The Development of Teaching Material for Consumer Education in Homemaking Courses

Abstract

Purpose: Making aprons and studying the care labels attached to them was used as one of the teaching materials for consumer education in the domestic science courses. The purpose of this class is to see whether studying the care labeling system as well as the making of the aprons themselves, is effective or not for pupils in the 6th grade of primary school to understand the interrealtions of home and society and to look at the society in connection with the home. Method: By studying the apron care labels, the pupils learned how to write the application forms for such care labels, which indicate the quality of the texile goods, and what their coding numbers indicate. The evaluation of the class by the pupils was made by questionnaire survey, and all the aprons made by the pupils were reviewed and campared. Resuls: Pupils gave a favorable evaluaion of the class (interest, motivation, attitudes, knowledge/understanding), and teachers' evaluation was in general good (making aprons as well as their care labels, including the filling out and filing of the application forms).