Local Dietary Culture as Teaching Substance in Homemaking Education(2) : Based on the Reports of Local Dietary Culture from Kumamoto Prefecture Homemaking Education Circle

Abstract

This paper surveyed 61 actual homemaking classes related to the local dietary culture, reported by the Kumamoto Prefecture Homemaking Education Circle. The findings were as follows. 1.Processed food and raw food were used as teaching substance mostly, and food preparation followed them. 2.In the earlier classes, local teaching substance were used, while since 1980' the local dietary culture was studied using teaching substance which had no relation to the area's life. 3.The students learned the local dietary culture in their practical classes and by interviewing people in the area. 4.The teachers examined the local dietary culture in terms of teahing substance by interviewing the people in the area and their own experiences.