小学生の調理技能の習得と家庭での調理実践を重視した授業の効果

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It is thought that acquiring cooking skills is very important to leading a healthy lifestyle. However, class time is limited for practical cooking lessons in home economics class in elementary school. Therefore, there are few opportunities for the students to cook. In this study, practical cooking lessons were developed for fifth graders to efficiently acquire cooking skills and to frequently cook at home, and then examined for effectiveness. It is found that the number of students who cooked at home and felt confident in cooking procedures increased after taking the practical cooking lessons, especially in cooking procedures that were repeated in lesson. Moreover, students who had less experience in cooking before the lessons cooked more times for homework, and showed greater increase in confidence in cooking procedures. Furthermore, the number of dishes which students cooked at home increased, and the interest in foods were observed, indicating that the lessons were effective in dietary education. However, there were no changes in the frequency of helping in the preparation of daily meals and in their daily lifestyle at home. That is one of our next issues.