Abstract
This study researched the objectives and contents of learning in early childhood education historically, in order to clarify them in coping with the changes of society, and were studied by students themselves in the developmental process. The objectives and contents of learning were examined in the stage in which home economics education was formed after World War II, through the first Course of Study released. The results were as follows : 1. Objectives and contents of learning in elementary and junior high schools were participation in baby-sitting and taking care of children ; and in senior high schools were in capability for childcare as a mother. 2. It was assumed that girls took household tasks at all levels of school. 3. The various problems involved in the democratization after the war were not reflected in the study of early childhood education and care.
