Abstract
Consumer issues arise when a self-sufficient economy collapses and people start buying goods produced by others.Since further polarization of roles between the producer and the consumer are to be expected, the consumer issues will be a bigger concern in our society. Therefore, consumer
training should become an important part of the home economics education.
We are now in dire need of new curriculums which cultivate the eye toward better products, nip consumer trouble in the bud, and concentrate on training consumers to become more enlightened. For that purpose, I have carried out various tests to encourage pupils to experience the producer role rather than that of the consumer.
What I am discussing here are the curriculum, teaching materials, and teaching methods of elementary home economics as a consumer education.
Our fifth graders participated in the project titled ”Let's make salad dressing” with enthusiasm and, as a result, were mostly satisfied with their achievements.
