Journal of the Japan Association of Home Economics Education
Online ISSN : 2424-1938
Print ISSN : 0386-2666
ISSN-L : 0386-2666
On Systematic Teaching Method of Clothing Education in Elementary, Junior and Senior High Schools (1) : Study on buying clothes and care of clothing
Minori OKAMURAHarumi MOROOKAHitomi NAKAGAWA
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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 39-46

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This study aims to seek a consistent and systematic teaching method of clothing and textile education is elementary, junior and senior high schools, A questionnaire was conducted on 1665 students from the 6th grade of elementary schoolchildren to university students. The results of questionnaire on buying clothes and care of clothing, and the teaching method suited to development stages were made clear, as follows: 1. More than half of the 8th grade students buy clothes themselves. Hence, the basic knowledge for buying clothes must be taught until the 7th grade. 2. As they have little experience in care of clothing and some experience in failure of buying clothes, the important items for study are the following: the meaning of clothing size label, care label for textile and quality label, measurement method of their body size, properties of fiber materials and consciousness as a consumer.
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