A Teaching Method for Bringing up Consumer's Ability in Homemaking

-Centered in the Buddy System Through "Janken" Games -

Abstract

As polarization of roles between the producer and the consumer lead to various consumer issues, demand for effective consumer education increases. Accordingly, it is strongly desir- able to develop a new teaching method in the home economics classes which cultivates pupils' consumer awareness. Cooking practice is one of the curricula that pupils take on eagerly with greatest interest. However, it has its problems, namely, (1) realtively low class participation, (2) only one part of the whole process being covered by each pupil, (3) pupils' inexperience in the process. In order to encourage students to take an active part in the cooking practice, I have developed a new teaching method making use of "janken" games. The method also proved to be effective in cultivating consumer awareness among pupils. In this report, ainls and methods of card making with “janken"games are discu%ed with concrete examples.