contents and to determine the concepts and generalizations in the whole field of Home Economics.
