Abstract
Today's world is in need of independence of food and self-management ability of A study was conducted on the kitchen job of public and private junior high school students from 12 to 15 years old in Japan and England. The results were as follows
(1) The frequency of help of Japanese adolescents'kitchen job, for example, shopping, cleaning the table and preparing a dish, was very low. Their self-reliance was lower than that of English. Japanese helped a part of kitchen jobs such as includ setting a table. Many young Japanese do not have their special dishes. However, English students can attain their objects and feel happy at kitchen job because they have to do a series of job. It was clear that students, who were able to help very well one of kitchen jobs such as shopping, cleaning a table and cooking, could help other jobs with chain react ion.
(2) Adolescents who help cooking because of “like cooking help setting a table, have a special dish and practice good table manner.
(3) While a half of Japanese (both boys and girls) recognized that in” women have to do kitchen job, English adolescents understood “both men and women have to do”, especially women insisted on this point. The consciousness of the duties was very different between the two nations.
The results of English students gave us many suggestions. We hope Japanese adolescents are able to stand more by themselves.
