Constancy in Practice of Learning Contents in Homemaking Education : Change of Practice Rate in Family Living

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the constancy of what learners carry out in practice on what they have learned in homemaking education. In order to achieve this purpose, data were collected from 379 pupils of elementary schools. The major findings were as follows. 1. Practice rates of sewing on buttons, cooking, cleaning a room, sharing housekeeping and shopping were highest when 2 or 4 weeks passed after lessons. When 12 weeks or more passed after lessons, rates of practice lowered. 2. Practice of sewing on buttons was constant at 4 weeks after lesson. Practice of cleaning a room, sharing housekeeping and appropriate shopping was constant at 12 weeks after lesson.