Abstract
The authors developed a tentative content for co-educational foods and nutrition program in Junior High School and showed a preliminary method for organization of the contents, to bring about more reasonable methodology and suitable programs for home economics education. Sequence and procedures of content organization were as follows : 1. Selection of home economics objectives : Objectives which were presented by the Future Plan Committee of the Japan Association of Home Economics Education were adapted to the plan. 2. Development of objectives for "Foods and Nutrition" subject area : Psychological and socio-economic aspects were emphasized, because these aspects appear very little in the present programs. 3. Procedures of content organization : A. Definition of the meaning of content. The authors defined content as follows : a) Primary contents are equal to most minutely broken down and definitely shaped objectives. b) Primary contents are equal to behavioral outcomes described in terms of objective behaviors. B. Bloom's Taxonomy was used in description of contents. C. The contents were selected from culture and discipline of foods through 1) learner's developmental level, 2) knowledge, skills of and attitudes to foods as minimum essentials, 3) "Foods and Nutrition" area's objectives. D. The preliminary contents consist of 58 items, while Minnesota plan has 66 items, and the course of study under present system in Japan has 92 items.
