家庭科教育のための基礎資料の研究(1) : 基本的生活習慣形成に関する調査について

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In order to add variety to the practice of the Home-making education, researches schould always be made from various standpoints. Recently we have investigated into the formation of the basic habits in our children's life. We selected 1800 pupils from the following three districts. Tokyo (a large city) 600 Kasugai (a middle city in Aichi pref.) 600 Sashiogi (a rural district in Saitama pref.) 600 from each grade 100 children (male 50 female 50) We distributed questionnaires to their parents and asked them to answer the twenty questions about the habits and manners of the childrn. Some items of the questions are as follows : The habit of rising and going to bed The habit of food, clothing and housing The habit of speech The habit of helpfulness and cooperation with others The habit of good health The result of the investigation represnts some features due to the differences of regional conditions and distinction of sex. But, as a whole, there can be found a tendency common to all the pupils. The habit is not formed straight as a rapidly rising line. The curve rises slowly rather in a zigzag way, sometimes falling. This is, we guess, due to the vniversal tendency in psychological development and the extension of experiences.