Abstract
The course of study of homemaking education in the compulsory schools were revised in 1951 and again in 1958. Another revision is reported and will be executed by the Ministry of Education in 1968 for elementary schools. Therefore, the essence of homemaking education in line with the direction of the proposed one must be considered be clarifying the gist of the existing problems of today. Hence, the objectives of homemaking education are analyzed by showing the degree of practice given by the boys and girls in their family lives. A multiple-choice questionnaire was used in analyzing the scope of homemaking education. The subjects were composed of 79 boys and 85 girls of the first year class of the lower secondary schools (seventh grade), and 199 girls of the first year class of the high schools (tenth grade). Conclusions are as follows : 1. The degree of practice in the fields of Clothing, Foods, Housing and Household Equipment which require a lot of techniques is fairly high. 2. The degree of practice related to Family-Relationships stressing the realization of democracy is very low. The subjects hardly have any opportunity of free discussion in their homes. There is need to strengthen the curriculum on areas aiming at the reconstruction of the min d and the realization of democracy, as well as practical techniques. Consequently, more time must be allotted to the sphere of Family-Relationships.
