Journal of the Japan Association of Home Economics Education

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Article type: Cover
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages Cover2-
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_Cover2

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On the Learning Motivation for the Living Environment of Aged People : By questionnaires conducted on Senior High School Students

Akiko NAGAHARA

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 1-8
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_1

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This study aims at examining contexts of learning and teaching/learning methods which motivate students to learn about the living environment of aged people. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 791 senior high school students in order to grasp the present situation of their will to learn. We gave consideration to difference by attribute and knowledge of these senior high school students. The characteristic points found are as follows. 1. Students, especially male, lack knowledge concerning the living environment of aged people. 2. As many as half of those students answered that they do not have any will to learn about the living environment of aged people. male students in their 2nd year and have lost their grandfather/mother with no knowledge about the living environment of aged people, have this tendency more than the others. 3. Students having learning will or not can be classified into ten reasons. "Having learning will" is distributed among various reasons. On the other hand, "Having no learning will" is limited to only two. A minute examination shows that each reason has various contexts and differences between boys and girls. 4. To raise their learning wills, it is necessary to grasp the living problems of aged people not only as personal problems but also as problems of society, and to solve these problems by strengthening their-self-active independence.

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Saori Weave Training based on the TEACCH Program : Relation between mastering Saori and improving behavioral desorder of autistic disorder

Fusako NAKAGAWA, Miyuki FUJITA

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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 9-14
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_9

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We studied the effectivness of training Saori weave skill for improving a behavioral disorder of tearing clothes, which was based on the TEACCH program and believed to be effective for autistic disorder. We observed the relation between the levels of Saori weaving skill and the frequency of tearing clothes. The results were that the higher levels the examinee acquired, the less frequentry he tore his clothes and in mastering Saori by one's own efforts the behavioral disorder of tearing clothes disappeaed.

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An Evaluation Method for Improvement in Lessons in Homemaking Education : An attitude scale for elementary school children

Masako NAKAI, Fukiko ISHIOKA, Shuko MATSUO, Kazuko TAKABU

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 15-21
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_15

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It is necessary to improve teaching methods to obtain data on a diagnosis of lessons. This study is to construct an attitude scale for children, and to use it as a measure. The main findings of this research were: 1. Factor analysis revealed five factors named "results of learning" "delight in learning" "expansion of learning" "teaching method" and "desire for improvement". 2. Average scores of attitude measurement on factors related highly to "desire for improvement." 3. Children had acquired the aim of homemaking education that would be of use in their lives. 4. Average scores of the sixth graders were higher than that of the fifth graders, except for the factor on "expansion of learning". 5. Average scores of girls were higher than those of boys for all items. Differences between boys and girls sixth graders were smaller than the fifth graders.

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Self-assessment of the Food Intakes (1) : The food intakes and self-assessment of it

Yuki YANO

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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 23-30
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_23

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A questionnaire was carried out for university students, and adults to evaluate their understanding of their own nutritional status in the hope of providing a possible guide for an improvement of homemaking education. The results were as follows: 1. About 40% of the answerers considered their energy intake was over the requirements. 2. More than 70% considered their intake of calcium, iron and vitamins was under the requirements. 3. About 70% considered their intake of Group II (milk and dairy products, seaweeds and small fish), Group III (green and yellow vegetables) and group IV (vegetables and fruits) was under the requirements. 4. About 70% estimated their protein intake and about 50% their vitamin intake. Most answerers failed to give reasonable estimation of their intake of Group II.

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Self-assessment of the Food Intakes (2) : Factors affecting the accuracy of self-estimation of food intakes

Yuki YANO

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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 31-38
Published: April 20, 1997
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A questionnaire was carried out for university students, and adults to clarify the factors affecting their ability of estimating their own food intakes, and to examine possible correlation between their ability and their intention, if any, to improve their dietary habits. The results were as follows: 1. Those who considered their nutritional status insufficient showed an intention to improve their dietary habits. 2. Those who considered their nutritional status sufficient showed favorable satisfaction with their dietary habits. 3. Correlation existed between ability to estimate their food intakes and knowledge of food and nutrition. No correlation existed between the nutritional status and the knowledge of food and nutrition.

