2016 Volume 67 Issue 8 Pages 455-468
The purpose of the present research is to characterize citizenship education as it occurs in social studies and home economics classes, as well as to specify the educational objective, by grade level and throughout compulsory education, of home economics education specifically with respect to cultivating citizenship. In doing so, the ultimate aim is to gain foundational materials for the development of a home economics citizenship curriculum.
Based on the results and analysis of the educational objective and content of citizenship education in home economics at each grade level, the following conclusions can be drawn.
1. The learning process was coherently organized over 5 years.
2. Political literacy is nurtured through discussion and dialogue in which differences of opinion and objections are not avoided, and in which the participants understand each other’s needs while sympathizing and criticizing.
3. Students practice resolution and betterment themselves, the results of which are disseminated widely both within and outside of school.
4. Reflection is critical to the sequential learning process that seeks to broaden perspectives.
