A Tentative Plan for a Citizenship Education Curriculum in Junior High School Home Economics

Abstract

  The purpose of this research was to examine material in junior high school home economics textbooks and identify materials appropriate for use in citizenship education. Furthermore, we aimed to present a tentative plan for a citizenship education curriculum in junior high school home economics. We came to the following conclusions through an investigation of the relation between the existing textbooks for junior high school home economics and the components of citizenship education for home economics.

  1. We were able to choose subject matter from existing textbooks. However, fostering citizenship in junior high school home economics education requires paying attention to two important issues: education of controversial issues and the development of a propensity for putting matters into perspective.

  2. Lesson planning can be conducted by examining the home economics citizenship education content matrix for the two issues mentioned above. Therefore, by using existing home economics textbooks, in this research we present a tentative plan for citizenship education in junior high school home economics.