The Situations and the Issues of the Home Economics Education in the Junior High School in 12 Prefectures in Japan (2) : A comparative study among prefectures

Abstract

This study aimed to examine how the education of home economics are actually performed and where the problems exist through the questionnaire to the selected 12 prefectures across the county. The outcomes of the survey were as followings: Firstly, each class completion rate of the elective subjects were 89% in "nursing", 70% in "clothing", and 31% in "housing". Secondly, on the gross hours of class offered in a year 52.4% of the schools offered 105 hours and 44.4% of the schools offered 70 hours respectively. Lastly, the rates of coeducation were respectively 82% in "nursery", 74.2% in "housing", and 58.6% in "clothing". By analyzing the survey some characteristics of each prefecture and the issues to be solved were revealed.