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Yoko ITOArticle type: Article
2013 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 215-226
Published: February 01, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: November 17, 2017
JOURNAL OPEN ACCESSIn this article, several research outcomes reciprocally related to Home Economics classes are reported. First, the findings of a research are presented, which aim to clarify the paradigm changes in research on Home Economics classes. Research methods of 82 articles in the Journal of the Japan Association of Home Economics Education from 1960 to 2000 are investigated. It was found that quantitative analyses were used in many studies although qualitative analyses were presented in the more recent decades. A mixed-method research is introduced in which both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used. The purpose of this research was to assess "Wolf Children" as a teaching material for child care education by analyzing data for students' cognitive process as a group and as a case-study. It was found that the problem of this material was the obscure information about the environment for Wolf Children before they were found which disturbed the development of students' cognitive processes. Finally, this article shows a series of studies concerning the practice of Coeducational Home Economics in Kyoto and Nagano in 1960s and 1970s. One of the factors enabling the practice of coeducational home economics was the teachers who had their study meetings, wrote a textbook of coeducational home economics of their own, and studied the theory of coeducational home economics. The former teachers were interviewed and their life histories were collectively analyzed from the viewpoint of "personal time," "social time" and "historical time." It was found that their critical thinking was cultivated in their own families, schools, communities and society during and after the World War. As a result, these former teachers became aware of gender discrimination, and hoped to realize gender equality in education and society as well as in home economics.View full abstractDownload PDF (1424K) -
Namine TOBA, Keiko KUBOArticle type: Article
2013 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 227-236
Published: February 01, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: November 17, 2017
JOURNAL OPEN ACCESSThis study investigates factors affecting elementary school students' participation in housework, and examines the goal of home economics education to promote such participation. It is imperative for students to acquire skills and knowledge in housework to become "consumer citizens." We collected data from 1,036 students through a questionnaire in 2010 in Chiba prefecture. Multiple regression analysis confirms that students who have negative attitudes toward housework tend to participate to a lesser degree. They are likely to consider housework as troublesome and not their work, and that they are not capable to perform housework. Students who are taught how to do housework by their families tend to participate to a higher degree. Furthermore, students whose attitudes are negative toward housework but are taught about it by their parents participate more frequently than those whose attitudes are positive but are not taught by their parents. Therefore, it is important to teach skills and knowledge about housework through school education, that enables students to learn regardless of their home environments. Changing students' negative attitudes will be the goal of home economics education to promote their participation in houseworkView full abstractDownload PDF (1033K) -
Momoko KINRA, Sanechika KUNIYOSHIArticle type: Article
2013 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 237-245
Published: February 01, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: November 17, 2017
JOURNAL OPEN ACCESSThis study examined the relationship between family communication and the adoption of life skills by analyzing the questionnaires completed by junior high school students and their guardians. Our findings are as follows: 1. Whether it is a weekday or a holiday, we found that the length of time junior high school students spend with their family in a family room is a factor increasing the students' level of communication proficiency. However, no significant relationship was found between the length of time spent alone and their communication proficiency. 2. It was found that the level of awareness and recognition towards family communication is a factor affecting successful adoption of life skills. 3. Students who have a higher level of life skills learned many of these life skills from their families. However, no relationship was found for cooking and laundry, thus it can be speculated that a factor other than family could affect the adoption of life skills. 4. Concerning the relationship between life skills acquired from family and its level of adoption, most of them are for basic life skills, and only the environmental scope was linked to the improvement of the students' life issues. It is hoped that further efforts be made in home economics education to enhance the adoption of life skills that enable the improvement of various life issues.View full abstractDownload PDF (975K) -
Kaoru TATEYAMAArticle type: Article
2013 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 246-253
Published: February 01, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: November 17, 2017
JOURNAL OPEN ACCESSThe objective of this study was to examine the interactions between high school students and preschoolers in a high school program for students to experience early childhood education and care through introducing a picture book time activity. The study examined the changes between the high school students and the preschoolers after repeated implementations of the activity, and yielded the following findings: 1) There was an increase in the average time and frequency of high school students' interactions with the preschoolers. 2) The interactions of the high school students and the preschoolers became more energetic in nature. 3) The interactions between the high school students and the preschoolers continued after the completion of picture book time activity.View full abstractDownload PDF (941K) -
Michiyo KAWASHIMA, Ritsuko IMAMURA, Nami YAMAMOTO, Junko AKAMATSUArticle type: Article
2013 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 254-263
Published: February 01, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: November 17, 2017
JOURNAL OPEN ACCESSThe contents of home economics (HE) education should be consciously planned, as safety & security in life have been a social problem. We analyzed the current senior high school HE textbooks plus the course of study over 3 decades. There was a 2-page description of safety & security in the 4-unit-Kateisogo-textbook, but nothing in the 2-unit-Kateikiso-book. The word "safety" in textiles & clothing is used for the first time in the forthcoming course of study. Description of safety for products & equipments appears before. The word, security (relief), was applied to children, the elderly, consumer life, and the environment in the forthcoming course of study.View full abstractDownload PDF (1122K)
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