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Relationship with Social Issues and the Government PoliciesYukiko SATO2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 179-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe aim of this paper is to show how home economics has changed the way in which it treats housework according to national and social demand, and to consider the relationship between home economics and the government policies of today by examining measures to counter the falling birthrate, and to point out the issues home economics needs to address. A content analysis of high school home economics textbooks from the 1960s onward, and an outline of countermeasures for a society with a declining birthrate were conducted to determine how home economics has been treating housework and the situation regarding measures to counter the falling birthrate. The analysis confirmed that in each era, home economics taught the meaning of housework in a way that had changed to suit that era, and that in recent years home economics has been attempting to foster—through housework—the ability to build a symbiotic relationship whose core is self-reliant individuals. In addition, it was established that knowledge about housework and its skills is positioned as an essential component of today’s measures to deal with the falling birthrate. However, it is only in the context of countermeasures to the falling birthrate that the necessity of such knowledge and skills is emphasized. Hence, when teaching home economics, instructors must see matters from the perspective of self-reliant individuals and from a perspective that respects the diversity of the outlooks for life courses.View full abstractDownload PDF (882K) -
Analysis of Teaching Materials for “Family Love and Enriching Family Life” UnitYukiko SATO2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 191-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSTo present points for consideration in teaching home economics in elementary school in collaboration with “Morals as a Special Subject,” this paper analyzed 71 pieces of teaching materials for one of the teaching units entitled “Family Love and Enriching Family Life.” It was found that although teaching materials on morals assume unselfish parental love for their children, in reality, families are diverse thus some children do not experience this unselfish love. Therefore, the teachings of home economics require the consideration of differences in family types. Most teaching materials on morals describe children’s engagement in domestic tasks as an act of returning this unselfish parental love. However, in home economics, these domestic tasks should be treated as a requirement of all children for developing independence, irrespective of the family situations. Additionally, many teaching materials for morals toward older adults describe that valuing one’s grandparents is premised on the history of grandparents’ dedication for the family. However, home economics education on different generations views older adults as social beings, and requires teachings from the perspective of intergenerational support that goes beyond blood relations.View full abstractDownload PDF (854K) -
Incorporating Problem Solving LearningTakuya NIHASHI, Ruriko YAMAZAKI, Etsuko SAKADUME, Marina OKI, Haru ...2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 203-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn this research, we examined the connection between “Diversity of Older People” and “Cooperation and Collaboration with Older People” by introducing the problem solving process to the students in home economics class in a junior high school. First, we find that the students use the opportunities to deepen their understanding of the diversity among older people. Especially, students are able to better understand the “volunteer,” “circle activities” and “hobby” of older people. The students were asked to write the report about the ways to cooperate and collaborate with older people in daily life. Their reports were classified into four categories: “support for older people,” “method of communication with them,” “approaching them,” and “method of collaboration with them.” These reports show that they find what they can do to solve the social and life problems of older people by cooperating with each other. In this research, numerical approaches about the students' attitude to cooperation and collaboration with elderly are not presented. To accomplish this, we need to create the ways to count the students' attitudes toward cooperation and collaboration with older people and to ensure the validity of this method.View full abstractDownload PDF (907K) -
An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing Consumer TroubleYuka SAKAMOTO2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 215-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn Japan, the legal age of attaining adulthood will be lowered from 20 to 18 years of age in 2022. This empirical study examines the key issues of consumer education in Home Economics for 18-year-olds attaining adulthood. The nationwide data collected via a Web questionnaire survey came from a sample of 290 students aged 18–25. Covariance structure analysis demonstrated that the degree of “consumer knowledge” and “rational choice” did not reduce the probability of “consumer trouble.” “Consumer trouble” was directly decreased by a higher degree of “resource management,” including “financial management” and “things and spatial management.” There was no relationship between “consumer awareness” and “consumer trouble,” which did not support the hypothesis. These findings suggest that personal resource management may be one of the key educational subjects for 18-year-olds attaining adulthood.View full abstractDownload PDF (866K) -
From the Content Analysis of Japanese Government Report and the Concluding Observations Based on SDGs of the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the ChildHiroko ONOSE2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 225-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis paper examines the application of ESD in home economics education to foster citizenship by analyzing the UN’s sustainable development society. The Japanese government’s report (2017) to the United Nations on children’s rights, and the concluding observations of the United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child (2019) directed toward Japan are examined. These observations were made against the backdrop of the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals. The report and concluding observations are investigated as a framework through which the present status of children’s rights in Japan can be highlighted—including the problems that need to be addressed, and how this subject might be connected to what is taught in Home Economics classes. In conclusion, it is important for Home Economics classes to incorporate information on the social efforts and government measures taken to guarantee the rights of children. Moreover, with the goal of concretely improving children’s lives, such classes ought to pursue a style of learning that respects children’s opinions, thereby helping to foster their physical and spiritual autonomy. Reproductive health education must be implemented. Furthermore, I argue that to assist children in developing into economically and socially independent adults, it is helpful for them to be able to express their opinions on new ways of living or shaping the society. Learning that creates opportunities for participating in society is also beneficial: It can enable children to become conscious of their future roles in constructing a sustainable development society. This self-understanding of structuring content around the interrelatedness of self-help, cooperation and public assistance during adolescence, is linked to their eventual independence.View full abstractDownload PDF (1144K) -
Pre-Study Tote Bag Production in Elementary School Home EconomicsYuko KOBAYASHI, Tomoko NAGATA2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 237-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis study aimed to develop learning materials for children to follow the correct procedure in making a cloth bag as part of an elementary school home economics lesson. This procedure involved three stages: 1) The conditions to be satisfied by the teaching materials were listed, and provisional teaching materials were developed accordingly. 2) The developed materials were evaluated by the teachers, and they were improved by us based on the results. 3) The improved materials were used in lessons in four elementary schools and evaluated by us. We found that the developed materials were effective in “making the children understand the production steps” and made them “confident in production,” among other aspects. The teaching materials were considered effective for the lesson by the teachers as well.View full abstractDownload PDF (3839K) -
Learning About ‘Katsuobushi Dashi’ by Tasting Different Kinds of ‘Dashi’ and Shaving ‘Katsuobushi’Tomoko MOCHIZUKI2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 247-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
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Serial: Home Economics Education and SDGs 5Katsura OMORI2021 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 253-
Published: 2021
Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2022
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