Abstract
According to a survey of senior high school girls in Ibaraki Prefecture pursuing the homemaking course, most of the girls have taken the course by the advice of junior high school teachers or their parents after due consideration of their ability. They have an inferiority complex from the beginning. In order to let the girls feel that it is really useful to receive homemaking education, it is necessary for the teachers to give them an attractive lesson as to absorb their interest and to make them study with eagerness. Food and clothing lessons, which they enjoy cooking or sewing dresses, girls feel an interest by practicing, and satisfactory results are obtained. On the other hand, in case of nonobjective lessons it is highly necessary to teach practically. This study deals with the girls' response for the teaching based on the educational materials. It treats with the subject, 'how to live as a woman in modern times.' The girls discussed the question and got their ideas in order. They read the book treating on the women's problems during the summer vacation and later expressed their opinions. They also had a discussion with the nurses at a health center. How these studies were influenced on their decision of the course of life are discussed.
