Abstract
Home Economics is changing drastically. One of the most remarkable ideas which is driving this change is “life-span human development.” I feel that the life-span human development is one of the key concepts of new Home Economics. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate a scheme of Home Economics from this standpoint. The Creekmore-Imai model was useful to make a scheme of Home Economics based on the “official definition in 1984” of Home Economics in Japan. I tried to modify the scheme in order to accomodate “life-span, ” a time factor, and systematize the study items of Home Economics in order to incorporate the developmental tasks of individuals. Furthermore, I clarified the methodology of trans-disciplinarity needs for the integration of various sub-disciplines of Home Economics. While aiming at the systematization described above, I came across some issues that made me feel a need to modify the present categories of Home Economics in the areas of Child Study and Home Management