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On Systematic Teaching Method of Clothing Education in Elementary, Junior and Senior High Schools (1) : Study on buying clothes and care of clothing

Minori OKAMURA, Harumi MOROOKA, Hitomi NAKAGAWA

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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 39-46
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_39

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This study aims to seek a consistent and systematic teaching method of clothing and textile education is elementary, junior and senior high schools, A questionnaire was conducted on 1665 students from the 6th grade of elementary schoolchildren to university students. The results of questionnaire on buying clothes and care of clothing, and the teaching method suited to development stages were made clear, as follows: 1. More than half of the 8th grade students buy clothes themselves. Hence, the basic knowledge for buying clothes must be taught until the 7th grade. 2. As they have little experience in care of clothing and some experience in failure of buying clothes, the important items for study are the following: the meaning of clothing size label, care label for textile and quality label, measurement method of their body size, properties of fiber materials and consciousness as a consumer.

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Effective Guidance on the Use of Making Scenarios in the Area of Family and Home Life in Senior High School Homemaking Education : Analysis of the Students' Mutual Evaluation

Makiko OGAWA, Yukiko NAGASAWA, Hiroko TANAKA

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 47-54
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_47

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The classwork practice in the area of family and home life through making scenarios was tried in senior high school homemaking education. Based on the analysis of students' mutual evaluation to the scenarios of 11 groups, the considerations to guide in making scenarios were clarified. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The mutual evaluation was effective to cause learning motivation of the students. 2. "Easiness to understand" was the most important factor for the students to raise the evaluation of scenarios. 3. The news in the papers which would be chosen as the reference materials should have clear topics. 4. In spite of the similarity of group themes, the students noticed the various problems through each scenario. 5. The girls showed a tendency to evaluate the presentations higher than the boys.

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Ways of Living for Adolescence observed in Course of Study for Senior High Schools (1) : Historical changes of contents in Home Economics and Social Studies

Yoko OKA, Kyoko MATSUMURA

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1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 55-62
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_55

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We investigated how ways of living in adolescence, an area covered by two subjects, Home Economics and Social Studies, has changed since 1947. The purpose was twofold. Firstly, to clarify historical changes in their contents in both subjects for senior high schools. Secondly, to examine the distinctions between the way that it was taught in both subjects. We analyzed Course of Studies and textbooks of first editions in senior high schools from 1947 to the present. The results were as follows: 1. There were three distinct phases in the way of teaching "Ways of living in adolescence.". (1) From 1947-1955, it was mainly taught in Home Economics. (2) From 1956-1988, it was mainly taught in Social Studies. (3) From 1989 to the present, it has been taught in both subjects. These phases related deeply to whether Home Economics was being learned by both men and women. 2. At first, the way that it was taught in Social Studies was different from that in Home Economics. However the course contents gradually changed and now, in both subjects, the main focus is on students' personal development.

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Description and Usage of Terms Regarding Lipid Nutrition in Japanese Home Economics Textbooks.

Kumiko ABE, Yasuo MASUZAWA, Etsu KISHIDA

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 63-70
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_63

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The main purpose of this study was to shed light on the status-quo of the nutrition education and find clues for a rationalized and systematized curriculum of the home economics education. The textbooks of the Japanese home economics of three schooling levels were chosen to approach the issue. The description and the usage of terms regarding lipid nutrition shown in the textbooks were the central focus for the analysis. Analysis showed that the home economics textbooks from elementary to high school level have neglected the development of the coherent curriculum structure for the adequate nutrition education. Textbooks at junior high school only little develop the primary contents described at elementary school while high school textbooks give rather complicated and segmented knowledge. The chapters of nutrition in most high school textbooks are divided into several segments such as nutrient, food, and cooking with less holistic view on lipid nutrition. The terms, 'lipids' and 'fat', are not adequately used in some of the high school textbooks. The textbooks at each school level tend not to properly distinguish fat as a nutrient and fat as a body component. These should clearly be explained in future textbooks. Poor explanation of digestion, absorption and metabolism of food and nutrients were found in the textbooks of each level so that it is difficult for the students to understand the necessity of nutrients for the healthier and better food behavior. The result suggests that the home economics curriculum in junior high school should be reconsidered and revised as a sequential process based on the elementary level education. In the high school level textbooks, not only the refined and systematized contents of lipid nutrition but the integrated explanation of food behavior as a related whole should be included. Home economics textbooks also should give more detailed explanation concerning the physiological aspect of food intake to effectively inform recommended amount of each nutrient.

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Formation of Value Consciousness on Home Life in Junior High School Students (Part 1) : Viewpoint of Changes of the Consciouness through Learning the Area of Home Life

Yukiko NAGASAWA, Yuki WATANABE

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 71-77
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_71

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Formation of Value Consciousness on Home Life in Junior High School Students (Part 2) : Viewpoint of Correlation with the Parents' Image

Yukiko NAGASAWA, Yuki WATANABE

Article type: Article
1997 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 79-83
Published: April 20, 1997
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11549/jjahee.40.1_79

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